Lets Talk Trains
Summary: Freight, Passenger, Trolleys, Light Rail, Museums, as long as it is rail/train related, we talk about it!
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Podcasts:
Bob and Elizabeth Alkire will continue the topic of rail art with artist Mitch Markovitz. Mr. Markovitz has done posters for the South Shore Line and the Chicago Elevated. His book "How to Draw and Paint Trains Like a Pro," was released by Voyager Press in September, 2009. Please join us by calling in or joining in the chat room.
Bob and Elizabeth Alkire chat with rail artist J. Craig Thorpe. The live chat is at railradio.com/lttchat. Join us by listening, chatting and calling in. The number is (646) 716-7106.
LIVE from SilverRails Country, LaPlata, Mo., Nathan of Kansas City will be hosting live at the Grand Opening of the SilverRails Gallery and Memorial Library. Please join us as we will have a number of special guest, possibly including some of the featured artist and photographers who have their works displayed in the Gallery. Please join us!
WE'RE BACK LIVE! Join Nathan of Kansas City as he host an Open Forum. We can discuss almost anything about trains. Please join us!
This week's Let's Talk Trains will be an Open Forum, hosted by Bob and Elizabeth Alkire. Call in with your questions or comments to (646) 716-7106 or in the chat room at railradio.com/lttchat.
Repeat of July 18, 2009, hour 2
Repeat of July 18, 2009, hour 1
Kansas City Nathan hosts this week's show, the main topic of discussion is President Obama's Stimulus Plan--and the $8 Trillion package for high speed rail. Join us!
The Amazing Chris will be hosting and talking about how to Chase Trains (one of our favorite activities) Safely! With about 1.2 million miles on board and untold times watching trains go by, Chris has more experience than all of the rest of us. Special Guests will be Mike Slater calling from Gary's Hobby Center in Racine, Wisconsin and Allen Jeffries, a US Sailor serving in Japan. Their special experiences will be heard. Your stories too. Just call-in.
Last week Bart Barton talked keeping his private car at the AZ Ry Museum. In fact, he was calling in from inside his car. This week we will cover the whole museum, including some police training scheduled at the same time. Tom Clovis, the President, and the Board of Directors will be there, Tom will call as soon as he gets out of that meeting! We will also have our regular callers, and you!
Hosts are Elizabeth and Bob Alkire. Their special guest will be Bart Barton, the past president of AAPRCO (American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners). We will be talking about AAPRCO, private car ownership and the Arizona Railway Museum. In addition, Elizabeth will have a short story on our trip to Kansas City and LaPlata over New Years. And, we will also have some news stories that we will put out for discussion, and we will have our regular callers and hope you, too.
Join us, as Nathan of Kansas City makes the trip to LaPlata, Mo., and joins the Amazing Chris Guenzler to partake in the celebration of ringing in New Years 2010 and to broadcast live, the Dedication Ceremony of the Silver Rails Memorial Library, including the dedication of creator of the "Let's Talk Trains" show, Richard Hamilton, and three other prominent people who were heavily involved in educating the rail community, and all had significant involvement in rail related events in La Plata. Please join us for this interesting show.
For our first Holiday Season without Richard, we will do what what he would have done, play a previous show, in this case, his last.
For our first Holiday Season without Richard, we will do what what he would have done, play a previous show, in this case, his last.
"Everything is Up to Date" Kansas City Nathan will be hosting LTT. Got those "Last Minute Jitters"? Nathan has tips on what the rail-fan would like to see under the tree. He will also be looking ahead to the New Year's "day-after" show, live from the Depot Inn & Suites. That will be a special show for LTT fans. We didn't quite finish last week's show, so we may be hearing a little more about the Midwest Rail Preservation Society and Virtual Railroading. We will have our regular callers, but your calls are important! The call-in number is 646.716.7106.
