Latest Passenger rail Podcast Episodes
Review of 2019 NRHS Convention, "24 Hours at Saginaw" and recent 261 Trips
Lets Talk Trains - June 27, 2019 02:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsSkip Waters, Chris Guenzler and Elizabeth Alkire will review the activities and fun had by all during the recent 2019 NRHS Convention help in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Promontory, Utah. Plus, Skip and Chris will reflect on "24 Hours at Saginaw" rail-watching event held in Saginaw, Texas over Me...
14th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2019
Lets Talk Trains - May 25, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsYour host is Skip Waters, organizer of the 14th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2019, a 24 hour railwatching event sponsored by the North Texas Chapter, NRHS. Joining us will be local guests attending "24 Hours @ Saginaw" as we share the fun and exciting activities happening at the Saginaw Chamber o...
2018 NRHS Convention Review with Skip Waters and Chris Guenzler
Lets Talk Trains - September 16, 2018 22:39 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsJoin us for a special edition of LTT as Skip Waters and Chris Guenzler review the trips and events from the 2018 NRHS Annual Convention held in Cumberland, MD. Trips were taken in three states of Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Hear about each event our hosts were part of and reli...
2017 NRHS Convention Review with Skip Waters and Chris Guenzler
Lets Talk Trains - June 14, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsJoin us for a special edition of LTT as Skip Waters and Chris Guenzler review the trips and events from the 2017 NRHS Annual Convention held in Nashville, Tenneesee. Trips were taken in three states of Georgia, Kentucky and Tennesee. Hear about each event our hosts were part of and relive the e...
13th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2018
Lets Talk Trains - May 26, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsYour host is Skip Waters, organizer of the 13th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2018, a 24 hour railwatching event sponsored by the North Texas Chapter, NRHS. Joining us will be local guests attending "24 Hours @ Saginaw" as we share the fun and exciting activities happening at the Saginaw Chamber o...
The History, Present, and Future of Amtrak Cascades--Post Derailment
Lets Talk Trains - January 20, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsPlease join us, as special guest Bob Alkire joins us to discuss the fatal events which took place near DuPont, Washington, in December 2017. Bob will discuss the history of the line, the right-of-way involved in the recent incident and its inaugural run that never reached its final destination. ...
LTT is Back On The Air -- at Silver Rails Model Train Show, LaPlata, Mo.
Lets Talk Trains - October 24, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsAfter a year of being off the air, and many listeners asking, the Let's Talk Trains Show is back! What better way, than to be at the SilverRails Model Trains Show, held in LaPlata, Missouri, on October 21st. First, we will talk about the new format of the show, and our newest sponsor of the sho...
12th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2017
Lets Talk Trains - May 27, 2017 17:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsYour host is Skip Waters, organizer of the 12th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2017, a 24 hour railwatching event sponsored by the North Texas Chapter, NRHS. Join us with local guests attending "24 Hours @ Saginaw" as we share the fun and exciting activities happening at the Saginaw Chamber of Comm...
Chris Guenzler talks about his 2016 train trips plus other events he has done
Lets Talk Trains - December 23, 2016 20:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsChris Guenzler talks about his 2016 train trips plus other events he has done. He won't talk at his 2016 NRHS trip which he already covered on another show.
Amazing Chris Guenzler tells you about his NRHS 2016 Denver Convention Trip
Lets Talk Trains - August 27, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsHe will tell you all about his trip
The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Lets Talk Trains - June 23, 2016 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsBob continues his series on preservation with Scott Lothes, the Executive Director of the Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Scott will talk about the Center and its history, the annual Converstions weekend, the Center's collection of photographs, photo preservation in general and how the ...
11th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2016
Lets Talk Trains - May 28, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsYour host is Skip Waters, organizer of the 11th Annual "24 Hours @ Saginaw" 2016, a 24 hour railwatching event sponsored by the North Texas Chapter, NRHS. Join us with local guests attending "24 Hours @ Saginaw" as we share the fun and exciting activities happening at the Saginaw Chamber of Comm...
Historic Preservation with T J Gaffney
Lets Talk Trains - May 21, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsT J Gaffney has worked on several preservation projects in the Port Huron, Michigan area. He joins Bob Alkire for a live broadcast for a conversation about historic preservation, his company Streamline Historic Services and his job at Conrail. Join us a t 10:00 AM Pacific/1:00 PM Eastern at 646...
LTT On The Road: Wichita, Kansas
Lets Talk Trains - May 12, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis month's On The Road episode, we head west of our headquarters state of Missouri to Kansas. down the Kansas Turnpike and over lots abandon raibeds to the town of Wichita. Wichita, Kansas used to be a center of rai for the plains, with all the cattle drives ending Wichita. Now freighttrains ...
A Conversation with Fred Frailey
Lets Talk Trains - April 18, 2016 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsFred Frailey is a columnist, Feature Writer and blogger for Trains Magazine for which he has written for 37 years. Fred has spent a lifetime as a newspaper and magazine writer and editor; and will soon be divididng his time with his wife Cathie between the Colorado Rockies and an island off the A...
