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Sierra No. 3, often called the "Movie Star locomotive", is a 19th-century 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive owned by the State of California and preserved and operated by the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California.
Pages in category "3 ft gauge locomotives" ... Santa Cruz Railroad 3; Southern Pacific 8; Southern Pacific 9; Southern Pacific 18; SSLR 1 and 3; SSLR 4; T. TDLR 1 to ...
This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being 3 ft gauge. [1] [2] Some of the more famous 3 ft gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These ...
Lehigh Valley Railroad: 12 501-512 financed by USRA, to Conrail 2777–2788 in 1976 Louisville and Nashville Railroad: 90 2708–2772, 2800–2824 FB-2 trucks Milwaukee Road: 5 4800-4804 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad: 3 350-352 Missouri Pacific Railroad: 39 668-674, 2257–2288 FB-2 trucks Monon Railroad: 8 601-608 to L&N 2700–2707 in 1971
Alaska Railroad (3 C, 17 P) Pages in category "3 ft gauge railways in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 258 total.
The first signals employed on an American railroad were a system of flags used on the Newcastle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road in the 1830s. The railroad then developed a more effective system consisting of wooden balls, painted red, white or black, and hoisted up or down a pole on a rope-and-pulley system.
3 Types of railway/railroad. Toggle Types of railway/railroad subsection. 3.1 Urban rail transport, general types. 4 History of rail transport. 5 Vehicles.
The ALCO RSC-3 was a diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type rated at 1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW), that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. [ 1 ] Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-3 , though the axle load was spread out for operation on light rail such as are found on ...