Episode 21 of TrainTalk.TV

Supertrain is Canada's Largest Train Show and TrainTalk.TV helped this year by providing Social Media involvment and developing an iPhone App and an Andriod App for the show.

http://www.supertrain.ca

www.traintalk.tv/supertrainapp

Easter Train rides are held all over the world. Here are slips and shots from just a few. Check out our Easter Train listing for a complete list of Easter Trains.

http://www.traintalk.tv/easter-train-rides-and-bunny-train-rides/

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway http://www.rlsr.org

Llanberis Lake Railway http://www.lake-railway.co.uk

Thunder Mountain Line http://www.thundermountainline.com/

Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway http://www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk

Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad http://www.lrhs.com

Strasburg Railroad http://www.strasburgrailroad.com

Middeltown and Hummelstown Railroad http://www.MHRailroad.com/

Top Gear's James May tried for the second time to run his HO scale steam loco 9.1 real miles, this time in a race against Miniature Wunderland of Hamburg. Looks like we'll have to wait until fall to see who really won.

The 2009 attempt: http://youtu.be/tlW3L9oavno

The 2011 attempt: http://youtu.be/C3DaTJYJDlE

Good Article on it: http://www.devon24.co.uk/home/picture_special_james_may_s_tarka_train_race_1_870436

Photo Gallery: http://www.devon24.co.uk/home/james_may_s_tarka_trail_train_attempt_1_870435

The Wilmington Railroad Museum goes for the Guiness Book of World Records longest HO train in the world record this Saturday, April 23, 2011

http://www.wrrm.org

Makerbot Modellers Challnge. Have a great idea for a train part for the Makerbot? Draw it in 3D and send it in to us. If it looks interesting, we'll make it, shoot it for the show and send it back to you! What will you make?

http://www.traintalk.tv/Makerbot

Leo de Groot mounted a video camera on the G-scale layout of the Rocky Mountain Garden Railroad group at Supertrain and sent it around. If you like it, here is the full video on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEqvy9y8Mc

http://www.rmgr.org

Visit us in Cribscapes booth M09 at Supertrain, Canada's largest train show!

http://www.supertrain.ca

Current Train News at

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/news-links

Railroad Events for this weekend are posted on the Events Page on our website.

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Episode 20 of TrainTalk.TV

We give ourselves a tour of the West Coast Railway Association.

http://www.wcra.org

3D Printing with the Makerbot. This week, we start printing with the Makerbot Thing-O-Matic and ask that age old, er new-age question - Will this plastic printing robot work for model railroaders?

http://www.traintalk.tv/Makerbot

Visit us in Cribscapes booth M09 at Supertrain, Canada's largest train show!

http://www.supertrain.ca

Current Train News at

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/news-links

Railroad Events for this weekend are posted on the Events Page on our website.

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/Events

Did we miss your event? Email us at

This episode sponsored by Cribscapes 3D cribbage boards.

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Episode 19 of TrainTalk.TV

Full Scale Train Events are starting to pull into the Railway Weekender as Spring is upon us.

Snowflake Special at the Illinois Railway Museum

www.irm.org

Free Photo Shoot Evening at the Orange Empire Railway Museum

www.oerm.org

Filmore CA and the Filmore Western Railway present 'Steam Returns to Filmore' in Ralfest 2011.

www.fwry.com

Lots more events in our Event Listings

www.traintalk.tv/Events

3D Printing with the Makerbot. This week, we get our Makerbot and open the box to start assembly. Will this plastic printing robot work for model railroaders?

http://www.traintalk.tv/Makerbot

Watch the Cantrak N-Scale Modular club test their setup for Supertrain.

http://sites.google.com/site/cantrakinfo/home

http://www.supertrain.ca

Our T-Gauge Briefcase Layout starts with a foam core model.

Current Train News at

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/news-links

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/Events

Did we miss your event? Email us at

This episode sponsored by Cribscapes 3D cribbage boards.

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Episode 18 of TrainTalk.TV

Paper Trains are unfolding new possibilities in marketing and in scale modelling.

N Gauge Scale Eurotunnel Locomotive

http://www.currell.net/models/mod_free.htm

Clever Models Scale Structures from N- Gauge to G Gauge and even some working Scale Paper trains

http://www.clevermodels.net

Paper Buildings Make T-gauge layouts more realistic

http://www.faltboat.net/pokara/paper_t/papert01.html

Event Pics from Basington North Harts Exhibition, Click below for photo credits

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/25569-basingstoke-show-this-weekend

Current Train News at

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/news-links

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

http://www.TrainTalk.TV/Events

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Episode 17 of TrainTalk.TV

We unbox and the smallest production model trains in the world - T Gauge

Shots from James Byberg's National New York Central Railroad Museum Photo Shoot

http://www.milepost25.xom

Video from the Ken and East Sussuex's Day out With Thomas Event

http://www.kesr.oirg.uk

Scarborough Model Railroaders Open House

http://www.scarborough-model-railroaders.org

33rd Annual High Wheeler Train Show

http://www.highwheelertrainshow.com

Preston Model Railway Exhibition, Preston, Lancashire

http://www.PrestonandDistrictmrs.org.uk

Save on Driving a Steam or Diesel Locomotive

at Nevada Northern Railway!

http://www.nnry.com

Current Train News at

http://www.traintalk.tv/current-train-model-train-rr-news

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

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This episode sponsored by Cribscapes 3D cribbage boards.