LTT On The Road: Rosenberg Texas Railroad Museum RailFest
Lets Talk Trains - April 09, 2016 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe APRHF's Let's Talk Trains program travels to Rosenberg, Texas to be part of the Rosenberg Railroad Museum's 2016 RailFest. Join us as we find out about Rosenberg and it's Railroad Museum. We learn about the history of the town and the railroad that runs through it. This will be a LIVE episode...
Winterail 2016
Lets Talk Trains - March 25, 2016 02:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsBob and Elizabeth host this week as they talk about their visit to Winterail. After 38 years in Stockton, Winterail has moved to Corvallis, OR. It promises to be an interesting weekend as we head to Portland to ride Tri-Met's Westside Express, photograph stations on the way to Corvallis, attend...
LTT On The Road: American Heritage Railways and the Great Smoky Mountain Railway
Lets Talk Trains - March 12, 2016 03:44 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsAllan "Al" Harper returns to Let's Talk Trains to recap the American Heritage Railways and Rail Events happenings as ShuttletrainTED takes a trip on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Al makes three big annoucements and then we talk to Bryson City, NC mayor and Swain County Chamber of Commerce. ...
APRHF Rail Rangers' 2016 Excursion Series & Special Announcement, plus more
Lets Talk Trains - March 05, 2016 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThis episode of the APRHF's Let's Talk Trains Show, Kansas City Nathan is at the helm with special guests, Robert & Kandace Tabern, of the APRHF Rail Rangers, who have a VERY EXCITING announcement for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of railroad excursion history. With the APRHF Rail...
An Interview with Doug Alexander and his trip on the Amtrak Inspection Train
Lets Talk Trains - March 01, 2016 21:31 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn this episode of APRHF's Let's Talk Trains, we visit with Doug Alexander, whom was selected to ride last month's Amtrak's Inspection Train from New Orleans, Louisiana to Jacksonville, Florida. We started out by asking him describe his passion for trains and passenger railroading. Then we asked...
Applied Imagination: Who are they? What are they?
Lets Talk Trains - February 13, 2016 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsEver been to a botanical garden and seen their trains running around a layout? Christmastime many, more public gardens, department stores have found a way to bring visitors into their facilities. TRAINS. THe company, Applied Imagination has filled that niche for many of them.On this edition of Le...
The American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation
Lets Talk Trains - January 21, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsBob Cox, president of the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation will discuss several aspects of the organization including such topics as history, purpose, programs, achievements and future plans.
Shady Lane Greenhouse and It's Trains
Lets Talk Trains - December 05, 2015 18:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsDuring our recent visit to Milwaukee for Trainfest, (see previous episodes). We discovered about a half hour north, of the Trainfest location of the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. The Shady Lane Greenhouse has very Two very nice G-Scale train layouts. We visited with the owner and creator of the l...
LTT On The Road: TrainFest Day Two
Lets Talk Trains - November 15, 2015 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe APRHF Let's Talk Trains Show will be attending the America's Largest Operational Model Train Show: TrainFest. We will be broadcast LIVE from Noon to 2 p.m. from the exhibition floor. We will talk to show director and several exhibitors. We will have a jammed packed two hour show. You can call...
LTT On The Road: TrainFest Day One
Lets Talk Trains - November 14, 2015 18:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsThe APRHF Let's Talk Trains Show will be attending the America's Largest Operational Model Train Show:TrainFest. We will be broadcasting LIVE from Noon to 2 p.m.from the exhibition floor. We wil get to talk to the show director and several exhibitors. We will have a jammed packed two hour show. ...
A Visit With Ken Patterson
Lets Talk Trains - October 31, 2015 17:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsFrom his South Saint Louis County home on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River and the railroad that runs along it. We check in with Ken Patterson. Ken is world famous for his modeling scenery skills and his photograpghy. His pictures have graced several magizine covers, and inside catalo...
The Vicksburg Campaign And The Importance Of The Railroad
Lets Talk Trains - October 24, 2015 17:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsDuring our Mississippi swing, we stopped off and discovered that the Vicksburg National Military Park had a railroad running through it, and has since before the war. So I asked the National Park staff if we could do a follow up inerview. What I learned was amazing, just as the spot in the park ...
LTT On The Road: McComb Mississippi Railroad Museum
Lets Talk Trains - October 17, 2015 17:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 32 ratingsOn this episode, we head south for our annual Mississippi visit. This time, we pull into McComb, Mississippi. The town of McComb is home to the McComb Railroad Museum. The town owes it's beginnings to the railroads, as do many of Mississippi towns. The McComb Railroad Museum is housed in the curr...
A Quick Visit To The Chatham, Illinois Railroad Museum
Lets Talk Trains - October 05, 2015 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 32 ratingsIf you have ever traveled through the Springfield, Illinois area recently, you probably missed a great little railroad museum, just south of Springfield. The town of Chatham, Illinois has preserved their Chicago and Alton depot. The depot sits next to the Amtrak/UP line that runs from Chicago to ...
LTT On The Road: Monticello Railroad Museum
Lets Talk Trains - September 26, 2015 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 32 ratingsLet's Talk Trains visits Monticellp Railroad Museum. Learn about the history, the future and the current restorations going on.
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