Latest Amtrak Podcast Episodes
The Amazing Chris Guenzler tells you about Eastern Amtrak Routes
Lets Talk Trains - April 26, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe Amazing Chris Guenzler tells you about Eastern Amtrak Routes in this weeks show. We will focused on those routes in the Eastern United States on all routes that Amtrak operates. Learn from him what can be found along these routes and learn all about them. Chris will share his experiences on e...
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
Lets Talk Trains - April 19, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains travels to the University of Missouri-Saint Louis to visit the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library. Established in 1984 as a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library, the John W. Barriger III National Rai...
LTT On The Road: Louisiana Railroad Festival
Lets Talk Trains - April 12, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe 25th Louisiana Railroad Festival in DeQuincy, Louisiana host this week's American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains program. The City of DeQuincy which observed the centennial of its incorporation in 2003, owes its existence to the railroads. The original townsite was l...
LTT On The Road: "Day Out With Thomas"
Lets Talk Trains - April 05, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsToday we are live in Grapevine, Texas on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad learning about Day Out With Thomas and how the Museum of the American Railroad puts on this annual family fun event for North Texas. Join us! For 68 years, children have been captivated by the courageous adventures of Thoma...
Fifth Saturday Updates
Lets Talk Trains - March 29, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn this edition of the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains we will get into detail about the up and coming events that our listeners can participate in. be sure and listen in.
A Railroader's Point Of View: Gary Moreau
Lets Talk Trains - March 22, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsNow retired Union Pacific Railroader Gary Moreau will fill us in on what being a railroader is about. Gary recently retired from UP as a MOW Supervisor. Gary has worked pretty much all over the UP system, and even at a few of the merger railroads. Join us for an interesting conversation. Gary wil...
Choosing The Right Landscaping for Garden Railways
Lets Talk Trains - March 15, 2014 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsLast year, the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains talked with the Gateway Garden Railroad Club and during that episode, talked with members about plant selection and ground cover for a garden railroad. After many listeners expressed an interest and suggested we do a w...
Arizona Railway Museum 30th Anniversary
Lets Talk Trains - March 08, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsBob and Elizabeth host this week's show recounting their visit to the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler. Bob is a founding member of the Museum and he and his guests will be talking about the Museum's history from its inception to the present day. One of the highlights of the celebration was a...
Chris Guenzler talks about what is along western Amtrak Routes
Lets Talk Trains - March 01, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe Amazing Chris Guenzler talks about what is along western Amtrak Routes. He will tell you what to see as he covers most of the Amtrak system out west. He will tell you all about each route out west. You will learn just what is out there along these unique western Amtrak routes. Learn from Chr...
StreetCars Comeback
Lets Talk Trains - February 22, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsJoin us as we talk about Streetcars and their comeback. We will talk with Cincinnati officials and then head to the midwest, and visit with Kansas City officials. Join in the conversation at 646-716-7106.
Interview with Allen C. Harper, President of American Heritage Railways
Lets Talk Trains - February 15, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsAllen C. Harper will be this week's guest on the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains program. Mr. Harper is the president of the American Heriitage Railways. The American Heritage Railways is the company that owns and operates the Durango & Silverton Railroad along wit...
National Railway Historical Society RailCamp with host Skip Waters
Lets Talk Trains - February 08, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsJoin us to learn about NRHS RailCamp 2014 with host Skip Waters. The National Railway Historical Society each summer sponsors RailCamp, a venue that gives hands-on contemporary railroading and railroad preservation experience to high school students, allowing them to interact directly with ra...
Conductor Larry Stops By For A Visit
Lets Talk Trains - February 01, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe Amazing Chris Guenzler host a blast from the past. From the days when Richard Hamilton hosted the show this week the Chris Guenzler will do an interview live on air with our good friend Conductor Larry. He will return with tales of being hired by the Southern Pacific and his experiences doi...
Rocky Mountain Express IMAX Director Stephen Low Interview
Lets Talk Trains - January 25, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn this week's episode, At The Railyard host Nick Ozorak interviews Stephen Low, director of the IMAX movie "Rocky Mountain Express". Stephen talks about the process of filming Canadian Pacific #2816 as well as his lifelong interest in trains and filmmaking.
LTT On The Road: Rail Passenger Car Alliance National Convention
Lets Talk Trains - January 18, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains travels to the 2014 Railroad Passenger Car Alliance convention in Branson, Missouri this week. We will learn what the Alliance does for Passenger Car Owners and what it means for the railfan. Founded in 1982, the Railroad Passen...
St. Louis, Missouri's MetroLink: How It Got Started And It's Future.
Lets Talk Trains - January 11, 2014 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week, the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Train's program takes a look at the Metropolitan St.Louis Light Rail system. We will talk about how the system got it's start and the current two leg operation. We will find out it ties into the other transportation modes tha...
