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Heritage railway

Index Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. [1]

138 relations: Andes, Čierny Hron Railway, Šargan Eight, Beeching cuts, Bishops Lydeard, Bluebell Railway, Branch line, Budapest, Budapest Metro, California, California Western Railroad, Caseros, Entre Ríos, Charitable organization, Children's railway, Chubut Province, Clarín (Argentine newspaper), Colorado, Community rail, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Curve, Czechoslovakia, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Delaware and Ulster Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Dresden Park Railway, Eastern Bloc, Edaville Railroad, El Maitén, Entre Ríos Province, Esquel, Finland, Forest railway, Gandy dancer, Government of Argentina, Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Gyermekvasút, Heber Valley Railroad, Heritage streetcar, Historical Logging Switchback Railway, History of the Soviet Union, Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, Humppila, Ingeniero Jacobacci, Jokioinen, Jokioinen Museum Railway, Kalka–Shimla railway, Košice, Kysuce, La Trochita, Line 1 (Budapest Metro), ..., List of British heritage and private railways, List of heritage railways, List of highest railways, List of National Historic Monuments of Argentina, Living history, Loading gauge, Maine, Massachusetts, Merstham, Middleton Railway, Mine railway, Moscow, Mountain, Mountain railway, Mountain railways of India, Narrow-gauge railway, Nevada, Nevada Northern Railway, New Mexico, New York (state), Nilgiri Mountain Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Nykarleby, Ohio, Orava (region), Oregon, Overhead line, Park Railway Maltanka, Patagonia, Pennsylvania, Pioneer movement, Porvoo, Porvoonjoki, Post-Soviet states, Poznań, Puffing Billy Railway, Rail fastening system, Rail freight transport, Rail transport, Rail transport in Finland, Railroad switch, Railroad tie, Río Negro Province, Restored train, Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, Rolling stock, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Salta Province, San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad, Serbia, Severn Valley Railway, Show mine, Signalman (rail), Slovakia, Soundscape, Southern Fuegian Railway, Soviet Union, Spiral (railway), Standard-gauge railway, Station master, Steam locomotive, Steep grade railway, Stewartstown Railroad, Strasburg Rail Road, Structure gauge, Sumpter Valley Railway, Surrey, Survivors (1975 TV series), Talyllyn Railway, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Token (railway signalling), Tourist attraction, Tren a las Nubes, Tunnel, Underground personnel carrier, UNESCO, United Kingdom, Utah, Vertical integration, Villa Elisa Historic Train, Villa Elisa, Entre Ríos, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Wales, Water crane, West Somerset Railway, Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway, World Heritage site, Zig zag (railway). Expand index (88 more) »

Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Čierny Hron Railway

The Čierny Hron Railway (in Slovak: Čiernohronská železnica or ČHŽ) is a narrow gauge railway in the Slovak Ore Mountains, built as an industrial railway (forest railway) for logging operations.

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Šargan Eight

The Šargan Eight (Шарганска осмица, Šarganska osmica) is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Serbia, running from the village of Mokra Gora to Šargan Vitasi station.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Bishops Lydeard

Bishops Lydeard is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, north-west of Taunton in the district of Taunton Deane.

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Bluebell Railway

The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line almost entirely in West Sussex in England, except for Sheffield Park which is in East Sussex.

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Branch line

A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union.

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Budapest Metro

The Budapest Metro (Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit system in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Western Railroad

The California Western Railroad, popularly called the Skunk Train, is a heritage railroad in Mendocino County, California, running from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the interchange with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad at Willits.

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Caseros, Entre Ríos

Caseros (Entre Ríos) is a village and municipality in Entre Ríos Province in north-eastern Argentina.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Children's railway

A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers learn railway professions.

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Chubut Province

Chubut (Talaith Chubut; Provincia del Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east.

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Clarín (Argentine newspaper)

Clarín (meaning "Bugle") is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Community rail

Community rail in Britain is the support of railway lines and stations by local organisations, usually through community rail partnerships (CRPs) comprising railway operators, local councils, and other community organisations, and rail user groups (RUGs).

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Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS) is a narrow-gauge heritage railroad running for 64 miles (103 km) between Antonito, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico, United States.

