Railroads in the News Tuesday 1/29/08

Modelers in the News...
Railroad club open house
The Daily Press writes - ESCANABA — The Upper Michigan Central Model Railroad Club will be hosting another in a series of monthly Open Houses designed to show the hobby of model railroading to our visitors. The date will be Saturday at the 8th St. Coffee House, 720 Ludington Street in Escanaba. from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Both the main and the portable layout will be operating, and a model railroad rummage sale will be held.
For more information, please call Darryl Bernett at 906-428-1385, or Gary Stiles at 906-428-3472. Find the article here.

Denver Society of Model Railroaders


Model train show draws crowd
The Republican & PassingLoop Blog - WEST SPRINGFIELD - Watching Adam Lisek watch a model train clack by yesterday, you did not have to ask the 5-year-old boy from Palmer if he liked toy trains. Find the article here. Blog article here.

Little trains in museum, big locomotives outside
News-Bulletin - Belen Train enthusiasts will get a treat this weekend as the Belen Model Railroad Club (BMRC) hosts a model train vendor show and swap meet at the Harvey House Museum. Find the article here.

The Emporia Model Railroad Club meets at 7:30 p.m. at 916 Arundel St. the last Thursday of each month. Those interested in model or prototype railroading are welcome to attend. Information: 343-8325. Find the article here.

Prototype in the news...
Minehead braced for delivery of locomotive turntable
Somerset County Gazette - MINEHEAD'S West Somerset Railway will take delivery of its highly anticipated locomotive turntable on Sunday, February 10, as part of a £6million county council-led regeneration project at Mart Road. Find the article here.

NJ Transit opens Pennsylvania yard facilities
progressiverailroading - New Jersey Transit recently opened a fully enclosed service and inspection facility and yardmaster’s control tower building at Morrisville Yard in Morrisville, Pa., according to STV Inc., which designed the two structures. Find the article here.

Arizona Railroad Group appoints new president and CEO
progressiverailroading - The Arizona Railroad Group (ARG) recently promoted Scott Parkinson from vice president and general manager to president and chief executive officer. David Parkinson, Scott's father who founded ARG in 2003, will continue to serve as chairman and director. Find the article here.

International News...
China Locomotive Maker Plans IPOs, Dual Listings
Wall Street Journal & Forbes - HONG KONG -- Locomotive maker China Southern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Corp. plans to raise about US$2 billion through initial public offerings of stock before listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to a person familiar with the situation. Find the article here and here

Historical articles and such...
Pufferbelly train complete after years of reconstruction
The Daily Evergreen - The first two cars, the Pullman car and caboose, were purchased in 1990
Find the article here.

Doing the Locomotion
Hesperia Star - Hearing about the promising project to restore the Baldwin narrow-gauge locomotive through the monthly newsletter of the Timber Heritage Association, James Alves of Hesperia contacted Balch and offered his services. Find the article here.

Railway nostalgia
The New Strait Times - I cannot recall anything outstanding about this small town, with the exception of the railway station where my brother was the station master in the late 1970s. Find the article here.

Railfan updates...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page - Restored meter guage industrial 0-8-0 steam locomotive from East Germany. The Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indiana USA. July 2007
Find the article here.