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The exterior of the museum in 2016 County Donegal Railways Joint Committee locomotive on the railway tracks, 1995 Foyle Valley Railway Museum is a museum in Derry , Northern Ireland. It is run by the charity Destined and is dedicated to the history of narrow gauge railways in the surrounding area.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
There is also a one-third full-size (1:3) electric tramcar which runs for a 0.5-mile (805 m) on the site, on track of 15 in (381 mm) gauge.This is one of only two electric tramways in Wales (the other being a short 18 in (457 mm) gauge electric tramway in Heath Park, Cardiff, owned by Cardiff Model Engineering Society).
Steam locomotive "Tren del centenari" from 1948, in Vilanova Railway Museum. Basque Railway Museum (steam railway tours) [10] Gijón Railway Museum; Philip II Train, service between Madrid and El Escorial; Railway Museum in Vilanova (close to Barcelona) Strawberry train, seasonal service between Madrid and Aranjuez; Tramvia Blau, Barcelona
A mid Victorian era photograph showing a Colne Valley and Halstead Railway 2-2-2WT at Halstead engine shed. A railway in the Colne Valley was first proposed in 1846 when the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company was incorporated to build a line from Marks Tey on the Eastern Counties Railway to Sudbury, with a branch to Halstead and a line from Colchester to Hythe.
The Valley Railway was constructed in 1880 to link Cleveland's growing steel industry and the rich coal fields of the Tuscarawas River Valley, extending south to Zoarville. Although the first railroad came to Cleveland in 1854, the majority of the rail lines ran east–west and did not connect the metropolitan and industrial centers of ...
Opened in 1983, the museum is operated by the city and features preserved locomotives, equipment and artifacts from the Tooele Valley Railway, International Smelting and Refining Company, and other railroad & mining artifacts. [2] The complex is significant for its historic role in conversion of Tooele from a farming-based to an industrial town.
The railway occupies part of the former Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (CVHR), which opened in stages between 16 April 1860 and 10 May 1863. [1] This part of the railway was a through line from Birdbrook to Wakes Colne. The line closed on 1 January 1962, when all passenger and freight traffic between Haverhill and Yeldham ended.