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An open house has been scheduled by the Keystone Chapter of the European Train Enthusiasts for Saturday, September 10th. The chapter's "clubhouse" is located in Ephrata, PA and, as our site has quite a few posters located in the northeast, I thought I'd share the announcement in case there...

As Chiasso was discussed earlier in the thread, here's a DVD I purchased which covers operations at this location as trains move between Italy and Switzerland. The program is quite fascinating as we see a mix of passenger and freight activity...highly recommended. http://www.tee-usa.com/store/produc...

Yes, thank you for the wonderful post. I'm very fond of my Italian model trains. My locomotives consist primarily of models manufactured by A.C.M.E., Os.Kar and Rivarossi. They are simply exquisite. I'd post pictures of them but they're all presently in their boxes. I don't have a European themed la...

Hi, Philip. Italy's railways are one of my areas of special interest regarding foreign trains. I've been able to collect a fair number of Italian railway books and DVDs for my shelves along with a representative roster of locomotive models in HO scale. I also have a number of FS passenger carriages ...

Flying Scotsman continues to attract huge throngs line side: http://everytimenews.info/index.php/2016/06/24/they-dont-make-them-like-this-anymore-world-famous-flying-scotsman-forced-to-a-halt-just-50-miles-into-first-journey-after-multi-million-refit-by-the-number-of-fans-on-the-line-trying-to-take-...

Thanks Bob. I worked Bank tower a few times when there was one= the former Jersey Central strong arm. One time I was working there, and I lined a Bay Head train for the Southern Secondary. The engineer, Benny Eckman, took the signal, and when he saw that he was going wrong, backed right out, with o...

Philip: My apologies for changing the subject but I found your comment regarding the "sky high" fair very accurate. I live in Red Bank and this past Saturday, I took my party of three into the city for the day. Rather than take the North Jersey Coast Line and pay a total fare of $96, I dro...

Hi, Philip.

My pleasure. I'm happy to hear you like the book.

Bob

Not sure if this topic has been discussed on this board previously but I recently joined an organization titled the European Train Enthusiasts (ETE). It's a US based group catering to those who like to follow the European scene. It celebrates all aspects from the prototype to modeling so the approac...

Thanks for posting the links; very interesting material.

Bob

Thank you for the video links. I enjoy watching the former Conrail and UP Dash 7 units in freight service in Estonia.

Bob

Philip:

Thank you for posting the link. Many of Arcadia's non rail titles still have good rail content in them. My parents once gave me one of the Red Bank books as it contained some fascinating CNJ and NY&LB shots.

Bob

During 1965 and 1966, one hundred type AL-6 electric locomotives were built by BR at Doncaster and English Electric at Newton-le-Willows for service on the West Coast Main Line. Following the implementation of TOPS, the locomotives were designated Class 86. Over time, their ranks in UK service have ...

Thanks veruy much Mr. Callahan. I'm always looking for information on this GWR single that I use for an avatar. Philip Hi, Philip. If you're interested in more information about Singles, a nice book to have would be "Patrick Stirling's Locomotives" by L.T.C. Rolt published in 1964 by Hami...

I'm presently reading a fascinating book titled "Railroaders Without Borders". Authored by H. Roger Grant and published by the Indiana University Press, it tells the story of Pittsburgh, PA based Railroad Development Corporation and its investment activities in railroading from North Ameri...