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Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15 is a ST class 0-6-0 "Switcher" type steam locomotive, owned and operated by the Strasburg Rail Road outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where it was significantly altered to resemble the children's television series character Thomas the Tank Engine. [1] [2] [4]
Strasburg RR in 2004. Strasburg Rail Road is a shortline railroad that connects the town of Strasburg with Amtrak's Keystone Corridor mainline. The line is used for excursion trains, which carry passengers on a 45-minute round-trip journey from East Strasburg to Leaman Place Junction through nearly 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) in southeastern Lancaster County.
The Nene Valley Railway at Peterborough in England was the first railway in the world to possess a full-scale replica of Thomas, constructed from an industrial tank engine built by Hudswell Clarke in 1947. It was nicknamed "Thomas" and in 1971 was officially named by Rev. W. Awdry. Since then other tank engines around the world have appeared as ...
The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (reporting mark OCTL) is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (reporting mark OCTL) is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as the freight carrier on the line.
Miniature train ride Six Flags New England: Operating since 2007, originally as Thomas the Tank Engine until 2010. Ride reopened and was renamed in 2013 Whistlestop Train Miniature train ride Six Flags Magic Mountain: Operating since 2008, originally as Thomas the Tank Engine until 2010. Renamed in 2011
These include a ride on a Pullman coach and longer trips to various nearby towns, including Carbondale, Tobyhanna, Moscow, Delaware Water Gap, Cresco, East Stroudsburg and Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania. Until 2012, Steamtown hosted RailCamp, a program put on by the National Railway Historical Society to educate future railroad employees and fans of ...
The Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern, Inc. (WK&S) is a privately owned heritage railroad company in Kempton, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1963 and operates over an isolated remnant of a former Reading Company line. Its nickname is the Hawk Mountain Line due to its proximity to the Hawk Mountain range.
The first train to New Hope in 1891. The line currently operated by the New Hope Railroad was originally known as the New Hope Branch of the Reading Company (RDG), which leased it to the North Pennsylvania Railroad, of which it was a part. The railroad ran as far as Hartsville Station (near Bristol Road, which eventually became Ivyland) until ...