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All Aboard - Everything About Railroads and Toy Trains
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Emcee:  peter michaelson Type:  Unmoderated
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I'm opening this forum for discussions on any topic having to do with railroads, toy trains, railroad stocks, train travel et cetera.

My brother is a Lionel fanatic, I am a Indian train travel fanatic and my kids are toy train fanatics.

Three topics are of particular interest to me at the moment:

1. I am friends with a principle of the investment firm which bought the Lionel company a couple of years ago and am eagerly looking forward to a possible IPO.

2. I am beginning to think about making plans for my 50th birthday celebration aboard a private railcar on a train in South India. Still 7 1/2 years off, thankfully.

3. I am buying GRTS - The Great Train Store - which on poor earnings lately is down to $3.50 from a high of $10. It's a very well run store, with excellent and smart management. 26% owned by the chairman and founder. 40 stores in prime locations. Great mercahndise selection. They have got to be thinking about a website. Go KTEL! of trains.

Everyone is welcome. Please come in.

Peter
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34 My, you are a dedicated enthusiast for putting up that webpage. Lots of time apeter michaelson-7/5/1999
33 I finally got our Cumbres & Toltec photos cropped and sized and put on a we246810-7/5/1999
32 Sacramento. Well that is a Fair not to miss. My wife and I are pretty tired fro246810-6/17/1999
31 24: Glad you enjoyed the trip. Someday, for me, when the kids are a bit olderpeter michaelson-6/16/1999
30 We were in Colorado last week and rode the Cumbres & Toltec. I was impresse246810-6/15/1999
29 Hello all: I want to wish all of the ferroequinologists and collectors of traiMary A Young-12/14/1998
28 <<Stockholders will receive an attractive stock certificate, shareholder mod-10/5/1998
27 Responding to post #25 on this thread (newsletter, D&SNG, etc.).... As forTom Murray-10/1/1998
26 Hi Peter and all: I'm delighted to find this thread. My hubby and I are Mary A Young-9/24/1998
25 #1 How do I subscribe to your newsletter? #2 How could the D&SNG lose mone246810-9/24/1998
24 Florida-Fun Train suspends operations Following is a quote from FTRN's 9/Tom Murray-9/22/1998
23 Yeah - could be fun. I talked to a guy locally who bought about 12 miles of trpeter michaelson-9/3/1998
22 Sure would like to buy the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge. Now that First246810-9/2/1998
21 History of The Pennsylvania Railroad with some nice photographs and a historic peter michaelson-6/16/1998
20 For fun - The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and Mike's Railway History pagepeter michaelson-6/16/1998
19 Peter: Just finished checking that site on high speed trains. It is fascinatwilliam l Dean-6/11/1998
18 Peter: Thanks for sending the info on high speed trains. I looked at some ofwilliam l Dean-6/10/1998
17 Bill: I thought you might enjoy this great site re High Speed Trains. keatingpeter michaelson-6/10/1998
16 micky: Here's a pleasant train link. Seems like a nice guy. A few picturpeter michaelson-6/10/1998
15 Peter, saw those trains in and out of Portland -- and all across the northwest,micky-6/9/1998
14 Bill: Yeah, we have paper mills too, along the Columbia River 10 miles to the peter michaelson-6/2/1998
13 Peter: Rather than a Sow's ear it is more like hog jowls. Down here in Chwilliam l Dean-6/1/1998
12 Bill: A silk purse from a sow's ear? I never did fully understand the exppeter michaelson-6/1/1998
11 Hi Peter: About three years ago I bought Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) stowilliam l Dean-5/31/1998
10 Oops. Thanks Paul. In fact, I own GRTN, not GTRS. The stores are pretty neatpeter michaelson-5/20/1998
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