#coldwar — Public Fediverse posts

All you need is love
El amor vence al odio
#sovietarmy #coldwar #bulgaria

All you need is love
El amor vence al odio
#sovietarmy #coldwar #bulgaria

Imagine building a secret city in the desert to win a war, only to have your own country turn against you. This book tells that exact story.
#books #bookreview #coldwar #science
https://smpl.is/am4fc

Imagine building a secret city in the desert to win a war, only to have your own country turn against you. This book tells that exact story.
#books #bookreview #coldwar #science
https://smpl.is/am4fc

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 150

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 You, Me and the Movies React to Cloak & Dagger (1984) – As some of you readers might know already, I enjoyed the 1984 movie Cloak & Dagger (starring Henry Thomas) and I also liked playing the arcade game that appeared in it as a fictional Atari 5200 game. When it comes to retro gaming, the film strongly resonates with gamers who were old enough to have seen it and played games related with Atari on console and arcades in the 1980s. As such, it is not surprising to see that there are pretty few movie reaction videos of Cloak & Dagger on YouTube. To my personal delight, You, Me and the Movies posted a reaction video of the film and it is entertaining to watch!

https://youtu.be/O7mAIC4nVRg?si=DBgTYmg9yZztUCDO

#2 Minty Comedic Arts’ Exclusive Interview with Superboy TV star Gerard Christopher – If you were old enough to have seen the live-action Superboy series on TV a long time ago, you would remember that actor Gerard Christopher replaced John Newton as the star. Recently, Minty Comedic Arts posted his exclusive interview with Christopher (who played Superboy in over 70 episodes) and it is not just fun to watch but also surprising and insightful. At the same time, there is a lot to learn and discover from what Gerard Christopher revealed. That said, I encourage you to watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/lG0O5hsPNso?si=GZKJXCIRfTtt5o7S

#3 Yakisoba in Aichi Prefecture, Japan – I enjoy the taste of Yakisoba which is Japanese noodle stir-fried dish and it is often available in Japanese restaurants in the land of the rising sun as well in other parts of the world. In Aichi Prefecture, there is a family-owned restaurant that specializes in yakisoba. The dedicated cooking, careful processes and sound business management the food joint achieved resulted in a loyal customer base. There is a lot to learn and enjoy from the video below.

https://youtu.be/7ci-UXm0mgQ?si=F9w-qcbusnhWSteg

#4 Street Fighter II Is Unfair to Gamers? – Here is something that must be seen. Remember how intensely popular Street Fighter II and its updated versions were back in the 1990s? The original arcade game of Street Fighter II revolutionized fighting games and turned it into a wildly popular genre for both gamers and game companies. Still, there is something about the artificial intelligence (AI) in Street Fighter II that makes it “cheat” which resulted in a lot of frustrating experiences for those who played it. Did Capcom’s game developers deliberately set something up? Watch and learn from the video below.

https://youtu.be/_Roe54EGW08?si=Sw8ZcyQa2nAQhao9

#5 The Death of Criticism with Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Let me ask you this…if the so-called professional movie critics and online influencers unanimously give high praise to a big-budget movie designed to make a lot of money, do you let the critical acclaim influence you into watching it and adjusting your personal standards on judging new movies? In his recent video, Ranting for Vengeance shared a warning about the death of criticism over Spider-Man: Brand New Day which opened with massive commercial success backed with acclaim from the media and a variety of personalities online. By today’s standards, there are many millions of people who got oriented with Spider-Man without ever reading the classic comic books, and there are those who use Spider-Man movies as their main references. What is telling, however, is how some people lowered their standards on judging new movies as a whole. To learn more, watch Ranting with Vengeance’s video below and pay attention to the details.

https://youtu.be/ZHaMy-sX_OA?si=yphvAh4QI0F4AHWj

#6 Assorted Casino (1995) Reaction Videos – I missed out on Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film Casino during its theatrical run and I saw it on home video some years later. Loosely based on real-life events that happened in Las Vegas, the movie was very good with its presentation and the stylized approach on explaining the details regarding casinos and related businesses controlled by criminals. As such, it is not surprising that a lot of movie reaction videos of it were posted on YouTube and I found the most entertaining ones among them for you all to enjoy.

https://youtu.be/c_l1ihn6ch0?si=dxJhcCb7zOLXD9OC

https://youtu.be/J1EPcFPUBwk?si=sk_35J9cVAcpD0Tz

https://youtu.be/gdP6tSOjFAA?si=2TCGKeGDFIDpDZaT

https://youtu.be/UMqbBk8h8Yc?si=TKQtHUHRj6RxXFD8

#7 Game Developers Who Went Woke And Ruined The Gaming Industry – I have been playing video games since I was a little boy. This current console gaming generation has been very disappointing and I can say that it is very disgusting that state of gaming deteriorated a lot over the past several years as many game developers hired Leftist activists (the woke, transgendered, social justice warriors, LGBTQ extremists, rabid feminists, racist minority members and other undesirable people) and let them make new video games that reflected their ugly agenda. Very recently, the very woke Halo Studios got away with ruining Halo with the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved. The wokeness of gaming started many years ago and its disease grew a lot through the years. As such, the woke and Leftists working in video games clearly do not care about making video games fun and they do not care about gamers in general. To understand the wokeness and the Satanic Left’s agenda through gaming, watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/9ZnqX3py76I?si=FX81igPTy7-Y45Nv

#8 Tempura Onigiri and More in Japan – Recently in Japan, a new form of onigiri with tempura was released and it is gaining popularity with customers. Not only that, newer types of onigiri were being offered to customers as a result of unpredictable market forces, experimentation and the changing tastes of the customers. There is a lot to discover in the Nippon TV, and it just make you crave for onigiri.

