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TTTV #021 (small) _ Supertrain Train Show and iPhone App, Easter Train Rides, Top Gear's James May and Wilmington Record Attempts, A Makerbot Challenge


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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
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http://www.TrainTalk.TV/news-links
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This episode sponsored by Cribscapes 3D cribbage boards.
Not just a train, a wooden railroad.
http://www.cribscapes.com
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Train Talk TV | Small FormatBy Neil Enock