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A train simulator (also railroad simulator or railway simulator) is a computer-based simulation of rail transport operations. They are generally large complicated software packages modeling a 3D virtual reality world implemented both as commercial trainers, and consumer computer game software with 'play modes' which lets the user interact by stepping inside the virtual world.
The Stourbridge Lion was an early railroad steam locomotive.In 1829 it was the first locomotive to be operated in the United States, although foreign-built, [2] and one of the first locomotives to operate outside Britain.
The locomotive is a 1908 Milwaukee Road I-5 switcher steam engine, believed to be the last of its kind, preserved under a shed roof. [6] IN-02 New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 765: 1944 built New Haven, IN: IA-01 Great Northern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1355: 4-6-0 then 4-6-2: 1909 built 1924 rebuilt 2004 NRHP
Live Steam was originally started as the Live Steam Newsletter in the early 1960s by Pershing Scott as a mimeographed newsletter. [1] In August 1966, Scott gave the publishing rights of the newsletter to William Fitt. By 1967 the newsletter had expanded into magazine format with the name being changed to Live Steam Magazine. [1]
Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad.It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1829 to convince owners of the newly formed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) (now CSX) to use steam engines; it was not intended to enter revenue service.
During the 1980s, with a spike in oil prices, Rowland was instrumental in forming American Coal Enterprises, an organization dedicated to the design and production of modern, coal-fired, reciprocating, direct-drive steam locomotives designed to reduce or eliminate operational concerns associated with steam locomotives and to operate with enough efficiency to be economically viable to railroads ...
[7] [8] Featherstonhaugh argued that the railroad would reduce the travel time between Albany and Schenectady from 2 or 3 days to 3 hours. [8] On March 27, 1826 a bill was passed in Congress and Featherstonhaugh and Rensselaer were granted a sum of $300,000-$500,000 for the construction of one of the first chartered railroads in American ...
During World War II, the NC&StL found itself unable to order more diesel locomotives to handle the increased passenger traffic. [2] Officials decided to go for steam power; they accepted a proposal by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for a streamlined 4-8-4 J3 locomotive similar to the Norfolk and Western J class locomotives, (a design rejected by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L ...