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Curve

In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but that need not be straight.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or Toy Train, is a narrow-gauge railway based on zig zag and loop-line technology which runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Delaware and Ulster Railroad

The Delaware and Ulster Railroad (DURR) is a heritage railroad based in Arkville, New York.

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.

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Dresden Park Railway

The Dresden park railway (Dresdner Parkeisenbahn) is a minimum gauge railway in Dresden, Germany.

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact.

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Edaville Railroad

Edaville Railroad is a heritage railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts, opened in 1947.

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El Maitén

El Maitén is a town in Argentina in Cushamen Department on the margins of the Chubut River, on the northwest of Chubut Province, in Patagonia.

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Entre Ríos Province

Entre Ríos (Between Rivers) is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region.

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Esquel

Esquel is a town in the northwest of Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Forest railway

A forest railway, forest tram, timber line, logging railway or logging railroad is a mode of railway transport which is used for forestry tasks, primarily the transportation of felled logs to sawmills or railway stations.

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Gandy dancer

Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States, more formally referred to as "section hands", who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines.

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Government of Argentina

The government of Argentina, within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential representative democratic republic.

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Great Central Railway (heritage railway)

The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway.

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Gyermekvasút

| The Gyermekvasút (Children's Railway) or Line 7 is a narrow gauge railway line in Budapest, which connects Széchényi-hegy and Hűvösvölgy and is long.

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Heber Valley Railroad

The Heber Valley Railroad (HVRX) is a heritage railroad based in Heber City, Utah.

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Heritage streetcar

Heritage streetcars or heritage trams are a part of the efforts to preserve rail traffic heritage.

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Historical Logging Switchback Railway

The Historical Logging Switchback Railway in Vychylovka (near Nová Bystrica, Slovakia) is preserved section technically most interesting part of the former narrow-gauge zig zag logging railway located in Kysuce and Orava region.

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History of the Soviet Union

The "History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union" reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world.

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Hocking Valley Scenic Railway

The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway is a non-profit, 501c3, volunteer-operated tourist railroad attraction that operates out of Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio.

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Humppila

Humppila is a municipality of Finland.

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Ingeniero Jacobacci

Ingeniero Jacobacci is a city in Río Negro Province, Argentina.

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Jokioinen

Jokioinen (Jockis) is a municipality of Finland.

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Jokioinen Museum Railway

The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland.

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Kalka–Shimla railway

The Kalka–Shimla railway is a narrow-gauge railway in North India which traverses a mostly-mountainous route from Kalka to Shimla.

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Košice

Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia and in 2013 was the European Capital of Culture (together with Marseille, France).

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Kysuce

Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west.

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La Trochita

La Trochita (official name: Viejo Expreso Patagónico), in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives.

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Line 1 (Budapest Metro)

Line 1 (Officially: Millennium Underground Railway, Metro 1 or M1) is the oldest line of the Budapest Metro.

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List of British heritage and private railways

This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies whether operational or former, for charitable purposes or shareholder profit.

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List of heritage railways

List of heritage railways is a comprehensive listing of heritage railways sorted by country, state or region.

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List of highest railways

This article lists the highest railways in the world.

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List of National Historic Monuments of Argentina

The National Historic Monuments of Argentina are buildings, sites and features in Argentina listed by national decree as historic sites.

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Living history

Living history is an activity that incorporates historical tools, activities and dress into an interactive presentation that seeks to give observers and participants a sense of stepping back in time.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.

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Maine

Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Merstham

Merstham is a village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England.

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Middleton Railway

The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working public railway, situated in the English city of Leeds.

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Mine railway

A mine railway (or mine railroad, U.S.), sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Mountain railway

A mountain railway is a railway that operates in a mountainous region.

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Mountain railways of India

The Mountain railways of India refer to railway lines built in the mountains of India.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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Nevada Northern Railway

The Nevada Northern Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state of Nevada, built primarily to reach a major copper producing area in White Pine County, Nevada.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Nilgiri Mountain Railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is a railway in Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England running through the North York Moors National Park.

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Nykarleby

Nykarleby (Uusikaarlepyy) is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Orava (region)

Orava is the traditional name of a region situated in northern Slovakia (as Orava) and partially also in southern Poland (as Orawa).

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Park Railway Maltanka

The Park Railway Maltanka (Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka, sometimes abbreviated to Maltanka) is a narrow gauge railway located in Poznań.

