Episode 31 of TrainTalk.TV

National Train Day is this weekend, May 12 and there are 4 'Major Market' Events being held in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. These events are well covered by Amtrak, so I'd like to shine a light on some of the over 130 National Train Day Events being held at other locations around the US.

http://www.nationaltrainday.com

The Cape Cod Chapter, National Railway Historical Society

http://www.capecodnrhs.org

Central Coast Railroad Festival sponsors a National Train Day Wine Rail Excursion

http://www.ccrf.com

The historic, restored Toledo Amtrak station

http://www.tmacog.org

Texas Rail Advocates host National Train Day activities at Dallas Union Station

http://www.texasrailadvocates.com

Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley

www.ucsvroute.com

National Train Day at Tampa Union Station

http://www.tampaunionstation.com

Two more things. Amtrak is running a contest where you share your trip stories on National Train Day website and you can win a trip on Amtrak. Why not enter?

Also, as fas as I know, Amtrak doesn't track how many people show up to National Train Day events. I'm curious so I'm conducting a straw pole. Let me know how the attendance was at the event you were at or put on!

Puffing Billy Railway - 'Coffee for the Climax' A great way to raise money to restore a Steam Engine.

http://www.puffingbilly.com.au/puffing-billy-preservation-society/climax-locomotive-1694-restoration/coffee-for-the-climax/

(Video Puffing Billy Railway and Newtel Productions)

ICE-T T-guage goes high speed with ICE3 8 car prototype, and we had it in hand for a test run!

http://www.trainaidsa.com

(Photos by Alberta Portrait)

Swanage welcomes 'Orient Express' Locomotive, 46 years after British Railways banned the huge engine from visiting the Purbeck resort.

http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk

(Photos by Andrew P.M. Wright)

Berkshire Scenic Railroad loses running rights, Housatonic RR stays quiet

http://www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org

http://hrrc.com

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Episode 30 of TrainTalk.TV

Fort Edmonton Park

http://www.fortedmontonpark.ca/

Edmonton Radial Railway Society

http://www.edmonton-radial-railway.ab.ca/

Thomas at Puffing Billy Railway

www.puffingbilly.com.au

Puffing Billy TV Channel

www.puffingbilly.com.au/photos-videos/puffing-billy-tv/

Free UP Steam App Available now

http://www.upsteam.com

Train Talk Weekender Update

http://www.traintalk.tv/events/

GATSME Buys their home

http://www.gatsme.org

Santa Clara River Valley Railroad Historical Society - hold the Fillmore railfest!

http://www.scrvrhs.com/

Central Arkansas Model Railroad Club

http://www.artrains.org

Greater Wayne County Toy Show

www.cjtrains.com

Irvine Park Railroad Easter Eggstravagances

http://www.irvineparkrailroad.com/

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Episode 29 of TrainTalk.TV

Holiday trains of all sorts!

Holiday Trains for Charity

Canadian Pacific

http://www.cpr.ca/en/in-your-community/holiday-train/Pages/default.aspx

Kansas City Southern

http://www.kcsouthern.com/en-us/AboutKCS/Pages/HolidayExpress.aspx

Metrolink, California

http://www.metrolinktrains.com/news/?id=7144

Chicago Transit Authority

http://www.transitchicago.com/holidaytrain/

Holiday Train Rides

Polar Express

http://www.polarexpressride.com/schedules.html

Nevada Northern Railway Polar Express

http://www.nnry.com

Santa Trains

Groudle Glen Railway, Isle of Man

www.iomguide.com/groudleglenrailway.php

North Yorkshide Moors Railway, England

www.nymr.co.uk

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway, England

www.exbury.co.uk

Holiday Lights Train

Stanley Park Bright Lights, Vancouver Canada

http://vancouver.ca/Parks/events/brightnights/index.htm

Holiday Train Shows

The Railway Weekender

http://www.traintalk.tv/events/

New York Botanical Gardens

www.nybg.org/exhibitions/holiday-train-show-2011/index.php

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/events-classes/events/holiday-model-train-show

Osaka Hilton

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111218k1.html

Holiday 'Tree' Trains

Special Thanks to

Horizon Hobby Trains (online)

http://www.HorizonHobbyTrains.com.

Eastridge Hobbies, Calgary, AB, Canada

http://www.eastridgehobbiesltd.ca

Ultimate Trains, Nanton, AB, Canada

http://www.ultimatetrains.com/

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Episode 28 of TrainTalk.TV

We follow CN 6060 on Alberta Prairie Railway's Railfan Day...

