For their 40th Anniversary, Amtrak has put together a special train with displays of photos, uniforms, china, and memorabilia from America’s Railroad℠ while also offering a glimpse into the future. If you know what a P-40 Locomotive is, or want to try Sleeper 10020 (named Pacific Bend) on for siz
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03/27/2012
In an eight minute production by talent from Wilmington, Delaware you see such luminaries as the Next Great Baker, a singing official from the Mayor’s office, students from the Cab Calloway School of the Arts, all put together by a painting conservator from Winterthur Museum. And if that’s not
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03/25/2012
Time to get on board for Greenberg's Model Train Show which arrives in Wilmington, Delaware March 24 and 25 at the Riverfront Center. Kids are free! Website http://www.greenbergshows.com/ As a board member of the Friends of the Furness Railroad District (our website is http://friendsoffurness.o
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03/23/2012
I have recently been traveling downstate (as those of us in Wilmington see the situation-- and it’s hard to go very far traveling across a state which is only 30 miles wide and 100 miles long) and decided to stop the other day at the Smyrna Rest Stop, a local feature since 1969.Always trimmed ou
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03/21/2012
I don’t know anything about the ‘Luck of the Irish,” but I do have a bit of a green thumb (don’t think that counts). For at least a decade, I have been nursing along a shamrock (oxalis) plant which was in one of those tiny pots when I bought it. It now has a very large pot and loves it by the wi
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03/17/2012
Who would have believed that The Flyin' Hawaiian would not only dominate in the Phillies outfield, but in last week's Philadelphia International Flower Show? In a category named Mailboxes and Lampposts, a mailbox full of "Phan-mail" for Shane Victorino won a blue ribbon for the Garden Club of P
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03/12/2012
The Philadelphia International Flower Show is in progress this week at the Convention Center in Center City with the theme of Hawaii:Islands of Aloha. A friend and I thought we would try taking the SEPTA train from Elwyn, Pennsylvania for a change and to eliminate driving in city traffic and payi
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03/07/2012
Today was Howard Pyle Day at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. A special exhibit of his paintings and illustrations ends this weekend, so there were some interesting events going on. After looking at the artwork, I saw 3 chefs and some pretty fancy cakes. They were asked to creat
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03/03/2012
March 5, 1804, Nathan Burrows, a farmer living near John Dickinson’s plantation outside Dover, Delaware wrote, “Tis with regret I acquaint you that your house was burnt down on Saturday last.” With these words, Dickinson discovered that his home had been accidentally destroyed by fire on Saturday
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03/01/2012
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