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Patagonia

Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pioneer movement

A pioneer movement is an organization for children operated by a communist party.

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Porvoo

Porvoo (Borgå) is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki.

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Porvoonjoki

Porvoonjoki (Porvoo River, Borgå å in Swedish) is a small river in Finland.

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Post-Soviet states

The post-Soviet states, also collectively known as the former Soviet Union (FSU) or former Soviet Republics, are the states that emerged and re-emerged from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its breakup in 1991, with Russia internationally recognised as the successor state to the Soviet Union after the Cold War.

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Poznań

Poznań (Posen; known also by other historical names) is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region.

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Puffing Billy Railway

The Puffing Billy Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia.

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Rail fastening system

A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties (North America) or sleepers (British Isles, Australasia, and Africa).

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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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 in Finland

The Finnish railway network consists of a total of 5,919 km of railways built with Russian gauge track.

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Railroad switch

A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

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Río Negro Province

Río Negro (Black River) is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia.

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Restored train

Restored trains are historic trains that have been removed from service and later restored to their past condition, as opposed to having never been removed from service, like UP 844, the only U.S. steam locomotive to never be retired.

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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad of Colorado, a heritage railway, began operations in 2006, operating both steam and diesel locomotives in and around the San Luis Valley, on trackage of the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.

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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives.

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Salta Province

Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.

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San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad

The San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Colorado.

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Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija),Pannonian Rusyn: Сербия; Szerbia; Albanian and Romanian: Serbia; Slovak and Czech: Srbsko,; Сърбия.

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Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England.

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Show mine

A mine, i.e. an industrial facility for the underground extraction of mineral commodities, has three operating phases: it may be open or running, or closed or it may be a working museum.

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Signalman (rail)

A signalman or signaller is an employee of a railway transport network who operates the points and signals from a signal box in order to control the movement of trains.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Soundscape

The soundscape is the component of the acoustic environment that can be perceived by humans.

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Southern Fuegian Railway

The Southern Fuegian Railway (Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF)) or the Train of the End of the World (El Tren del Fin del Mundo) is a gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spiral (railway)

A spiral (sometimes called a spiral loop or just loop) is a technique employed by railways to ascend steep hills.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Station master

The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a railway station, particularly in the United Kingdom and many other countries outside North America.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Steep grade railway

A steep grade railway is a railway that ascends and descends a slope that has a steep grade.

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Stewartstown Railroad

The Stewartstown Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania.

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Strasburg Rail Road

The Strasburg Rail Road is the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere and the oldest public utility in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Structure gauge

The structure gauge, also called the minimum clearance outline, is the minimum height and width of tunnels and bridges as well as the minimum height and width of the doors that allow a rail siding access into a warehouse.

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Sumpter Valley Railway

The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Survivors (1975 TV series)

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction drama television series created by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC, that broadcast from 1975 to 1977.

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Talyllyn Railway

The Talyllyn Railway (Rheilffordd Talyllyn) is a narrow gauge preserved railway in Wales running for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn.

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Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire";; officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine province.

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Token (railway signalling)

In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.

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Tourist attraction

A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.

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Tren a las Nubes

The Tren a las Nubes (Train to the Clouds) is a tourist train service in Salta Province, Argentina.

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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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Underground personnel carrier

An underground personnel carrier is any heavy duty vehicle designed specifically for the safe transport of personnel and their supplies into underground work areas.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Vertical integration

In microeconomics and management, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company.

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Villa Elisa Historic Train

The Villa Elisa Historic Train (in Spanish: Tren Histórico de Villa Elisa) is a heritage railway of Entre Ríos Province in Argentina.

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Villa Elisa, Entre Ríos

Villa Elisa is a city in the center-east of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina.

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Virginia and Truckee Railroad

The Virginia and Truckee Railroad is a privately owned historical heritage railroad, headquartered in Virginia City, Nevada in the United States.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Water crane

A water crane is a device used for delivering a large volume of water into the tank or tender of a steam locomotive.

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West Somerset Railway

The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway line in Somerset, England.

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Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway is a narrow gauge railway.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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Zig zag (railway)

A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a method of climbing steep gradients with minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_railway

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