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Metro is exhibited in a museum and buyers are being sought for the old fleet

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A Metro carriage that has carried millions of passengers since it entered service in 1980 has officially moved to its new home at Glasgow’s Transport Museum. With the introduction of 17 new trains to the Glasgow Subway system underway, the 43-year-old fleet will disappear from the passenger schedule. The Riverside Museum was the first to … Read more

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a museum in Denver is trying to reveal it in full

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DENVER – Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of North Dakota’s badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone sticking out of the ground. The trio publicly announced their discovery Monday during a Zoom news conference, as workers at the Denver Museum … Read more

Rare juvenile T. rex fossil found by children in North Dakota and on display at Denver museum

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A rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil found nearly two years ago by three children during a family hike in the North Dakota Badlands will soon be on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the museum said Tuesday. The unlikely discovery was made in July 2022 by brothers Jessin and Liam Fisher, their … Read more

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a museum in Denver is working to reveal it in full

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Associated Press

Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of North Dakota’s badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone sticking out of the ground. The trio publicly announced their discovery Monday during a Zoom news conference, as workers at the Denver Museum of Nature … Read more

Northern Rail warns that paper tickets will disappear within five years

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By Colin Fernandez and Shannon Mcguigan 1:54 PM June 3, 2024, updated 4:27 PM June 3, 2024 Last year, 2.3 million fewer paper train tickets were issued The number of people using Northern Rail e-tickets increased by 19 percent Paper train tickets – a hallmark of rail travel since the first passenger service in 1825 … Read more

End of the queue for paper train tickets as Northern Rail warns passengers that e-fares will make them just a ‘museum exhibit’ for the next five years

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Northern Rail said the classic orange train ticket – known as the 'magstripe' because it has a magnetic, machine-readable stripe on the back – will soon be a 'museum exhibit' (file image)

Last year, 2.3 million fewer paper train tickets were issued The number of people using Northern Rail e-tickets increased by 19 percent By Colin Fernandez and Shannon McGuigan Published: 08:54 EDT, June 3, 2024 | Updated: 11:27 AM EDT, June 3, 2024 Paper train tickets – a hallmark of rail travel since the first passenger … Read more