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  2. Branson Scenic Railway - Wikipedia

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    With the Burlington northern merger the car was to be assigned BN 1100 but, was sold to Amtrak and became their 9800. It was retired in 1977 and, sold to Gerome Bulock of Building Leasing Corporation and, then in 1987 was sold to Tom Johnson of Rail Dome Corporation becoming the RDCX 320 (AMTK 800287) and now operates on the Branson Scenic Railway.

  3. List of heritage railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed) Napa Valley Wine Train; Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum; Niles Canyon Railway; Nut Tree Railroad; Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita; Pacific Southwest Railway Museum; Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi [1]

  4. Frisco Silver Dollar Line - Wikipedia

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    The ride includes an 1800s themed train depot, a water tower, a trestle overpass bridge, a train wreck scene, a staged train robbery, a tunnel, a rectangular shaped roundhouse and an at-grade railroad crossing. It consists of a total of seven steam locomotives, with four of them in operating condition as of 2023. The railroad is 1.52 miles long.

  5. List of Missouri railroads - Wikipedia

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    Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Railroad Switching Service of Missouri: RSM 1989 2005 N/A Rich Hill Railroad: SLSF: 1880 1888 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad: Rock Island – Frisco Terminal Railway: RI/ SLSF: 1906 1957 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway: Rock Port, Langdon ...

  6. Rail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...

  7. The rise of the automobile led to the end of passenger train service on most railroads. Trucking businesses had become major competitors by the 1930s with the advent of improved paved roads, and after the war they expanded their operations as the Interstate highway network grew, and acquired increased market share of freight business.

  8. Dome car - Wikipedia

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    Former California Zephyr Silver Bridle dome car in excursion train service with the defunct Inland Lakes Railway in Plymouth, Florida. A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the train.

  9. National Museum of Transportation - Wikipedia

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    The National Museum of Transportation (TNMOT) is a private, 42-acre transportation museum in the Kirkwood suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.Founded in 1944, [1] it restores, preserves, and displays a wide variety of vehicles spanning 15 decades of American history: cars, boats, aircraft, and in particular, locomotives and railroad equipment from around the United States.