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71 relations: Amtrak, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Auction, Autorack, Bascule bridge, Bear, Boeing 727, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC, Camping, Canoe, Cascade Range, Cereal, Charitable trust, Chicago, Chicago "L", Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago River, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Union Station, Coal, Coal mining, Containerization, CowParade, Diesel locomotive, Digital Command Control, Drilling and blasting, EBay, Farm, Flatcar, Forest, Foundation (nonprofit), GATX, Grand Canyon, Great Plains, HO scale, Hopper car, Intermodal freight transport, Intersection (road), James T. Kirk, Kalmbach Publishing, King Street Station, Level crossing, Lumberjack, Model railroad layout, Model Railroader, Museum, Museum of Pop Culture, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), O scale, ..., Packing house, Passenger car (rail), Rail transport modelling, Railway signal, Rocky Mountains, Sawmill, Seattle, Serpentine shape, Silo, Skunk, South Shore Line, Space Needle, Star Trek, Steel mill, Street light, Truss arch bridge, Truss bridge, TTX Company, Tunnel, Waterfall, Willis Tower. Expand index (21 more) »
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.
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Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.
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Autorack
An autorack, also known as an auto carrier (also car transporter outside the US), is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport automobiles and light trucks.
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Bascule bridge
A bascule bridge (sometimes referred to as a drawbridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or "leaf", throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic.
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Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
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Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is a midsized, narrow-body three-engined jet aircraft built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the early 1960s to 1984.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway).
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Camping
Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent.
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Canoe
A canoe is a lightweight narrow vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel using a single-bladed paddle.
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Cascade Range
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.
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Cereal
A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.
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Charitable trust
A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes and, in some jurisdictions, a more specific term than "charitable organization".
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Chicago "L"
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Chicago Board of Trade Building
The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called "the Chicago Merc", or "the Merc") is an American financial and commodity derivative exchange based in Chicago and located at 20 S. Wacker Drive.
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Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop).
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Chicago Transit Authority
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service.
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Chicago Union Station
Chicago Union Station is a major railroad station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, replacing an earlier station built in 1881.
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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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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Containerization
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers).
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CowParade
CowParade is an international public art exhibit that has been featured in major world cities.
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Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.
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Digital Command Control
Digital Command Control (DCC) is a standard for a system to operate model railways digitally.
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Drilling and blasting
Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation.
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EBay
eBay Inc. is a multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website.
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Farm
A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.
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Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
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Forest
A forest is a large area dominated by trees.
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Foundation (nonprofit)
A foundation (also a charitable foundation) is a legal category of nonprofit organization that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes.
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GATX
GATX Corporation is an equipment finance company based in Chicago, Illinois.
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
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Great Plains
The Great Plains (sometimes simply "the Plains") is the broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada.
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HO scale
HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot).
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Hopper car
A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast.
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Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
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Intersection (road)
An intersection is an at-grade junction where two or more roads meet or cross.
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James T. Kirk
James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise.
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Kalmbach Publishing
Kalmbach Publishing Co. is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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King Street Station
King Street Station is a train station in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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Level crossing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road or path at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or tunnel.
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Lumberjack
Lumberjacks are North American workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products.
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Model railroad layout
In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains.
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Model Railroader
Model Railroader (MR) is an American magazine about the hobby of model railroading.
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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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Museum of Pop Culture
The Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP (earlier called EMP Museum) is a nonprofit museum dedicated to contemporary popular culture.
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Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago.
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O scale
O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling.
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Packing house
A packing house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market.
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Passenger car (rail)
A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers.
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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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Railway signal
A signal is a mechanical or electrical device erected beside a railway line to pass information relating to the state of the line ahead to engine drivers (engineers in North America).
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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.
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Sawmill
A sawmill or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.
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Serpentine shape
A serpentine shape is any of certain curved shapes of an object or design, which are suggestive of the shape of a snake (the adjective "serpentine" is derived from the word serpent).
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Silo
A silo (from the Greek σιρός – siros, "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing bulk materials.
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Skunk
Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae.
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South Shore Line
The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban commuter rail line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago and the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana, United States.
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Space Needle
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and an icon of Seattle.
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.
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Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.
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Street light
A street light, light pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path.
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Truss arch bridge
A truss arch bridge combines the elements of the truss bridge and the arch bridge.
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Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements usually forming triangular units.
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TTX Company
TTX Company (formerly TrailerTrain) is a provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry.
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Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.
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Waterfall
A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river.
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Willis Tower
The Willis Tower, built as and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Train_Story
