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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.
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.
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.
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
The Connecticut Valley Railroad Association, the Empire State Railway Museum, and private investors created today's for-profit Valley Railroad, obtaining a charter from the Connecticut State Legislature. The State of Connecticut took ownership of the line from the Penn Central, and designated the Valley line as a linear State Park.
In 1969 the newly formed Wasatch Railroad Museum approached Tooele City to acquire former Tooele Valley Railway No. 11, but were rebuffed by the city. With Tooele Valley No. 11 no longer available, the museum turned its attention to acquiring former Union Pacific Railroad No. 618 which was at the time on static display at the Utah State ...
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 ...
The Colebrookdale Railroad operates a variety of excursions originating out of Boyertown with plans eventually to have trains originating from Pottstown as well. The trains operated include a fall foliage train, Haunted History train, Santa Claus train, Valentine's Day train, Easter Bunny Express, Wine Tasting and Cheese Train, and Mother's Day and Father's Day trains. [1]