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Miniature Railroad & Village

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The Miniature Railroad & Village (MRRV) is a large and detailed model train layouts diorama of Western Pennsylvania from 1880 to 1930. [1]

57 relations: Autumn, Boxcar, Brookville, Pennsylvania, Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Building, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Science Center, Coal, Coke (fuel), Collection (artwork), Computer, Daylight, Education, Edwardian era, Exhibition, Farrell, Pennsylvania, Forbes Field, George Westinghouse, Gilded Age, Great Depression, Harvard University, History, Holiday, Indian summer, Iron ore, John A. Roebling, Lakemont Park, Leap-The-Dips, Limestone, Lionel, LLC, Luna Park, Pittsburgh, Maintenance (technical), Mark Twain, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Model building, Museum, NASA, Old Indiana County Courthouse, Opto 22, Philosophy, Pittsburgh, Rachel Carson Homestead, Rail transport, Rail transport modelling, Roaring Twenties, Roller coaster, Science fair, Sharon Steel Corporation, Steel mill, Sun, Technological and industrial history of the United States, ..., Thanksgiving, Tram, Victorian era, Walt Disney World, Western Pennsylvania, White Christmas (weather), World War I. Expand index (7 more) »

Autumn

Autumn, also known as fall in American and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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Brookville, Pennsylvania

* Brookville is a borough in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 100 miles (161 km) northeast of Pittsburgh.

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Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Building

The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Building, also known as the "People's Observatory", is located at 10 Children's Way in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh are four museums that are operated by the Carnegie Institute headquartered in the Carnegie Institute complex in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Carnegie Science Center

The Carnegie Science Center is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Coke (fuel)

Coke is a fuel with a high carbon content and few impurities, usually made from coal.

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Collection (artwork)

A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Daylight

Daylight, or the light of day, is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Edwardian era

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history covers the brief reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended in both directions to capture long-term trends from the 1890s to the First World War.

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Exhibition

An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organised presentation and display of a selection of items.

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Farrell, Pennsylvania

Farrell is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970.

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George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, gaining his first patent at the age of 19.

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Gilded Age

The Gilded Age in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

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Holiday

A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced.

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Indian summer

Indian summer is a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that sometimes occurs in spring and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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John A. Roebling

John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer.

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Lakemont Park

Lakemont Park, located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, houses the world's oldest-surviving roller coaster, the Leap-The-Dips.

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Leap-The-Dips

Leap-The-Dips is a wooden roller coaster located at Lakemont Park near Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Lionel, LLC

Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is based in Concord, North Carolina.

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Luna Park, Pittsburgh

Luna Park was an amusement park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, from 1905 to 1909.

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Maintenance (technical)

The technical meaning of maintenance involves operational and functional checks, servicing, repairing or replacing of necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure, and supporting utilities in industrial, business, governmental, and residential installations.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (sometimes shortened to Misterogers or simply Mister Rogers) is an American half-hour educational children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers.

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Model building

Model building as a hobby involves the creation of models either from kits or from materials and components acquired by the builder.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Old Indiana County Courthouse

The Old Indiana County Courthouse is a former courthouse located in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

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Opto 22

Opto 22 is a manufacturing company specializing in hardware and software products for industrial automation, remote monitoring, and data acquisition.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Rachel Carson Homestead

Rachel Carson Homestead is a National Register of Historic Places site in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States, 18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Rail transport modelling

Railway modelling (UK, Australia and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.

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Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties was the period in Western society and Western culture that occurred during and around the 1920s.

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Roller coaster

A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions.

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Science fair

A science fair experiment is generally a competition where contestants present their science project, results in the form of a report, display board, and/or models that they have created.

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Sharon Steel Corporation

The Sharon Steel Corporation was a steel plant company located in Farrell and Sharon, Pennsylvania, and is notable due to its contribution toward the growth of the iron and steel industry in the Shenango River Valley, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

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Steel mill

A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Technological and industrial history of the United States

The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States' emergence as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Walt Disney World

The Walt Disney World Resort, commonly known as Walt Disney World, or often just as Disney World, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida.

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Western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania refers to the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States.

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White Christmas (weather)

A white Christmas is a Christmas with the presence of snow: either on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day, depending on local tradition.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_Railroad_%26_Village

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