https://youtu.be/tHYMpRYAx8c?si=4Fvp1501VK_R28XU

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Chapman Pincher didn't just write about Cold War spies. He accused MI5's own Director-General of working for Moscow.
#books #bookreview #MI5 #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am3ga

Chapman Pincher didn't just write about Cold War spies. He accused MI5's own Director-General of working for Moscow.
#books #bookreview #MI5 #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am3ga

Were they traitors or true believers? Modin lays out the facts and lets you make up your own mind.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #spy
https://smpl.is/am2r7

Were they traitors or true believers? Modin lays out the facts and lets you make up your own mind.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #spy
https://smpl.is/am2r7

Studio: Documentary Lab
The Quiet Man Dispatch #12 — Turn the Tools on Yourself
What FOIA can actually do for family history, and why a career's worth of skill doesn't have to work for someone else forever
JZ Murdock
#substack #history #indie #ancestry #WWII #ColdWar

Studio: Documentary Lab
The Quiet Man Dispatch #12 — Turn the Tools on Yourself
What FOIA can actually do for family history, and why a career's worth of skill doesn't have to work for someone else forever
JZ Murdock
#substack #history #indie #ancestry #WWII #ColdWar

By the 1980s the Cold War had been simmering for over three decades, and seemed likely to continue into the indefinite future. Technology had changed, however. Both sides still feared a surprise… #travel #coldwar #history

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/backscatter-radar-site?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

He burned bridges and made scenes. But nobody stopped him. The old-boy network kept him safe for years.
#books #bookreview #CambridgeSpyRing #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am1wp

He burned bridges and made scenes. But nobody stopped him. The old-boy network kept him safe for years.
#books #bookreview #CambridgeSpyRing #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am1wp

Ah, the nostalgic allure of sepia-toned #communism 📸—because nothing says "progress" like a hundred photos of breadlines and drab architecture. Just what we needed, a Soviet scrapbook to remind us why #capitalism won the Cold War 😂.
https://trinixy.ru/7039-sssr_v_fotografijakh_100_foto.html #nostalgia #sepia #ColdWar #SovietScrapbook #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the nostalgic allure of sepia-toned #communism 📸—because nothing says "progress" like a hundred photos of breadlines and drab architecture. Just what we needed, a Soviet scrapbook to remind us why #capitalism won the Cold War 😂.
https://trinixy.ru/7039-sssr_v_fotografijakh_100_foto.html #nostalgia #sepia #ColdWar #SovietScrapbook #HackerNews #ngated

Pincher named Hollis as a Soviet mole in 1981. Three years later he came back with more evidence and pushed even harder.
#books #bookreview #TooSecretTooLong #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am1rw

Pincher named Hollis as a Soviet mole in 1981. Three years later he came back with more evidence and pushed even harder.
#books #bookreview #TooSecretTooLong #ColdWar
https://smpl.is/am1rw

The Ugliness of the West: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Ideological Closure of Capitalism

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/the-ugliness-of-the-west-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-and-the-ideological-closure-of-capitalism/

The Ugliness of the West: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Ideological Closure of Capitalism

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/the-ugliness-of-the-west-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-and-the-ideological-closure-of-capitalism/

Miami Railway Station Museum & Miama Cold War Bunker: Manitoba

Miami–the Manitoba, Canada edition–is a small town just 100 km southwest of Winnipeg. Like its Florida counterpart, the town has a lot of local charm and a well-known regional identity. While the Florida version features world-famous beaches, cruise ships, watersports, and more, Miami, Manitoba, is home to fields of canola and wheat, cattle herds, and an annual rodeo.

What you might not expect to find in Miami, Manitoba, though, is a National Historic Site & museum with important links to railroad and Cold War history.

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

The Cold War fascinates me. Whether it’s those vivid memories of “duck and cover” getting under a desk at school, or nightmares about a bomb flying overhead, I always look for history from this era. And the fact that I’m working on a cozy mystery book series about a Cold War bunker museum makes it even more fascinating.

So, what’s at a train station that’s related to the Cold War?

The Miami Railway Station is home to the Fallout Reporting Post (FRP) #34. And if you’re not sure what that is, join the crowd. Most of my Cold War research has been in the US, and FRPs were strictly Canadian.

Fast Fact: FRPs were part of the Nuclear Detonation and Fallout Reporting System (NDFRS), a network of thousands of small fallout shelters built across Canada at the height of the Cold War. 
~ Miama Railway Station Museum

And the purpose of the NDFRS? Basically, the 2,000 small FRPs across Canada detected any nuclear attacks and tracked the fallout.

The coast-to-coast program used volunteers from the RCMP, Post Office, Railroads, and other organizations. In Miami, the task fell to Canadian Pacific station agent Howard Lynds (Miami Railway Museum).

If an attack alert was received, the agent would enter the FRP. While the Miami bunker is currently above-ground, during the Cold War it was buried several meters below ground to cut gamma radiation fallout.

Essential communication and electrical cables ran through a vertical decontamination airlock. What about rain and fallout? Metal caps and fibreglass filters took care of that! And fresh air? That was supplied through two ventilation shafts and an air pump. Two weeks’ worth of food and water supplies for two people were stored in the bunker.

The big question, of course, is how did the reporting work?

The agent used an IM-2015 remote monitoring RADIAC meter to measure and record outside radiation from inside the bunker. The readings were initially transferred every half hour by telephone or radio to civil defence headquarters. For the Miami agent that would have been to Winnipeg.

