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Author Archives: Fred Hill
This weekend, the NMRA Convention will be held in Salt Lake City … besides the great exhibit of the Transcontinental 150th Anniversary – the Convention will no doubt feature lots of new and exciting Railroad and Modeling products. We will have a representative there to capture all the highlights. Stay turned to this HotSheet in […]
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN AND WHERE THE FIRST TRAIN WAS EVER FILMED? The Arrival of the Mail Train, (“The Train Pulling into a Station”) … is a French, short, black ad white silent documentary, filmed, directed and produced by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. The Lumière Brothers were the first to develop the “short film” and […]
What a great way to celebrate the 4th of July – WEEKEND – with a visit to your favorite Model Train Store we call …”THE STOP” Athearn has announced a special run for the Union Pacific #4014, excursion “Big-Boy”. In all her glory doing the “Great Race to Promontory” , the locomotive preformed as she […]
This Thursday marks our Nation’s 243rd birthday … Happy Birthday good “Ole USA” ! I know most of you are getting the backyard furniture out of the garage and cleaning the barbeque grill for the ever-traditional hot dogs and hamburgers with red-white-blue cupcakes … some of you might even be smoking a brisket or two. […]