Toy Train Museum Plans Open House

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  April 10, 2008 ;     55 words ...The National Toy Train Museum, 300 Paradise Lane, Strasburg, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Jennifer Buckley from Boyd's Bears will sign the Train Collectors Association's new mascot bear from noon to 2 p.m. Toy train makers will show 2008 products. ...

Toy Train Museum plans open house

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  April 10, 2008 ;     55 words ...The National Toy Train Museum, 300 Paradise Lane, Strasburg, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Jennifer Buckley from Boyd's Bears will sign the Train Collectors Association's new mascot bear from noon to 2 p.m. Toy train makers will show 2008 products. ...

INDIA: UNESCO RECOGNITION RAISES HOPES FOR HIMALAYAN "TOY TRAIN"

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 17, 2001 ;   STAFF;   787 words ......meters above sea level. Known as the "toy train" because of its small coaches and engine...Britain and known as the Hill Bird. The toy train, also known as the Darjeeling Himalayan...Indian tourists ride to Darjeeling on the toy train every year. Some 500 foreign tourists...

Train museum slates open house

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  April 18, 2007 ;     112 words ...The National Toy Train Museum, 300 Paradise Lane, Strasburg, will hold a free open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Admission will be free. The day will include a manufacturer's fair from noon to 2 p.m. at which...

UNESCO completes inspection of Shimla Toy Train for World Heritage status

The Hindustan Times;  September 15, 2007 ;     318 words ......completed the evaluation of the Kalka-Shimla 'toy train' to facilitate the process of its inclusion...verdict is expected by July next year. The toy train, so called because of its miniature size...very much. "It was great to see such a toy train. And, it was a pleasure trip to ...

Neral-Matheran toy train reopens after two years

The Hindustan Times;  March 13, 2007 ;     362 words ......Times Mumbai, March 13 -- A much-loved toy train service in Maharashtra has been reopened...washed away the tracks. Neral-Matheran toy train runs on the 21-kilometer tracks laid...at the base of the hills through the toy train. Railway officials are hopeful that the...

Shimla Toy Train bids for World Heritage status

The Hindustan Times;  September 12, 2007 ;     323 words ......evaluating the feasibility of the Kalka-Shimla toy train being included in the World Heritage...Robert Lee, a UNESCO consultant. The toy train, so called because of its miniature size...verdict is expected by July next year. The toy train would have been a strong contender, but...

An Indo-British joint venture to revive Darjeeling's toy train

The Hindustan Times;  February 20, 2007 ;     463 words ......Darjeeling Himalayan Railway's heritage toy train to attract a larger number of tourists...Railway, better known as the Darjeeling Toy Train, Peter Jordan, Tour Manager of DHRS...support for the suggested revamping of the toy train that was declared a World Heritage Train...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT: World heritage status for 'toy train' likely.

M2 Presswire;  January 11, 1999 ;     139 words ......GOVERNMENT: World heritage status for 'toy train' likely (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...recommending World Heritage status to the 'toy train' in Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, better known as toy train , may be granted the coveted status...

Toy train plan suffers setback

The Hindustan Times;  August 9, 2006 ;     295 words ......India, Aug 9 -- THE PLAN to run the toy train on the century-old Curzon Bridge suffered...railway track could not be operated for toy train or any other vehicular movement. Importantly...Development Authority advised introducing a toy train on the Curzon Bridge as part of its ...

Matheran set to attract more tourists with revival of toy train

The Hindustan Times;  March 11, 2007 ;     211 words ......Maharashtra), March 11 -- The narrow gauge toy train service from Neral to Matheran in Maharashtra...come here in large number regularly and toy train is the main attraction for them. Since...Station. The tracks of this heritage toy train were damaged and washed away at many...

Toy train auctioned for pounds 114,000

The Independent - London;  December 18, 2001 ;     37 words ...A TOY train, one of the world's rarest, fetched a record price when it was sold at auction yesterday. The Marklin train, which is big enough to carry a child, was bought by a German collector for pounds 113,750 at Christie's in London.

Darjeeling residents use toy train tracks to fetch water

The Hindustan Times;  June 13, 2007 ;     185 words ......are using the tracks of world heritage toy train to fetch water from a stream. Every...the deafening noise of the slow moving toy train. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), which runs the Toy Train, was conferred world heritage status...

Toy train sells for pounds 25,000

The Independent - London;  February 11, 2002 ;     35 words ...A TOY train that cost 2s 6d (12.5p) in Germany in 1938 fetched a record pounds 25,250 at auction in Rugby yesterday. The Marklin 00- gauge London Midland and Scottish (LMS) loco and tender was competition for Hornby trains.

Metrolink's Holiday Toy Train is coming to town

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  December 7, 2006 ;   Yazmin Alvarez;   103 words ......ornaments and a dancing Elvis Polar bear, Metrolink's 450- ton Holiday Toy Train is making its way throughout the Inland area. Stopping at designated Metrolink stations, the toy train will be loaded with extravagant fixtures and a crew who'll be putting...