And so what happened with the NDFRS system and FRPs? Built between 1959 and 1963, much of the system became operational in the spring of 1962. However, Cold War politics began to shift in 1963 after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

So, the Canadian government canceled NDFRS. One of the reasons given was that it became clear the system had design flaws since a nuclear attack would likely destroy the regular telephone network. And it was essential to the plan. The FRPs were transferred to others, such as local emergency measures organizations.

What’s in the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Station was put up for sale by the Canadian National Railways in 1974. Locals, who wanted to preserve their history, bought the property for $250.00. So, the Midwestern Rail Association was created on Feb. 7, 1975, to accept the keys.

Restored to its original appearance from 1889, the Miami Station Museum opened in 1976.

The Miami Railway Station Museum consists of three main components:

• Miami Railway station built in 1889 by the Canadian Northern Railroad
• 1914 Canadian Pacific Railway Caboose built in the Angus Yards in Montreal, Quebec
• Type B Fallout Reporting Post (FRP) moved from Moose Lake in southeast, Manitoba — it was the same type as Miami’s original one that had been demolished

It also has a train shed with tools and maintenance equipment.

Inside the Train Station

The train station is fully equipped with everything from luggage scale to C.N.R. ice block tongs to a C.P.R. switch lantern.

The great part is that everything is clearly labelled and has information sheets attached.

Fast Fact: An "order fork" on display in the station was a tool used in the early 1900s for station workers to get paperwork to the train crew while it was moving. Order forks were made of a long bamboo or wood handle with V arms strung with cord at the top that held a spring clip or hook. Platform crew held the order fork out for the train crew to grab as they passed. 

A wall map of The Canadian Pacific Railway route, along with paintings and photography of the original site, help set the time period. There’s also a model train that includes town frontage.

The second story of the station building was home to the station agent and his family. It’s fully furnished with everything from a hand ice-cream maker, to a wooden wringer-washing machine, to a collection of CPR collector plates.

Inside the Caboose

The caboose of the train was used by the rear train crew. Their job had many elements. An important one was to watch for overheated axels, called “hot boxes”–so they could be found and fixed quickly. Why? Broken axles could derail a train.

As well, the rear brakeman had to uncouple cars manually and close the switch on the siding tracks after they were unhooked. Of course that left the train driving away. So, the brakeman had to run alongside the tracks to get back on the train. Definitely not a job for me!

The cupola made it easy for the caboose crew to keep watch on freight cars ahead of them. What’s a cupola? A windowed box on top of the caboose.

Fast Fact: The stove in the caboose had a metal ring around the top. Its purpose? To keep pots and pans from sliding off during rough movements of the train. 

Rear train crew basically lived in the caboose. The caboose was stocked with furnishings to cook meals and sleep between their duties.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

Miami, Manitoba, is a fun little town to visit! We enjoyed lunch at The Station Bar & Grill, right across the street. My shrimp were delicious, as was David’s fish and chips.

Then, at the owner’s suggestion, we popped into the Miami Variety Store that had everything from gifts to baking to cold beer.

For me it was a flashback to the old general stores from my childhood!

We spent the night 30 km (19 miles) away, at the Morden Motor Inn.

Morden is home to both the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre and the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

We’d also planned to drive the additional hour to tour the Stanley Mickelson Safeguard Complex in Cavalier, North Dakota. It’s another Cold War site–unfortunately, we had to put it on our itinerary for our next trip in that direction.

Who Should Visit the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Railway Station Museum is a great destination for train enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the history of the Canadian Northern Railroad.

However, even if you know nothing about trains and train stations, it’s a great stop.

I can guarantee you’ll know a lot about how the trains that helped develop Canada worked before you finish your tour.

And of course, there’s the Cold War bunker.

While I’ve been researching the era for a decade or more, I’d never heard of an FRP.

So, the museum does a great job of preserving a little-known, fascinating part of Canadian Cold War history.

While you may not be able to get to The Diefenbunker–the bunker built outside Ottawa to protect government members and military command–the Miami Railway Station Museum provides some good insights on the period.

We spent an hour-and-a-half at the museum, but I was focused on research for my upcoming book series. Depending on your depth of interest, you may need less time.

Since this is a national historic site, some parts of the museum may be difficult to access.

How Do You Visit the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Railway Station Museum is easy to find at the southern edge of town beside the former railway right-of-way in its original location.

Parking: There's lots of free parking on streets around the museum. 

Location: 500 Norton Avenue, Miami, Manitoba.

Open seasonally, so check days, hours, and admission costs on the Miami Railway Station Museum website.

Keep up to date with what’s happening on the Miami Railway Station Museum Facebook page.

Take a YouTube virtual tour of with SawDog 204.

Plan your visit with Google maps.

More Things to See and Do in Manitoba

Read more museum reviews on guide2museums.ca for museum attractions in Manitoba.

