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The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (reporting mark TVRM) [1] is a railroad museum and heritage railroad in Chattanooga, Tennessee.. The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum was founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by Paul H. Merriman and Robert M. Soule, Jr., along with a group of local railway preservationists.
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 ...
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future) French Lick Scenic Railway; Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions) Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum; Indiana Railway Museum; National New York Central Railroad Museum; Ohio River Scenic Railway; Whitewater Valley Railroad; Nickel Plate Express
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.
The Connecticut Valley Railroad was a railroad in the state of Connecticut founded in 1868. The company built a line along the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook, which opened in 1871. It was reorganized as the Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad in 1880, and leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1887.
In April 1884, the bank took full control of the railroad, purchasing the company at a court ordered auction for just over $372,000. The company spent the next few years improving existing lines and trying to build up local business. [1] On January 1, 1893, the name of the railroad was changed to the Nevada–California–Oregon.
The following railroads have been called Valley Railroad: Connecticut Valley Railroad, 1868-1887, a defunct railroad in the state of Connecticut; Valley Railroad (Connecticut), a heritage railroad; Valley Railroad (New York), 1869-1945, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; Valley Railroad (Pennsylvania), Westline to ...
The California Southern Railroad was a subsidiary railroad of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) in Southern California. It was organized July 10, 1880, and chartered on October 23, 1880, to build a rail connection between what has become the city of Barstow and San Diego, California. [1]