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Strasburg Rail Road

Index 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. [1]

61 relations: Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, Canadian National 7312, Canadian National 89, Canadian National class O-9 0-6-0, Choo Choo Barn, Day out with Thomas, Empire State Railway Museum, Fifteen-inch gauge railway, Frank Furness, Great American Railroad Journeys, Great Western 90, Green Mountain Railroad, Hello, Dolly! (film), Henry Roe Campbell, Heritage railway, Keystone Corridor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway, List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States, List of heritage railroads in the United States, List of Kate Plus 8 episodes, List of Pennsylvania railroads, List of reporting marks: S, Norfolk and Western Railway 475, Norfolk and Western Railway class M, Oldest railroads in North America, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania Railroad 1223, Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, Pennsylvania Railroad 4859, Pennsylvania Railroad 5550, Pennsylvania Railroad 7002, Pennsylvania Railroad class A5s, Pennsylvania Railroad class D16, Pennsylvania Railroad class E2, Pennsylvania Route 741, Pennsylvania Route 896, Percy the Small Engine, Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 425, Ridable miniature railway, Ronks, Pennsylvania, Sierra No. 3, South Central Pennsylvania, Steampunk, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, The Little Engine That Could, Thomas & Friends (franchise), Thomas and the Magic Railroad, ..., Transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Wawa and Concordville Railroad, Wilmington and Western Railroad, Yancey Railroad, 1832 in rail transport, 1861 in rail transport, 1958 in rail transport, 1959 in rail transport, 2-10-0, 2-6-0, 4-8-0. Expand index (11 more) »

Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal

The Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal was a Rail-Marine Terminal with its main facilities and administrative offices located on 86–88 Kent Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York.

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Canadian National 7312

Canadian National 7312 is an 0-6-0 steam locomotive.

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Canadian National 89

Canadian National 89 is a 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotive owned and operating at the Strasburg Rail Road.

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Canadian National class O-9 0-6-0

Canadian National Railway (CN) Class O-9 steam locomotives were of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or " C " in UIC classification.

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Choo Choo Barn

The Choo Choo Barn, Traintown U.S.A. is a train display in Strasburg, Pennsylvania that features over 150 hand-built animated figures and vehicles and 22 operating trains.

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Day out with Thomas

Day Out With Thomas is a trade name, licensed by Mattel (HiT Entertainment formerly) for tourist events that take place on heritage railways and feature one or more engines decorated to look like characters from the classic children's Television Show, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.

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Empire State Railway Museum

Established in 1960, the Empire State Railway Museum is a non-profit railroad museum currently located in the historic Ulster & Delaware Phoenicia Railroad Station, Phoenicia, New York.

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Fifteen-inch gauge railway

Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield.

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Frank Furness

Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era.

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Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and aired on BBC Two.

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Great Western 90

Strasburg Rail Road no.

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Green Mountain Railroad

The Green Mountain Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Vermont.

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Hello, Dolly! (film)

Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American romantic comedy musical film based on the Broadway production of the same name.

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Henry Roe Campbell

Henry Roe Campbell (September 9, 1807 – February 6, 1879) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer.

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Heritage railway

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

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Keystone Corridor

The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which also hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line commuter rail service; and the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line.

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, (Pennsylvania German: Lengeschder Kaundi) sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway

The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway (LO&S) was a narrow gauge railway that operated in southeastern Pennsylvania between 1912 and 1918, as a successor company following the bankruptcy of the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad.

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List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States

About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States.

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List of heritage railroads in the United States

This is a list of heritage railways in the United States.

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List of Kate Plus 8 episodes

Kate Plus 8 (formerly Jon & Kate Plus 8) is an American reality television series starring The Gosselin family.

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List of Pennsylvania railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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List of reporting marks: S

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Norfolk and Western Railway 475

Strasburg Rail Road #475 is a former Norfolk & Western Railway M class 4-8-0 steam locomotive.

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Norfolk and Western Railway class M

The Norfolk and Western Railway's M, M1 and M2 classes (also known as the "Mastodon-class") were a series of 4-8-0 steam locomotives owned and operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway.

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Oldest railroads in North America

This is a list of the earliest railroads in North America, including various railroad-like precursors to the general modern form of a company or government agency operating locomotive-drawn trains on metal tracks.

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Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Deitsch: Deitscherei) refers to an area of Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania that by the American Revolution had a high percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch inhabitants.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 1223

Pennsylvania Railroad 1223 is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1905 for the Pennsylvania Railroad by the railroad's own Altoona Works for passenger service.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 4800

Pennsylvania Railroad 4800, nicknamed "Old Rivets", is a GG1-class electric locomotive located at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 4859

Pennsylvania Railroad 4859 is a GG1-class electric locomotive located in the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 5550

Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive currently under construction in the United States of America.

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Pennsylvania Railroad 7002

PRR 7002 is a Pennsylvania Railroad E7s steam locomotive located in the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class A5s

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class A5s was the largest class of 0-4-0 steam locomotives.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class D16

Class D16 on the Pennsylvania Railroad was their final development of the 4-4-0 "American" type of steam locomotive.

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Pennsylvania Railroad class E2

The Pennsylvania Railroad's class E2, E3, E7 steam locomotives were of the 4-4-2 "Atlantic" passenger type, frequently called “light Atlantics” after the introduction of the heavier E6 Atlantics.

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Pennsylvania Route 741

Pennsylvania Route 741 (PA 741) is a state highway that runs through western and southern Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Route 896

Pennsylvania Route 896 (PA 896) is a north–south state highway located in the counties of Chester and Lancaster in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Percy the Small Engine

Percy the Small Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic steam tank engine from The Railway Series of children's books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry.

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Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line

The Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a railroad museum in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 425

Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad 425 is a 1928 Baldwin built 4-6-2 light "Pacific" type steam locomotive operated by the Reading & Northern Railroad, based out of Port Clinton, PA.

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Ridable miniature railway

A ridable miniature railway (US: 'riding railroad' or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors).

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Ronks, Pennsylvania

Ronks is a small farming community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just west of Paradise, Pennsylvania.

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Sierra No. 3

Sierra No.

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South Central Pennsylvania

South Central Pennsylvania is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the fourteen counties of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, and York.

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Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.

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Strasburg, Pennsylvania

Strasburg is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could is an American fairytale (existing in the form of several illustrated children's book and movies)that became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk.

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Thomas & Friends (franchise)

Thomas & Friends was created by the Rev. W Awdry.

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Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 fantasy adventure film by Britt Allcroft, its director, producer and writer.

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Transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Transportation in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has a long and variegated history.

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Wawa and Concordville Railroad

The Wawa and Concordville Railroad was a steam tourist railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania during the late 1960s.

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Wilmington and Western Railroad

The Wilmington and Western Railroad is a freight and heritage railroad in northern Delaware, operating over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) branch between Wilmington and Hockessin.

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Yancey Railroad

The Yancey Railroad was an American Class III shortline railroad that operated for freight service from a connection with the Clinchfield Railroad at Kona, North Carolina, through Micaville, to Burnsville,.

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1832 in rail transport

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1861 in rail transport

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1958 in rail transport

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1959 in rail transport

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2-10-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and no trailing wheels.

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2-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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4-8-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck or bogie, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

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

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