Train Tuesdays I highly recommend this relatively new children’s book entitled Chugga Chugga Choo Choo. It’s about a train delivering toys to the city and the setting is a wooden railway set up in a little boy’s room. The book is wonderfully illustrated and adult railfans will surely enjoy the ample opportunities to make train [...]
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Train Tuesdays I wanted to share a quick review of this book, Norfolk and Western A & J by William E. Warden. It may be out-of-print now, but you may be able to find it available at Amazon.com: N & W, A and J: The Norfolk & Western’s A- and J-class locomotives The Norfolk and [...]
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Some updates on this great ship that set the Trans-Atlantic record crossing of 3 days, 10 hours… The ship will be featured on January 20, 2013 on CBS’s morning show. Details… Update from S.S. United States Conservancy Newsletter: This segment will show at a future time due to inauguration coverage. Slightly related, I recently finished [...]
Train Tuesdays NBC launched a new show this fall entitled Revolution. The timing of the show, set in a future with no electricity, seems marketed to appeal to fans of The Hunger Games. While it is a bit absurd (not only is there no electricity, but internal combustion engines stopped running), Revolution is entertaining. The [...]