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Loading ...ALL ABOARD!!! Rock Island, Illinois, has a rich and colorful railroad history. Join some of us IGRS Members for a special journey to Rock Island for America’s largest celebration of railroading, Train Festival 2011. Steam locomotives are not only unique time machines, but uncommon in their ability to appeal to people from every background. They [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The hit PBS series Tracks Ahead has a unique appeal for train lovers of all ages. Now broadcast on more than 200 PBS stations across America, Japan, host Spencer Christian (formerly of ABC’s Good Morning America) presents the best of steam locomotives, railroad stories, model trains and art. Tracks Ahead: Trains of Cuba – Trailer [...]
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...A sneak peek at Taltree Railway Garden. Here is a first look at one of the largest outdoor G Scale operations in the United States. The completed Railway Garden at Taltree will cover over 2.5 acres of the Arboretum in Valparaiso Indiana. Entry to the Railway Garden is through a 1920s-era railroad depot with vintage-style [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...CBS News Sunday Morning | January 23, 2011 – After 50 years of collecting toy trains and their stations Jerry Green has amassed a collection of over 40,000 pieces, worth tens of millions of dollars. CBS News Martha Teichner finds out how he did it and what happens to a collector when they have nothing left [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...The Bull Moose Line (Nickname): To the delight of onlookers, at the Indiana Pond and Water Show in Crown Point Indiana, the IGRS Portable Railroad Garden made its first appearance in May of 2004. With this showing, the IGRS took its initial steps to promote G-Scale railroading as a hobby in the tri-state area of [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Featuring The Wooden Nickel railroad belonging to Art and Gerry Maxwell of Lowell, Indiana is modeled after the 1860 through 1910 era. The railroad depicts the simpler way of life during the horse and buggy era, prior to gas powered vehicles. The layout consists of an upper and lower loop that is connected for continuous [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...This USA BIG BOY is one of the world’s longest G Scale garden railway trains with only (1) locomotive pulling (152) cars. Each car has been converted to ball-bearing metal wheels and body mounted Kadee couplers. The average weight per car is 2.67 pounds making the total dead weight pulled at 406 pounds! The actual “scale [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society - December 2010 Meeting Minutes The December Meeting and Holiday Gathering were held on Saturday the 18th at the Taltree Depot in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 32 members and guests present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Dave Ransom Reported: A big [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...If you have an interest in railroad operations, you may find this website worth checking out. Railroad Radio features live audio feeds of railroad radio frequencies from several markets around the country. Website: RailroadRadio.net
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society – November 2010 Meeting Minutes The November Meeting was held on Tuesday the 23th at the home of Max & Fran Samuelson’s in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 20 members and guests present. Betty & Jack Trickler were also in attendance. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:15 PM. Everyone was [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers, especially those in the Southern United States, who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines. Railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called a gandy dancer — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...THEN: Columbia, SC (April 18, 1929) – Fox Movietone News – Courtesy of the USC Newsfilm Library - Railroad Gandy Dancers construction on the world’s largest earthen dam, a project, that is proof of the great technological strides being made in the south. Sandwiched in between shots of steam shovels and industrial cranes is this crew [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Tom Kreiger and his son Ed made excellent progress on the turntable base on Sunday, November 14, 2010. The bottom is completed, track base installed and three layers of sidewall glued and screwed in place. Rex Appel and Dave Casey visited with Tom and his son to assist in the assembly. A wee bit of [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society - October 2010 Meeting Minutes The October Meeting was held on Tuesday the 26th at Samuelson’s Garden Center in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 18 members and guests present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the October Meeting. Dave Ransom Reported: Thanks to the IGRS Board and Samuelson’s [...]
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