Discover More Transportation Museums

• Miami Railway Station Museum & Miama Cold War Bunker: Manitoba
• Livingston Depot Center: Museum in the Heart of the Historic District
• Canada Aviation and Space Museum: Iconic Civil & Military Airplanes
• 16 Top Snowmobile Museums
• Little Known Saskatchewan Transportation History: Moose Jaw WDM Museum
• EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Airplanes from All Eras
• Yukon Transportation Museum: Whitehorse, Yukon
• Oklahoma Route 66 Museum: Clinton, Oklahoma, Exploring the Mother Road History
• Museum of the Yellowstone: 150 Years of Travel In Yellowstone National Park
• Pioneer Auto Show Museum: Cars & More in Murdo, South Dakota
• Frontier Auto Museum: Classic Cars & Collectibles in Gillette, Wyoming
• Polaris Experience Center: Polaris Snowmobile Museum in Roseau, Minnesota
• Museum of Ingenuity: Ski-Doo Snowmobile Museum in Valcourt, Quebec
• Legends Motorcycle Museum: Harleys to Merkels in Springville, Utah
• Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum: Naubinway, Michigan

Miami Railway Station Museum & Miama Cold War Bunker: Manitoba

Miami–the Manitoba, Canada edition–is a small town just 100 km southwest of Winnipeg. Like its Florida counterpart, the town has a lot of local charm and a well-known regional identity. While the Florida version features world-famous beaches, cruise ships, watersports, and more, Miami, Manitoba, is home to fields of canola and wheat, cattle herds, and an annual rodeo.

What you might not expect to find in Miami, Manitoba, though, is a National Historic Site & museum with important links to railroad and Cold War history.

Linda’s Pick of the Exhibits

The Cold War fascinates me. Whether it’s those vivid memories of “duck and cover” getting under a desk at school, or nightmares about a bomb flying overhead, I always look for history from this era. And the fact that I’m working on a cozy mystery book series about a Cold War bunker museum makes it even more fascinating.

So, what’s at a train station that’s related to the Cold War?

The Miami Railway Station is home to the Fallout Reporting Post (FRP) #34. And if you’re not sure what that is, join the crowd. Most of my Cold War research has been in the US, and FRPs were strictly Canadian.

Fast Fact: FRPs were part of the Nuclear Detonation and Fallout Reporting System (NDFRS), a network of thousands of small fallout shelters built across Canada at the height of the Cold War. 
~ Miama Railway Station Museum

And the purpose of the NDFRS? Basically, the 2,000 small FRPs across Canada detected any nuclear attacks and tracked the fallout.

The coast-to-coast program used volunteers from the RCMP, Post Office, Railroads, and other organizations. In Miami, the task fell to Canadian Pacific station agent Howard Lynds (Miami Railway Museum).

If an attack alert was received, the agent would enter the FRP. While the Miami bunker is currently above-ground, during the Cold War it was buried several meters below ground to cut gamma radiation fallout.

Essential communication and electrical cables ran through a vertical decontamination airlock. What about rain and fallout? Metal caps and fibreglass filters took care of that! And fresh air? That was supplied through two ventilation shafts and an air pump. Two weeks’ worth of food and water supplies for two people were stored in the bunker.

The big question, of course, is how did the reporting work?

The agent used an IM-2015 remote monitoring RADIAC meter to measure and record outside radiation from inside the bunker. The readings were initially transferred every half hour by telephone or radio to civil defence headquarters. For the Miami agent that would have been to Winnipeg.

And so what happened with the NDFRS system and FRPs? Built between 1959 and 1963, much of the system became operational in the spring of 1962. However, Cold War politics began to shift in 1963 after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

So, the Canadian government canceled NDFRS. One of the reasons given was that it became clear the system had design flaws since a nuclear attack would likely destroy the regular telephone network. And it was essential to the plan. The FRPs were transferred to others, such as local emergency measures organizations.

What’s in the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Station was put up for sale by the Canadian National Railways in 1974. Locals, who wanted to preserve their history, bought the property for $250.00. So, the Midwestern Rail Association was created on Feb. 7, 1975, to accept the keys.

Restored to its original appearance from 1889, the Miami Station Museum opened in 1976.

The Miami Railway Station Museum consists of three main components:

• Miami Railway station built in 1889 by the Canadian Northern Railroad
• 1914 Canadian Pacific Railway Caboose built in the Angus Yards in Montreal, Quebec
• Type B Fallout Reporting Post (FRP) moved from Moose Lake in southeast, Manitoba — it was the same type as Miami’s original one that had been demolished

It also has a train shed with tools and maintenance equipment.

Inside the Train Station

The train station is fully equipped with everything from luggage scale to C.N.R. ice block tongs to a C.P.R. switch lantern.

The great part is that everything is clearly labelled and has information sheets attached.

Fast Fact: An "order fork" on display in the station was a tool used in the early 1900s for station workers to get paperwork to the train crew while it was moving. Order forks were made of a long bamboo or wood handle with V arms strung with cord at the top that held a spring clip or hook. Platform crew held the order fork out for the train crew to grab as they passed. 

A wall map of The Canadian Pacific Railway route, along with paintings and photography of the original site, help set the time period. There’s also a model train that includes town frontage.

The second story of the station building was home to the station agent and his family. It’s fully furnished with everything from a hand ice-cream maker, to a wooden wringer-washing machine, to a collection of CPR collector plates.

Inside the Caboose

The caboose of the train was used by the rear train crew. Their job had many elements. An important one was to watch for overheated axels, called “hot boxes”–so they could be found and fixed quickly. Why? Broken axles could derail a train.

As well, the rear brakeman had to uncouple cars manually and close the switch on the siding tracks after they were unhooked. Of course that left the train driving away. So, the brakeman had to run alongside the tracks to get back on the train. Definitely not a job for me!

The cupola made it easy for the caboose crew to keep watch on freight cars ahead of them. What’s a cupola? A windowed box on top of the caboose.

Fast Fact: The stove in the caboose had a metal ring around the top. Its purpose? To keep pots and pans from sliding off during rough movements of the train. 

Rear train crew basically lived in the caboose. The caboose was stocked with furnishings to cook meals and sleep between their duties.