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Episode 16 of TrainTalk.TV

We interview Matt Hicks, Railroad Photographer and get a few tips about good train photography.

http://www.matthicksphoto.com

http://www.railpictures.com

Full interview will be posted on the website

Holiday Lights Contest Winners

http://www.traintalk.tv/the-holiday-lights-contest-has-ended

Valentines Day Train Rides

http://www.traintalk.tv/be-my-valentine-train

http://www.traintalk.tv/weekender/ValentinesDayEvents.pdf

Current Train News at

http://www.traintalk.tv/current-train-model-train-rr-news

Railway Weekender - this weekend's Train and Railway Event Listings

http://www.traintalk.tv/railway-Weekender

http://www.traintalk.tv/weekender/RailwayWeekender.pdf

Get involved, or check in on the Wilmington Railroad Museum's attempt to set the longest HO scale train in the world!

http://www.wrrm.org/content/events.php

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

Did we miss your event? Email us at

This episode sponsored by Cribscapes 3D cribbage boards.

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Episode 15 of TrainTalk.TV

Trainz Simulator iPad App Review

Finally, Trainz on an Apple platform!

http://www.trainzmobile.com

Enter your light display in our Holiday (Train) Lights Contest

Win a prize valued at $200 in one of three categories, Home Lights, Railroad Lights and Special Lights. Win one of three Carved wooden 3D Railroad Cribscapes.

To enter, see the Contests Page http://www.traintalk.tv/?page_id=31

Holiday Trains Around the World!

Canada

Stanley Park 'Bright Lights', Vancouver, BC

http://vancouver.ca/parks/events/brightnights/

(Great You Tube video of the whole ride at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VClGHtMj0)

CP Holiday Train Wraps up another great season!, Canada Wide! (and the USA as well).

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2010/2010+CP+Holiday+Train+wrap+up.htm

(Video by T.Tapp and CP Rail)

Australia

The Indian Pacific - Santa's Outback Train! Sydney

http://www.gsr.com.au/site/indian_pacific/indian_pacific_outback_christmas_train_2010.jsp

(Great You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15ord4377Y)

United Kingdon

North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Yorkshire, England.

http://www.nymr.co.uk/

Strathspey Railway, Aviemore, Scotland

http://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/

Great Central Railway, Nottingham, England

http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/events.aspx

Groudle Glen Railway, Ilse of Man

http://www.ggr.org.uk/

United States

Verde Canyon Railroad, Arizona

http://www.verdecanyonrr.com/

Grand Canyon Railroad, Arizona

http://www.thetrain.com/

Railway Weekender

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

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Episode 14 of TrainTalk.TV

Enter your light display in our Holiday (Train) Lights Contest

to win in one of three categories, Home Lights, Railroad Lights and Special Lights. Win one of three Carved wooden 3D Railroad Cribscapes.

See our Contests Page http://www.traintalk.tv/?page_id=31

One Railway's Polar Express Experience

http://www.thetrain.com

Decorating the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

http://www.cpr.ca/

Railway Weekender

Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

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Episode 12 of TrainTalk.TV

Canadian Pacific Holiday Trains are back!

http://www.cpr.ca./

Belleville Model Railroad Club has a new Home

http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2784083

Chi-Town Union Station runs the largest model train in the workd.

http://www.modelrailroadnews.com/club-news/chi-town-union-station-assembles-longest-model-train-in-the-world/d2dc9f5a9c.html

Arizona Tornados Derails Train

Make a Train or Railroad Scrapbook for those that couldn't take the train ride with you!

Hundreds of Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

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Episode 13 of TrainTalk.TV

Halloween on the Railroad Wrap-up

Bear Park Train:

http://www.bctrains.com/Spooky-Details.htm

Churnet Valley Railway:

http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/main/events.php

Scottish Railway Preservation Society:

http://www.srps.org.uk/

Filmore and Westerm:

http://www.fwry.com/

Pumpkin Juction:

http://www.loraincityhistory.org/

Crich Tramway Village:

http://www.tramway.co.uk/

Iron Horse Park:

http://www.ironhorsepark.net/

Veteran's Day, Remembrance Day

Cuyahoga Scenic Railroad:

http://www.cvsr.com/

VIA Rail:

http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/media-room/latest-news/1587/01-november-2010-government-of-canada-and-via-rail-honour-canadian-forces-with-reduced-year-round-fares

More News...

CP Salutes Fallen soldiers:

http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2010/Canadian-Pacific-salutes-fallen-soldiers.htm

Amtrak Orders 70 Electric Locomotives:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/seventy-electric-locomotives-for-amtrak.html

Progress Rail Announces US EMD Plant Location - Move?:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/progress-rail-announces-location-for-us-locomotive-plant.html

High Speed One, UK London to Chunnel Link bought by Canadian Pension Funds:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/teachers-borealis-win-uk-rail-deal/article1786824/

Edaville Railroad, MA Up for Sale:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J9HS5G0.htm

http://www.edaville.com/

Amtrak, French National Rail in Joint bid for Florida High Speed Rail:

http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/amtrak-sncf-bechtel-to-bid-for-florida-hsr-dbom.html

UP Offers You The Chance to Choose It's Steam Engine Excursion Route!:

http://www.upexcursion.com/

Hundreds of Railroad Events for this weekend are now posted on the Events Page on our website.

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