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1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) Preservation history. Headquarters. Tottenham, Ontario. Website. southsimcoerailway.ca. The South Simcoe Railway is a steam heritage railway in Tottenham, Ontario, north of Toronto. [1] Operating excursions since 1992, it is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario and features the second oldest operating ...
The plant was originally built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma; it also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city.
Thursford Collection. The Thursford Collection is a museum located in Thursford, Norfolk. Founded by local man, the late George Cushing, it is now known for the scale of its collection of steam engines, mechanical organs and fairground rides, and its annual Christmas spectacular show, which draws over 100,000 people to the Norfolk countryside. [1]
In past years the classic steam engine, Northern Pacific No. 328 (4-6-0) was used to pull the trains, but has been placed in restoration status due to its age (107 yrs). The regular service train route runs approximately 50 minutes to/from Dresser, Wisconsin, and 100 minutes to/from Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota.
The 21st Century Steam program was conducted by the Norfolk Southern Railway from 2011 to 2015, featuring four classic steam locomotives pulling passenger excursions along Norfolk Southern rails in the eastern United States. The last train was to be Southern 4501's Piedmont Limited excursion trip from Atlanta, Georgia, to Toccoa, Georgia (which ...
Official name. Duchess of Hamilton. Withdrawn. February 1964. Restored. 1980. Disposition. Static display at the National Railway Museum. London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class 6229 ( British Railways number 46229) Duchess of Hamilton is a preserved steam locomotive built in September 1938 by the LMS Crewe Works and operated ...
PZ7.B954 Mi. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ( ISBN 0-590-75803-9) is a children's book by Virginia Lee Burton. First published in 1939, it features Mike Mulligan, who is the owner of Steam Shovels, Inc., and his steam shovel Mary Anne. It is considered a classic favorite of children's literature: based on a 2007 online poll, the National ...
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 3751 is a class "3751" 4-8-4 "Heavy Mountain" type steam locomotive built in May 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). No. 3751 was the first 4-8-4 steam locomotive built for the Santa Fe and was referenced in documentation ...