Lets Talk Trains

The Amazing Chris Guenzler will be hosting this week's "the Let's Talk Trains Show." Chris will talk about his mainline steam trips over the years, We will be also checking in with our Regional Roundup correspondents around the country, as well as taking your calls. ALL ABOARD!!!

Do you like trains? Do you enjoy modeling trains? Have you ever had a model railroad when you were young and want to get back into the hobby, but don't know where to start? Have you hit that "bumper at the end of the line" and don't know what you want to do? This week, Kansas City Nathan, will be hosting The Let's Talk Trains Show, with Special Guest, Kevin Buck, and others who have been involved in model railroading , both as an amateur and professionally. This will be the first of a series of shows which we will discuss the different aspects of model railroading, from figuring out what scale is best for you, to deciding if you will have a prototypical operation or a freelanced layout. We will be opening the lines to you, the listener, to give your opinion and pose questions for our Special Guests. We will be also catching up with our Regional Roundup around the U.S. and North America. Be sure to join in the conversation, as this will be a great show! ALL ABOARD!!!

Do you like trains? Do you enjoy modeling trains? Have you ever had a model railroad when you were young and want to get back into the hobby, but don't know where to start? Have you hit that "bumper at the end of the line" and don't know what you want to do? This week, Kansas City Nathan, will be hosting The Let's Talk Trains Show, with Special Guest, Kevin Buck, and others who have been involved in model railroading , both as an amateur and professionally. This will be the first of a series of shows which we will discuss the different aspects of model railroading, from figuring out what scale is best for you, to deciding if you will have a prototypical operation or a freelanced layout. We will be opening the lines to you, the listener, to give your opinion and pose questions for our Special Guests. We will be also catching up with our Regional Roundup around the U.S. and North America. Be sure to join in the conversation, as this will be a great show! ALL ABOARD!!!

This week's Let's Talk Trains focuses on Amtrak and it's plans to renovate several stations. We will be joined by an Amtrak official who will give us a firsthand report on what Amtrak has planned.. The chatroom will be open at www.letstalktrains.com/chat and there will be time to call in and ask your question about the stations. Join us won't you?

Join us at the Gateway Garden Railroad Club Winter Meeting. The Gateway Garden Railroad is a group of Large Scale Railroaders from the Metro St. Louis Area that love to show off their hobby.

The Amazing Chris Guenzler will tell you about all of the NRHS Conventions that he has attended. From San Jose in 1982, Sacramento 1999, St Louis 2001,  Grand Canyon 2002, Baltimore 2003, Minneapolis 2004, Portland 2005, New Philadelphia 2006,  Chattanooga 2007,  Fort Worth 2008,  Duluth 2009,  Scanton 2010, and  Portland 2011 will be talked about. Learn where trips were run to and other things Chris did around the NRHS Conventions. Join us for this very educational show about all of these NRHS Conventions.    

The Amazing Chris Guenzler will tell you about all of the NRHS Conventions that he has attended.

This week, we will be broadcasting live from St. Louis Union Station. The station was bought by a St. Louis hotel management company. We will talk to CEO of the Lodging Hospitality Management Group, the curator of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library.The mayor of St. Louis might even drop by to have a chat. Join us from noon to two, central time The new BlogTalkRadio chat room will be open at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/letstalktrains/2013/01/26/st-louis-union-station-rebirth-is-the-third-time-a-charm. You may need to register on the BlogTalkRadio Site. You can sign in using your blogtalk account or your Facebook log in. This is a new chatroom for the Let's Talk Trains, we are moving off the old chatroom because the old chatroom can not be updated to the new JAVA.

This week, we will be broadcasting live from St. Louis Union Station. The station was bought by a St. Louis hotel management company. We will talk to CEO of the Lodging Hospitality Management Group, the curator of the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library.The mayor of St. Louis might even drop by to have a chat. Join us from noon to two, central time The new BlogTalkRadio chat room will be open at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/letstalktrains/2013/01/26/st-louis-union-station-rebirth-is-the-third-time-a-charm. You may need to register on the BlogTalkRadio Site. You can sign in using your blogtalk account or your Facebook log in. This is a new chatroom for the Let's Talk Trains, we are moving off the old chatroom because the old chatroom can not be updated to the new JAVA.

Let's Talk Trains goes to back to college. We will find out what colleges and universities are doing to bring prospective students and currents students to use Amtrak.  Join us in the BLOGTALKRADIO chatroom at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/letstalktrains/2013/01/19/amtrak-and-colleges-take-a-train-to-class. you may need to log using your blogtalkradio log in or your Facebook login. We are moving to the new chatroom, beacuse the old chatroom was not current in JAVA and lots of listeners could not jump on.  

Nick Ozorak, host of the virtual railroading review series "At The Railyard", will be hosting this week's show.  Scheduled guests will include Nels Anderson (Administrator of Trainsim.com's file library and forums) and Rick Franzosa (content creator for Belanger Locomotive Works/Zosa Trains).  We'll be making New Years predictions and looking at the future of the hobby.  Be sure to call in via Skype or by Phone (646-716-7106).

Nick Ozorak, host of the virtual railroading review series "At The Railyard", will be hosting this week's show. Scheduled guests will include Nels Anderson (Administrator of Trainsim.com's file library and forums) and Rick Franzosa (content creator for Belanger Locomotive Works/Zosa Trains). We'll be making New Years predictions and looking at the future of the hobby. Be sure to call in via Skype or by Phone (646-716-7106).

Be sure to join us in the conversation, as the Amazing Chris Guenzler talks about rare mileage trips and what makes them unique. Bart Jennings called I then went into explantion of what is rare mileage. Chris tells about a trip he took on the the old Venta Spur in Orange County to the present. Amtrak rare mileage, steam trips, VIA rare mileage  and then Bart Jennings trips that he has taken.  You will really understand the concept of what rare mileage is all about.   ALL ABOARD!!!

This week the Amazing Chris Guenzler and AC Adam will give you a good show . Christmas Gremlins at the start of the show. We started off with the Official Caller Ken Ruben then Shuttletrain Ted  called in. Bart Jennings chimed in with the NRHS Alaska 2013 Convention information then we did a rundown of events for this unique convention.  AC Adam mentioned his favorite railroad was the old Santa Fe as it was also mine. Ted  liked the old Frisco Railroad. Chris talked about his job and tied it in with trains talking about the old Pacific Electric Bridge across the Santa Ana River.  

This week the Amazing Chris Guenzler and AC Adam will give you a good show . Christmas Gremlins at the start of the show. We started off with the Official Caller Ken Ruben then ShuttletrainTED called in. Bart Jennings chimed in with the NRHS Alaska 2013 Convention information then we did a rundown of events for this unique convention.  AC Adam mentioned his favorite railroad was the old Santa Fe as it was also mine. ShuttletrainTED liked the old Frisco Railroad. Chris talked about his job and tied it in with trains talking about the old Pacific Electric Bridge across the Santa Ana River.