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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.
No. 475 is the 101st member of 125 M class steam locomotives built for N&W in 1906–07, rolling out of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1906 at a cost of $15,179.90. [2][3][4] It was originally equipped with Stephenson valve gear and a 6-A type tender, which holds 10 short tons (9,100 kg; 20,000 lb) of coal and 6,000 US gallons (23,000 L ...
Rochelle's quad diamonds as seen from the air. The park is in the eastern quadrant of the double diamond crossing between the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) mainlines between Chicago and points west. The two mainlines cross on the southwest side of Rochelle. The UP (formerly Chicago and North Western Railway) Geneva ...
The Folkston Railfan Platform is located in Folkston, Georgia along CSX Transportation's Nahunta Subdivision, and provides a location where railfans can safely view and photograph trains. With the help of a $ 30,000 state grant, the city built the train-watching platform in 2001 and is promoted by county [ 1 ] and state tourism agencies.
Railfan photographers in Belgium in September 2003, at the farewell of the NMBS/SNCB Class 51 locomotive. A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, trainspotter (Australian/British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.
Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0, "Sleep" was released in April 2011 and involved more than 2,000 voices from 58 countries. [ 33 ] Virtual Choir 3, Water Night , written in 1995, combined 3,746 submissions from 73 countries and was released in April 2012.
A railfan, particularly one whose enthusiasm appears excessive. They figuratively "foam at the mouth" while railfanning. [114] Flying switch or drop (US) The practice of uncoupling a locomotive from a car in motion and running over a switch, whereupon an employee on the ground lines the switch to divert the car onto an adjacent track.
The Adventure Zone is a weekly comedy and adventure actual play podcast based loosely upon the Dungeons & Dragons game series, along with other role-playing games. The show is distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy, and their father Clint McElroy.