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

http://www.absteamtrain.com/

Rocky Mountain Rail Society

http://www.6060.org

Special Guests on Train... Edmonton Star Trek Society

http://www.facebook.com/groups/85509331948/

Some Past Events...

Guildford Model Engineering Society Steam Rally and Exhibition

http://www.gmes.org.uk

Port Moody Station event

http://www.portmoodymuseum.org

Northern Virginia Model Railroaders Open House

http://www.ncmr.org

Roaring Camp Railroad Day Out With Thomas

http://www.roaringcamp.com

Some Upcoming events...

Kamloops Heritage Railway Ghost Train

http://www.kamrail.com

Eccelsbourne Valley Railway Association Annual Wirksworth Model Railway Exhibition

http://www.evra.org.uk

Southern Carolina's Grand Strand Model Railroaders Open House

http://www.gsmrrc.org

NMRA Peidmont Division's Layout Tours - the Piedmont Pilgrimage

http://piedmontpilgimage.com

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Episode 27 of TrainTalk.TV

The last operating part of the KVR - The Kettle Valley Steam Railway.

http://www.kettlevalleyrail.org/

The Kettle Valley Model Railroad Club models it's namesake railroad inside a restored Canadian Pacific Stern Wheeler.

Past Events...

The Mid-Norfolk Trust in England Runs it's first double headed steam train, has two steam powered passenger trains going through their Huxton Station for the first time since British Rail ran the station and gets the honor of breaking in the newly refurbished King Edward II steam engine.

http://www.mnr.org.uk

A sampling of upcoming events...

Rail Gala 2011, East Sussex, England

www.tinkerspark.co.uk

All aboard the Geology Train at Nevada Northern Railroad!

http://www.nnry.com

A new book about the railroad, by the director of, the Nevada Northern Railroad

http://www.nnry.com

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Episode 26 of TrainTalk.TV

We expolre Myra Canyon, a 12km section of the Kettle Valley Railway with 18 trestles and 2 tunnnels.

http://www.kettlevalleyrailway.ca/

http://www.trailsbc.ca/okanagan_region/myra-canyon-history.html

http://www.thekvr.com/index.php

http://www.myratrestles.com/index.php

News this week...

China is still working out the bugs in its new Bejing to Shanghai 300km/hr Bullet Train.

http://www.forbes.com/2011/07/15/china-high-speed-railway-malfunction-opinions-contributors-beijing-shanghai-train.html

http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/07/16/china-high-speed-railway-blues/

http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/All-aboard-the-Alaska-Railroad/49392744/1

Amtrack should carry 30 Million passengers thgis year - a new record for them.

A sampling of other news events...

On the train to Ontario's north http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/12/on-the-train-to-ontarios-north

All aboard the Alaska Railroad!

http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/All-aboard-the-Alaska-Railroad/49392744/1

Union Pacific Railroad steam locomotive takes part in fundraising

http://www.rail.co/2011/07/14/union-pacific-railroad-steam-locomotive-takes-part-in-fundraising/

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Episode 25 of TrainTalk.TV

TrainTalk is one year old. We have made 24(25) episodes that over a Quarter Million have watched. We have put out thousands of train and railway news and event listings and even release iPhone and Android apps. What will we do next year? - Stay Tuned! (And thanks for helping us break the 250,000 viewer mark!!

http://www.traintalk.tv/

CP Rail ran a special mixed train of the 2816 Heritage Train and the Royal Canadian Pacific from Calgary to Banff and through the Spiral Tunnels to Field B.C. We chased it down and got some footage of this classic engine talking on the mountains.

News this week...

The biggest news this week is China's official startup of the new Bejing to Shanghai 300km/hr Bullet Train. After more than 2 million test miles run in the past 2 months, the line opened for business today, on June 30.

We've covered the launch faikry extensively through news links. Here are a few key links.

Beijing-Shanghai railway speed claim faked

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/22/financial/f005531D43.DTL

China's bullet trains carry a cost — and hopes for future prosperity

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015398832_chinatrains23.html

Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to open on July 1

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/23/content_12760255.htm

Shanghai prepares for high speed railway

http://www.china.org.cn/video/2011-06/26/content_22861318.htm

Beijing to Shanghai Railway: diary of a 4h 48m journey

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8600775/Beijing-to-Shanghai-Railway-diary-of-a-4h-48m-journey.html

Thanks again, It's been a year and 250,000 Video views as of today. So thanks!, and please keep the comments coming!

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Episode 24 of TrainTalk.TV

We check out some excellent layouts, each fantastic in it's own right, on the CMSR spring layout tours.

http://www.calgarymodelrailway.ca/

Train and News Events around the world...

Past Events..

Ontario Narrow Gauge Madness

http://www.narrowgaugemadness.com/forum/index.php?action=media

Granite City Train Show

http://www.granitecitytrainshow.com

Rails NW and the Rainier Rambler

http://www.railsnw.com

Upcoming Events...

Canada:

Thomas at West Coast Railway Assoc.

http://www.wcra.org

Doors Open Ontario: Richmond Hill Live Steamers

http://richmond-hill-live-steamers.tripod.com/

USA

Seashore Trolley Museum Night Photo Shoot Maine

http://www.trolleymuseum.org/events/nightshoot.php

Grand Opening of the Taltree Railway Garden, Valparaiso, IN

http://www.taltree.org

UK

Ilford and West Essex Model Railway Club Steam Days

http://www.iwemrc.org.uk

News this week...

Canadian Pacific 2816 Empress steam train launches summer tour benefiting the Childrens Wish Foundation of Canada

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2010/2816+CWF+2011.htm

Bluebell Railway races to clear rubbish from cutting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-13608094

World's highest railway bridge to connect Kashmir's Valley better

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-13608094

Riding Norway’s Amazing Flam Railway

http://www.airlinesanddestinations.com/destinations/riding-norways-amazing-flam-railway/

US government will not alter it's high speed rail funding arrangement for California's convienience. It looks like they'll build what they submitted or not build at all.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-high-speed-rail-20110526,0,2238562.story

Searching for Father's Day. Where will you take dad?

Thanks, It's been almost a year and almost 200,000 Video views as of today and about 40,457 in the last month alone. So thanks!, and please keep the comments coming!

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Episode 23 of TrainTalk.TV

We shot Time Lapse Video, High Speed Video and some good old HD video of CP's 2816 on the first run of 2011, from Calgary to just before Claresholm, Alberta. Follow the link below to see where else 2816 will visit this summer.

http://www8.cpr.ca/english/general+public/steam+train/default.htm

Nate Galluppi is preparing a documentary of Wilmington Railroad Museums' successfull World's Longest Model Train run last month. He followed them from the very beginning and all the way through the process. We show you some of the trailer for the documentary in the epsiode, but here is his full trailer.

http://vimeo.com/23347334

A few items from our News feed.

Jamaican Mayor tries to save his towns railway heritage.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Port-Antonio-Mayor-stops-old-railway-removal_8807173

California High Speed Rail, A train to Somewhere.

http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/forum/x1207226229/High-speed-rail-A-train-to-somewhere

Strating the most Northerly Railroad in the world, on Baffin Island.

http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/static/business/article2021933.html

The most punctual Railroad in Britain.

http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/london-overground-named-britains-most-punctual-railway/201114929

Check out all the current Train, RailRoad and Model Railroad News at

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A few items from our Railway Weekender.

Victoria day in Canada at the West Coast Railway Association

http://www.wcra.org

Memorial Day in Nevada at the Nevada Northern Railway.

http://www.nnry.com

Father's day is coming!

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Episode 22 of TrainTalk.TV

Champion Park is private railway that exists as a familty tribute by Gerald Knowlton, his wife and family to his father, Ted Knowlton, who was the agent of the CPR at Standard, Alberta for years. The Champion, Alberta Station, a duplicate of the Standard station was restored and moved to Champion park, as well as artifacts, mementos and CPR rolling stock including the business car Saskatchewan that was restored at the Park in 1983. Many people drive past it every day and wonder - well this is what it is.

Our Railway Weekender is filling with Train and railway Excursions for the summer. Make sure you get a train raide or two in!

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/Events

A few items from our News feed.

China starts trial run of Shanghai to Bejing Service.

US Distributes funds rejected by Florida for High Speed Rail.

Australia stops a possible disaster, using an automated train derailing deivce.

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Amtrak held National Train Day on May 7. Did you get involved?

http://www.nationaltrainday.com

Texas Rail Advocates did! http://www.texasrailadvocates.org

Tampa Union Station did! http://www.tampaunionstation.com

Dunsmuir California did! http://www.dunsmuir.com

Tennessee Valley Railroad did! http://www.tvrail.com

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