Monday, July 17, 2006

Railfan Diesel Days at IRM Great Success!

The Railfan Diesel Days Weekend was a great success! Chuck captured some cool video and I'll be adding more clips to the blog a bit later. Lot's of action, lot's of railfans and lot's of breezy sunshine in the current midwest heat wave. You'll hear the wind on the video.

Trained volunteers run the trains for the most part; young and old. Many of them are railroad employees or retired railroad workers who just can't get enough trains.



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Railfan: Wanna Buy a Railroad?

Toll Holdings' sale of its Tranz Scenic tourist train business continues to track slowly, with a key participant saying it has yet to hear from any interested buyers.OnTrack, the owner and manager of New Zealand's railway infrastructure, said it had yet to hear from possible buyers of the TranzAlpine and TranzCoastal South Island railway trains about rail line access.

New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nz: No interest shown in Tranz Scenic train business


This brief article underscores the difficulties of operating and selling a tourist railroad in hard economic times.


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