Linda’s Road Trip Tips

Miami, Manitoba, is a fun little town to visit! We enjoyed lunch at The Station Bar & Grill, right across the street. My shrimp were delicious, as was David’s fish and chips.

Then, at the owner’s suggestion, we popped into the Miami Variety Store that had everything from gifts to baking to cold beer.

For me it was a flashback to the old general stores from my childhood!

We spent the night 30 km (19 miles) away, at the Morden Motor Inn.

Morden is home to both the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre and the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

We’d also planned to drive the additional hour to tour the Stanley Mickelson Safeguard Complex in Cavalier, North Dakota. It’s another Cold War site–unfortunately, we had to put it on our itinerary for our next trip in that direction.

Who Should Visit the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Railway Station Museum is a great destination for train enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the history of the Canadian Northern Railroad.

However, even if you know nothing about trains and train stations, it’s a great stop.

I can guarantee you’ll know a lot about how the trains that helped develop Canada worked before you finish your tour.

And of course, there’s the Cold War bunker.

While I’ve been researching the era for a decade or more, I’d never heard of an FRP.

So, the museum does a great job of preserving a little-known, fascinating part of Canadian Cold War history.

While you may not be able to get to The Diefenbunker–the bunker built outside Ottawa to protect government members and military command–the Miami Railway Station Museum provides some good insights on the period.

We spent an hour-and-a-half at the museum, but I was focused on research for my upcoming book series. Depending on your depth of interest, you may need less time.

Since this is a national historic site, some parts of the museum may be difficult to access.

How Do You Visit the Miami Railway Station Museum?

The Miami Railway Station Museum is easy to find at the southern edge of town beside the former railway right-of-way in its original location.

Parking: There's lots of free parking on streets around the museum. 

Location: 500 Norton Avenue, Miami, Manitoba.

Open seasonally, so check days, hours, and admission costs on the Miami Railway Station Museum website.

Keep up to date with what’s happening on the Miami Railway Station Museum Facebook page.

Take a YouTube virtual tour of with SawDog 204.

Plan your visit with Google maps.

More Things to See and Do in Manitoba

Read more museum reviews on guide2museums.ca for museum attractions in Manitoba.

Discover More Transportation Museums

• Miami Railway Station Museum & Miama Cold War Bunker: Manitoba
• Livingston Depot Center: Museum in the Heart of the Historic District
• Canada Aviation and Space Museum: Iconic Civil & Military Airplanes
• 16 Top Snowmobile Museums
• Little Known Saskatchewan Transportation History: Moose Jaw WDM Museum
• EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Airplanes from All Eras
• Yukon Transportation Museum: Whitehorse, Yukon
• Oklahoma Route 66 Museum: Clinton, Oklahoma, Exploring the Mother Road History
• Museum of the Yellowstone: 150 Years of Travel In Yellowstone National Park
• Pioneer Auto Show Museum: Cars & More in Murdo, South Dakota
• Frontier Auto Museum: Classic Cars & Collectibles in Gillette, Wyoming
• Polaris Experience Center: Polaris Snowmobile Museum in Roseau, Minnesota
• Museum of Ingenuity: Ski-Doo Snowmobile Museum in Valcourt, Quebec
• Legends Motorcycle Museum: Harleys to Merkels in Springville, Utah
• Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum: Naubinway, Michigan

Agents got exposed. Operations failed. People died. All because one man smiled and said nothing.
#books #bookreview #spy #ColdWar
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-spy-among-friends.html

Agents got exposed. Operations failed. People died. All because one man smiled and said nothing.
#books #bookreview #spy #ColdWar
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-spy-among-friends.html

industrial ag mega-zine WIP update:

i think i'm gonna have to do a page on the american exhibition in moscow in 1959!

the pictures are fabulous: https://historycollection.com/20-photographs-1959-cold-war-kitchen-debate/

nixon got into it with khruschev about food and american houses: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-25/the-day-when-an-ordinary-kitchen-became-a-stage-for-the-cold-war.html

there was a model american grocery store (i have a nice quote i have to find about khruschev being awed by an american grocery store when he visited the US).

AND AND AND my dad went to this exhibition with his mother when he was a boy!!!!! yes, they took the train from kharkiv to moscow and went to it. he doesn't remember much from the exhibition, but he does remember that they had paper cups and his mom took hers home. there were no paper cups in USSR back then, so the paper cup was an interesting souvenir.

the cold war is taking a bigger and bigger chunk of the mega-zine, but i'm just following where the material is leading. the cold war WAS a big part of the reason why industrial ag ended up spreading around the world (see here: https://tilde.zone/@mk30/116964924566686219 )

and the USSR was trying to modernize its food system too, they just failed miserably. let's not forget that the USSR was also all about industrialism and the bending of nature to humanity's will.

and anyway, if the primary mega-zine will be a digital version (with a possible print run), it can be as big as it wants to be, and can be made smaller in the print run. or it can be separated into volumes, etc.

whenever i start to think that it's getting too big, i remind myself of emil ferris's "my favorite thing is monsters", which is one of my favorite graphic novels. it's huge, and it's 2 volumes, and i'm glad that they kept everything in. sometimes artworks are big!

#wip #art #ColdWar #food #agriculture #history

industrial ag mega-zine WIP update:

i think i'm gonna have to do a page on the american exhibition in moscow in 1959!

the pictures are fabulous: https://historycollection.com/20-photographs-1959-cold-war-kitchen-debate/

nixon got into it with khruschev about food and american houses: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-01-25/the-day-when-an-ordinary-kitchen-became-a-stage-for-the-cold-war.html

there was a model american grocery store (i have a nice quote i have to find about khruschev being awed by an american grocery store when he visited the US).

