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1944 is a 2015 Estonian war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin, Germany, before its release in Estonia [4] and other Northern European countries. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. [5]
1943, 1944: Locomotive United Kingdom: Great Northern 2581: 9 January 1947: Locomotive United States: Crary, North Dakota?? [56] RL Smith Lumber Company 91: 14 February 1948: Locomotive United States: Canby, California: 2: 2 [57] Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotive no. 3020: 12 May 1948: Locomotive USA: Near Chillicothe, Ohio: 3: 0 [58 ...
Waverley is powered by a three-crank diagonal triple-expansion marine steam engine built by Rankin & Blackmore, Engineers, Eagle Foundry, Greenock, Scotland. [19] It is rated at 2,100 IHP and achieved a trial speed of 18.37 knots (34.02 km/h; 21.14 mph) at 57.8 rpm. Passengers can watch this engine from passageways on either side of the engine ...
In what is probably her most famous movie appearance, the engine appears in the scenes set in 1885, six years prior to the engine's actual construction, portraying Central Pacific Railroad No. 131. While the Central Pacific did have 4-6-0's similar to No. 3 at the time the film was set, the real Central Pacific No. 131 was a 4-4-0 & carried the ...
In July 2005, the locomotive underwent a successful steam test and was later rolled-out the following October for the general public. Fort Wayne and Allen County Commissioners designated October 28, 2005, as "Engine no. 765 Day" and the locomotive completed a series of test runs on the Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Eastern Railroad in March 2006. [2]
No. 6110 accumulated 120,000 miles by April 1944, implying a lower monthly average than the S1 or the K4's. Late 1944 saw a Norfolk & Western J class trialed on the Ft. Wayne Division, at the suggestion of Vice President Symes due to dissatisfaction with the T1's performance. J class No. 610 ran several trains reliably at speeds up to 110 mph ...
This engine, also known as the Steam Horse, ran on four wheels but was pushed by mechanical feet. This was both the first recorded boiler explosion [ 1 ] and the first railway accident causing major loss of life with at least 13 people killed (sources differ).
Pennsylvania Railroad patent drawings (January 20, 2012 Classic Trains Magazine) Archived August 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine "Presenting a Line of Modern Coal-Burning Steam Locomotives, December 1944" - A promotional booklet put out by the PRR in 1949 showcasing the railroads latest steam locomotives. Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine