DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS VALID ANYMORE I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS YEARS DATE WONDER WHO STARTED IT AND WHY IT MAY HAVE GONE AWAY EMAIL ggtfmme@aol.com thank you for your effort. GENE
In 2011 it was on November 18th, a Friday.
and last year it was November 16th.
This year (2013) Nov. 15th would work, but I have seen no advertising for it.
Where is the NMRA in this. Somebody step up to the plate....
Johnboy out........................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
National Train Day was May 11th, 2013.
http://www.nationaltrainday.com/s/
Worlds Greatest Hobby sponsored the 'Take a Train to Work Day'. Their web site has no mention of a similar activity in 2013.
http://www.greatesthobby.com/
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
We need a good railroady number to base the date on like:
pi day, March 14 (3.14)
or
mole day, October 23 (10^23)
Maybe
November 11? (11 11 two parallel tracks)
-E-C-Mills We need a good railroady number to base the date on like: November 11? (11 11 two parallel tracks)
November 11th is taken by a far more important day...Rememberance Day/Veterans Day!
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."
EMD.Don -E-C-Mills We need a good railroady number to base the date on like: November 11? (11 11 two parallel tracks) November 11th is taken by a far more important day...Rememberance Day/Veterans Day!
Thank You, Don,
DAV Vietnam Vet,1967.
Cheers,
Frank
zstripe Thank You, Don, DAV Vietnam Vet,1967. Cheers, Frank
Not at all...thank YOU and all those that served and continue to serve !
Happy modeling!
Don.
Not that we have a say in it, but how about the day the rails met at Promontory in 1869.
May 10
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
http://gearedsteam.blogspot.com/
I actually think it makes a greater impact in the last couple of months of the year leading up to Christmas, which is when most (not all) of us got our introduction into the World's Greatest Hobby
Johnboy out...........................HHhhmmmn Christmas Shopping... We only have about 60 days left.
I think selecting a day, rather than a date would keep it from falling on a weekend. First or third Friday in Nov would keep it away from Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Last Friday in Oct could work also, as few of us are effected at work by the ghosts and goblins that come around later in the day on Halloween.
I suggest Fridays rather than another day, as things are usually winding down and a little more time might be available for others to stop, look and listen. (That fit nicely, despite not being a forethought.)
Have fun,
Richard
I won't take a model train to work for fear of being laughed out of the roundhouse.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
Acually that is the base date for National Train day but moved to the closest Saturday, so that anyone who wants to can attend and not interfere with commuter rail ops.
Joe Staten Island West
Oops yes my bad~
How about?
Richard Trevithick demonstrated for the public the world’s first railway locomotive on 21st February 1802
cowman I think selecting a day, rather than a date would keep it from falling on a weekend. First or third Friday in Nov would keep it away from Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Last Friday in Oct could work also, as few of us are effected at work by the ghosts and goblins that come around later in the day on Halloween. I suggest Fridays rather than another day, as things are usually winding down and a little more time might be available for others to stop, look and listen. (That fit nicely, despite not being a forethought.) Have fun, Richard
I believe Cowman has the right approach, He gets my vote, as it fits right in with my suggestion.
Johnboy out..............