AND AND AND my dad went to this exhibition with his mother when he was a boy!!!!! yes, they took the train from kharkiv to moscow and went to it. he doesn't remember much from the exhibition, but he does remember that they had paper cups and his mom took hers home. there were no paper cups in USSR back then, so the paper cup was an interesting souvenir.

the cold war is taking a bigger and bigger chunk of the mega-zine, but i'm just following where the material is leading. the cold war WAS a big part of the reason why industrial ag ended up spreading around the world (see here: https://tilde.zone/@mk30/116964924566686219 )

and the USSR was trying to modernize its food system too, they just failed miserably. let's not forget that the USSR was also all about industrialism and the bending of nature to humanity's will.

and anyway, if the primary mega-zine will be a digital version (with a possible print run), it can be as big as it wants to be, and can be made smaller in the print run. or it can be separated into volumes, etc.

whenever i start to think that it's getting too big, i remind myself of emil ferris's "my favorite thing is monsters", which is one of my favorite graphic novels. it's huge, and it's 2 volumes, and i'm glad that they kept everything in. sometimes artworks are big!

#wip #art #ColdWar #food #agriculture #history

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 45

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Tron Arcade Flyer

Remember how dazzling the 1982 movie Tron was when you first saw it? That film had groundbreaking computer-generated graphics and the filmmakers worked very hard to tell a story covering both the real and digital worlds. Along the way, the movie had strong video game vibes which resonated with gamers at a time when arcade gaming was wildly popular in America. Believe it or not, an official arcade game of Tron was released the same year as the movie and it was a massive success. The arcade flyer perfectly captured the vibe and look from the movie and the machine itself had a control stick the same with what was shown to viewers. This old flyer is still great to look at.

2. Green Beret Japanese Arcade Flyer

Konami was a highly prolific game publisher in the 1980s and it had lots of games that became huge blockbusters. During the decade, their game developers were strongly influenced by both Hollywood action movies and the Cold War. In 1985, Konami released the militaristic game Green Beret in Japanese arcades and to promote it, they created an arcade flyer featuring a very stylish artwork highlighting military images of soldiers (including a guy smoking) and warfare. This ad still looks great and it was not surprising it helped the game achieve huge commercial success. Green Beret was released in America as Rush’n Attack.

3. Darius Japanese And North American Arcade Flyers

Released in arcades worldwide in 1987, Darius is a 2D side-scrolling shooter game from Taito which had a science fiction concept of the starship Silver Hawk (piloted by players) which sets on a mission to destroy an evil empire before it could destroy the world called Darius. The game was successful, most notably in Japan and it eventually led to sequels being released later. What I find intriguing is how the arcade game was promoted in Japan and in North America. The Japanese arcade flyer had this intriguing artwork that reflected a blend of sci-fi with a touch of horror. The North American flyer had a strong sci-fi touch with a male and female model wearing costumes (that made them look futuristic) standing beside the Darius machine. Which flyer looks more appealing to you?

4. Data East’s Arcade Alley Print Ad

There is nothing like porting arcade hits to computer systems for gamers to enjoy. In 1988 there in Europe, U.S. Gold released Data East’s Arcade Alley for computer systems and it included ports of popular Data East games like Kung Fu Master, Express Raider, Breakthru, Tag Team Wrestling, Last Mission and Karate Champ. U.S. Gold’s print ad showed a guy in the middle of a video arcade looking on both sides to pick which game to play which strongly emphasized the essence of the game collection (offered in cassettes and disk). This old ad is still amusing to look at.

5. Blasteroids European Print Ad

Blasteroids, the third entry in Atari’s popular Asteroids games series, was released in European arcades by Image Works and eventually landed on computer systems there. For Europe, the ad makers came up with artwork showing a creepy, green space monster surrounded by a few spaceships to emphasize the game’s concept. The said monster eventually appeared on the game covers of the computer ports of Blasteroids later. This ad shows creative adjustments taken to promote games in different parts of the world.

6. Dream Team USA Japanese Print Ad

Remember how wildly popular the Dream Team (Team USA in Olympic basketball) was in 1992? With NBA legends Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton and more representing America in the basketball tournament of the Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, the Dream Team (a media-led reference for the team) was easily the main attraction not only for basketball fans worldwide but also those who craved for excitement in international sports events. That said, Electronic Arts secured the license to make an official video game about the Dream Team and actually released the game Team USA Basketball within 1992 for the Sega Genesis. As basketball is popular also in Japan, EA released the game there titled as Dream Team USA and came up with a Japanese print ad to seriously capture gamers’ attention. This ad is still effective in delighting both basketball and video game enthusiasts.

7. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back And Return Of The Jedi Print Ad

Back in the 1990s, there was a resurgence of the original Star Wars trilogy across different forms of media. Apart from the VHS re-releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, there was a slew of video games of Star Wars released during the decade and the fans had new stuff to entertain themselves with. Along the way, the company THQ secured the rights to Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for re-release to coincide with the 1997 “Special Edition” theatrical releases of their respective movies. THQ’s print ad simply used official images of Return of the Jedi and inserted a tiny bit of The Empire Strikes Back, and they did not show any screenshots that could have been helpful for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Game Boy users. Still, it was smart for THQ to print two excerpts of game reviews to sell the games.