Canadian National Dispatcher Dave Smetko
Lets Talk Trains - January 04, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsDavid Smetko the CN Dispatcher will be our guest this week on this prerecoded episode on LTT. You can not call the show during this interview. We will learn about what his job entails, What segments of railroad he dispatches and then his hobby of rare mileage train riding. We willl go pack to hi...
2013 APRHF's Let's Talk Trains Hosts Year In Review
Lets Talk Trains - December 28, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsAs 2013 comes to a close, please join all of the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains hosts as they each take over a segment to talk about their best show that the hosted and and the best show that listened to by from each of other hosts. The chat room www.letstalktrain...
LTT On The Road: Jackson, TN: Casey Jones and the NC&STL
Lets Talk Trains - December 21, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn our last “On The Road Segment” of 2013, we visit the railroad town of Jackson, not Mississippi but the other Jackson located in the State of Tennessee. We visit with the Mayor to Jackson, Tenn. to find out about Jackson and what they are doing to make railfans and their citizens interested in...
Current News And Events Plus A Look Into the Future
Lets Talk Trains - December 14, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week, Kansas City Nathan hosts, as we follow up with the Regional Roundup Crew, as we discuss recent events around the country---including new and ongoing projects, and noteworthy derailments. During the second half of the show, we will replay the Special Edition report of the Illinois Depa...
Ask the Amazing Chris Guenzler Day
Lets Talk Trains - December 07, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis is your chance to ask the Amazing Chris Guenzler any railroad related questions about his train riding. This show got a little crazy from some off the wall callers but your host took care of it. It was the hardest show I had ever hosted but I did it. This was the highest listenship show we h...
2013 Christmas and Holiday Trains
Lets Talk Trains - November 30, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThanksgiving weekend is the traditional start of the holiday season. Join Bob and Elizabeth at 12-noon (Central) / 10:00 A.M. (Pacific) for their annual review of holiday, Santa and Christmas trains throughout the Country. Please let us know about the holiday trains in your area by calling (646...
Thanksgiving For Railroad Museums
Lets Talk Trains - November 23, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week, the Let's Talk Trains host, ShuttletrainTED, visited the Memphis, Tenn. Railroad & Trolley Museum. We learn about how the railroad help shape the past and present Memphis. The Memphis Railroad and Trolley Museum allows visitors to learn about railroading and what the future holds. Shu...
Meridian RailFest/Gulf, Mobile & Ohio/J. Parker Lamb
Lets Talk Trains - November 16, 2013 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsLet's Talk Trains visited the town of Meridian, Mississippi during their WhistleStop Weekend. The Meridian Railroad Museum had their railfest and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Historical Society had their annual convention and Soule SteamFest had their annual open house. We were also joined by noted ...
The Model Railroad Turn--I mean Roundtable
Lets Talk Trains - November 09, 2013 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsKansas City Nathan will be hosting the show from the La Plata, Mo. Depot, which host the east & westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief, and the gateway to the APRHF Headquarters, and SilverRails Country. This week, we will welcome Kevin Buck, of LaPlata Riptrack, Jim LeBaron, and possibly others for a ...
Chris Visits With Carl Morrison
Lets Talk Trains - November 02, 2013 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsCarl Morrison will be our guest, this week, on the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's The Let's Talk Trains Show. The Amazing Chris Guenzler will interview Carl about his websites on TrainWeb.org and on MoKnows Photos, as well as many other railroad related things. Carl has many stori...
Amtrak and Minnesota Museums
Lets Talk Trains - October 26, 2013 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's the Let's Talk Trains Show visits with an old friend this week, Amtrak Media Relations Manager, Marc Magliari. After Marc brings us up to track speed, we will visit with the Twin City Model Railroad Museum. During the whole second hour will be t...
LTT On The Road: Silver Rails Train Show and C&O Historical Society
Lets Talk Trains - October 19, 2013 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis time, on the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation's Let's Talk Trains Show, we are visiting Silver Rails Country, located in LaPlata, Mo.---home of the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation---and the Silver Rails Train Show for the first hour. The second hour, we turn our atten...
Mitch Markovitz Returns
Lets Talk Trains - October 12, 2013 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsMitch Markovitz was Bob and Elizabeth's guest in 2010 when we had a series on railroad artists. Now Mitch joins us again to talk about his railroad career which included working for the Chicago and North Western, Milwaukee Road and South Shore Line. Please join us at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM...
2013 NRHS Alaska Convention Recap
Lets Talk Trains - October 05, 2013 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis week, the Amazing Chris Guenzler will give a recap of the Alaska NRHS 2013 Convention, which was held in Fairbanks, Alaska, September 14th through September 17th, and Anchorage, Alaska, September 18th through September 22nd. Chris and Elizabeth Alkire will talk about their experiences of ...
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