Get Featured on Trains and Toy Soldiers!
Jan 16th 2020
Do you have a model railroad and/or toy soldier display? Do you want to be featured on Trains and Toy Soldiers social media? Send us photos and videos of your model railways, toy soldier displays, and your other Trains and Toy Soldiers products for a chance to be featured online. Email us your photos and videos at ttscontributions@gmail.com, with the name of the products in your display and your first name if you want it included (optional!). Fol...
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Caltrain
Jan 13th 2020
This week for our product spotlight, we’re looking at our
Kato Caltrains. Check out the Trains and Toy Soldiers store online or give us a
call to explore our line of commuter rail trains.Caltrain“Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter
rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon
Valley). The northern terminus of the line is in San Francisco at 4th and King
Streets; its southern terminus is...
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Anglo-Zulu War
Jan 9th 2020
The Anglo-Zulu War was a six month war fought in 1879
between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa.Sir Henry Bartle “Frere, on his own initiative, without the
approval of the British government and with the intent of instigating a war
with the Zulu, had presented an ultimatum on 11 December 1878, to the Zulu king
Cetshwayo with which the Zulu king could not comply, including disbanding his
army and abandoning key cultural...
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Celebrate 2020 with Free Shipping!
Dec 31st 2019
Happy New Year! To ring in 2020, we're offering FREE SHIPPING storewide until 11:59pm CST on Sunday, January 5. Use the code FREE2020 to claim free shipping today! We're grateful to you for being part of the Trains and Toy Soldiers community this year. Here's to a wonderful next year!...
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On This Day: Wounded Knee Massacre
Dec 29th 2019
Content warning: Massacre, genocide, violence against Indigenous PeopleOn December 29, 1890, the U.S. cavalry massacred nearly 300 Lakota
Indians (also known as Teton Sioux), nearly half women and children, in Wounded
Knee Creek in South Dakota. The American army had been implementing a regime of
suppressing and assimilating Native Americans. The U.S. government had been
seizing Lakota lands and forcing Native Americans to stay on reservation...
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