8. Super Mario RPG North American Print Ad

Remember back in the 1990s when Nintendo and role-playing game giant SquareSoft had a very healthy business relationship that proved successful? Before their eventual breakup (related to Square signing with Sony for PlayStation development), the two companies joined forces to make a fully featured role-playing game for the SNES featuring Super Mario and related characters…Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. To promote the game, Nintendo (the publisher) created a mesmerizing 2-page print ad highlighting their characters while emphasizing the role-playing and fantasy aspects of the game. At the time of its release, Super Mario was often identified with platform games and the Super Mario RPG print ad was a serious attempt to lure fans into RPGs which the SNES was already rich with. This ad, which I first saw in gaming magazines in 1996, still looks great.

9. NBA Shootout ’97 Print Ad

If there is anything I miss about 1990s console gaming, it is the fact that there were a lot of NBA-licensed video games that were offered to players with different tastes in basketball gaming. Sony had its own exclusive NBA games series called NBA Shootout and they were pretty aggressive selling its own basketball games along with the PlayStation going up against the likes of Electronic Arts (NBA Live), Sega and others. This is reflected in this 2-page print ad of NBA Shootout ’97 which was a PlayStation-exclusive release. They featured a photograph of Lakers’ Eddie Jones about to dunk and showed screenshots as well as the descriptive text written with excitement. Since it first started, NBA Shootout was basketball in full 3D polygonal graphics backed with motion-captured moves and dunks that players could enjoy only PlayStation. This ad is a reminder that Sony used to make official NBA games and there is a lack of variety and players’ choice of NBA gaming in today’s world.

10. Legend of Legaia North American Print Ad

There was a time when Sony produced Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) exclusive for PlayStation consoles. One of them was Legend of Legaia which had a combat system that emphasized martial arts and it had an interesting fantasy concept. For its 1999 North American release, Sony came up with a very bizarre 2-page print ad that had digital artwork with a very strong horror vibe and the visual designs within the three screenshots shown were clearly not related with it. How this ad was made remains unclear. This is easily one of the most misguided gaming ads of the 1990s.

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Thank you for reading. If you find this article engaging, please click the like button below, share this article to others and also please consider making a donation to support my publishing. If you are looking for a copywriter to create content for your special project or business, check out my services and my portfolio. Feel free to contact me with a private message. Also please feel free to visit my Facebook page Author Carlo Carrasco and follow me on Twitter at @CarloCarrascoPH as well as on Tumblr at https://carlocarrasco.tumblr.com/ and on Instagram athttps://www.instagram.com/authorcarlocarrasco

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 45

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Tron Arcade Flyer

Remember how dazzling the 1982 movie Tron was when you first saw it? That film had groundbreaking computer-generated graphics and the filmmakers worked very hard to tell a story covering both the real and digital worlds. Along the way, the movie had strong video game vibes which resonated with gamers at a time when arcade gaming was wildly popular in America. Believe it or not, an official arcade game of Tron was released the same year as the movie and it was a massive success. The arcade flyer perfectly captured the vibe and look from the movie and the machine itself had a control stick the same with what was shown to viewers. This old flyer is still great to look at.

2. Green Beret Japanese Arcade Flyer

Konami was a highly prolific game publisher in the 1980s and it had lots of games that became huge blockbusters. During the decade, their game developers were strongly influenced by both Hollywood action movies and the Cold War. In 1985, Konami released the militaristic game Green Beret in Japanese arcades and to promote it, they created an arcade flyer featuring a very stylish artwork highlighting military images of soldiers (including a guy smoking) and warfare. This ad still looks great and it was not surprising it helped the game achieve huge commercial success. Green Beret was released in America as Rush’n Attack.

3. Darius Japanese And North American Arcade Flyers

Released in arcades worldwide in 1987, Darius is a 2D side-scrolling shooter game from Taito which had a science fiction concept of the starship Silver Hawk (piloted by players) which sets on a mission to destroy an evil empire before it could destroy the world called Darius. The game was successful, most notably in Japan and it eventually led to sequels being released later. What I find intriguing is how the arcade game was promoted in Japan and in North America. The Japanese arcade flyer had this intriguing artwork that reflected a blend of sci-fi with a touch of horror. The North American flyer had a strong sci-fi touch with a male and female model wearing costumes (that made them look futuristic) standing beside the Darius machine. Which flyer looks more appealing to you?

4. Data East’s Arcade Alley Print Ad

There is nothing like porting arcade hits to computer systems for gamers to enjoy. In 1988 there in Europe, U.S. Gold released Data East’s Arcade Alley for computer systems and it included ports of popular Data East games like Kung Fu Master, Express Raider, Breakthru, Tag Team Wrestling, Last Mission and Karate Champ. U.S. Gold’s print ad showed a guy in the middle of a video arcade looking on both sides to pick which game to play which strongly emphasized the essence of the game collection (offered in cassettes and disk). This old ad is still amusing to look at.

5. Blasteroids European Print Ad

Blasteroids, the third entry in Atari’s popular Asteroids games series, was released in European arcades by Image Works and eventually landed on computer systems there. For Europe, the ad makers came up with artwork showing a creepy, green space monster surrounded by a few spaceships to emphasize the game’s concept. The said monster eventually appeared on the game covers of the computer ports of Blasteroids later. This ad shows creative adjustments taken to promote games in different parts of the world.

6. Dream Team USA Japanese Print Ad

Remember how wildly popular the Dream Team (Team USA in Olympic basketball) was in 1992? With NBA legends Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton and more representing America in the basketball tournament of the Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, the Dream Team (a media-led reference for the team) was easily the main attraction not only for basketball fans worldwide but also those who craved for excitement in international sports events. That said, Electronic Arts secured the license to make an official video game about the Dream Team and actually released the game Team USA Basketball within 1992 for the Sega Genesis. As basketball is popular also in Japan, EA released the game there titled as Dream Team USA and came up with a Japanese print ad to seriously capture gamers’ attention. This ad is still effective in delighting both basketball and video game enthusiasts.

7. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back And Return Of The Jedi Print Ad

Back in the 1990s, there was a resurgence of the original Star Wars trilogy across different forms of media. Apart from the VHS re-releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, there was a slew of video games of Star Wars released during the decade and the fans had new stuff to entertain themselves with. Along the way, the company THQ secured the rights to Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for re-release to coincide with the 1997 “Special Edition” theatrical releases of their respective movies. THQ’s print ad simply used official images of Return of the Jedi and inserted a tiny bit of The Empire Strikes Back, and they did not show any screenshots that could have been helpful for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Game Boy users. Still, it was smart for THQ to print two excerpts of game reviews to sell the games.

8. Super Mario RPG North American Print Ad

Remember back in the 1990s when Nintendo and role-playing game giant SquareSoft had a very healthy business relationship that proved successful? Before their eventual breakup (related to Square signing with Sony for PlayStation development), the two companies joined forces to make a fully featured role-playing game for the SNES featuring Super Mario and related characters…Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. To promote the game, Nintendo (the publisher) created a mesmerizing 2-page print ad highlighting their characters while emphasizing the role-playing and fantasy aspects of the game. At the time of its release, Super Mario was often identified with platform games and the Super Mario RPG print ad was a serious attempt to lure fans into RPGs which the SNES was already rich with. This ad, which I first saw in gaming magazines in 1996, still looks great.

9. NBA Shootout ’97 Print Ad

If there is anything I miss about 1990s console gaming, it is the fact that there were a lot of NBA-licensed video games that were offered to players with different tastes in basketball gaming. Sony had its own exclusive NBA games series called NBA Shootout and they were pretty aggressive selling its own basketball games along with the PlayStation going up against the likes of Electronic Arts (NBA Live), Sega and others. This is reflected in this 2-page print ad of NBA Shootout ’97 which was a PlayStation-exclusive release. They featured a photograph of Lakers’ Eddie Jones about to dunk and showed screenshots as well as the descriptive text written with excitement. Since it first started, NBA Shootout was basketball in full 3D polygonal graphics backed with motion-captured moves and dunks that players could enjoy only PlayStation. This ad is a reminder that Sony used to make official NBA games and there is a lack of variety and players’ choice of NBA gaming in today’s world.

10. Legend of Legaia North American Print Ad

There was a time when Sony produced Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) exclusive for PlayStation consoles. One of them was Legend of Legaia which had a combat system that emphasized martial arts and it had an interesting fantasy concept. For its 1999 North American release, Sony came up with a very bizarre 2-page print ad that had digital artwork with a very strong horror vibe and the visual designs within the three screenshots shown were clearly not related with it. How this ad was made remains unclear. This is easily one of the most misguided gaming ads of the 1990s.

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Thank you for reading. If you find this article engaging, please click the like button below, share this article to others and also please consider making a donation to support my publishing. If you are looking for a copywriter to create content for your special project or business, check out my services and my portfolio. Feel free to contact me with a private message. Also please feel free to visit my Facebook page Author Carlo Carrasco and follow me on Twitter at @CarloCarrascoPH as well as on Tumblr at https://carlocarrasco.tumblr.com/ and on Instagram athttps://www.instagram.com/authorcarlocarrasco

United States vs. Iran — Winning the Critical Ideological War

Much attention is focused on the military conflict between the United States and Iran. President Trump is bold…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #CentralEurope #ColdWar #donaldtrump #easterneurope #freedom #ideologicaldifferences #ideologicalwarfare #iran #iranianregime #nuclearambitions #RonaldReagan #terrorism #UnitedStatesofAmerica #women #Women'sRights
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/799011/

The CIA tried to find Britain's secret source. That search put Gordievsky in front of Aldrich Ames. Bad move.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #spy
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/oleg-gordievsky.html

The CIA tried to find Britain's secret source. That search put Gordievsky in front of Aldrich Ames. Bad move.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #spy
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/oleg-gordievsky.html

Oleg Kalugin became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Then he turned on the agency that built him. This is his story.
#books #bookreview #KGB #ColdWar
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/spymaster/

Oleg Kalugin became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Then he turned on the agency that built him. This is his story.
#books #bookreview #KGB #ColdWar
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/spymaster/

Six friends from Groton and Yale built NATO, the Marshall Plan, and the Cold War strategy that held the Soviet Union back for decades.
#books #bookreview #TheWiseMen #ColdWar
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wise-men-book-review/

Six friends from Groton and Yale built NATO, the Marshall Plan, and the Cold War strategy that held the Soviet Union back for decades.
#books #bookreview #TheWiseMen #ColdWar
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wise-men-book-review/

This evening's viewing: remastered version of the classic adaptation of Neville Shute's Cold War tale, On the Beach that the BFI were kind enough to send for review.

Such an unusual & powerful film, and one of the saddest uses of Waltzing Matilda I've ever heard.

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#Film #ClassicFilm #NevilleShute #OnTheBeach #ColdWar #1950sFilm

Is there any bonkers cold-war space tech that could be used for #worldbuilding? Could it cause fires in spacecraft, and is a fire in a spacecraft any different?

Oh crikey: Yes to all the above...

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle

#ColdWar #scifi #ttrpg #RPG #rpggames #history #author #writer

In Cold War intelligence, nothing is exactly what it looks like. This book proves that on every page.
#books #bookreview #KimPhilby #ColdWar
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/deceiving-the-deceivers/