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  2. List of characters in The Railway Series - Wikipedia

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    NWR D3/BR D7101 A green (originally blue) mixed-traffic diesel engine who works on the main line. Originally numbered "D7101", he first came to Sodor in 1967. 7101 suffered from a leaking brake ejector and was helped by Henry along with 199. 7101 was nicknamed "Bear" due to the "growling" sound his engine makes. He was given a new number, D3 ...

  3. Thomas & Friends merchandise - Wikipedia

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    Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway (1992–2017, 2022–), later rebranded as Thomas & Friends Wood (2017–2021), is a wooden railway system designed and created by Learning Curve. It is one of two Wooden Railway lines that feature the characters from Thomas & Friends. The other is BRIO.

  4. Wooden toy train - Wikipedia

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    Bigjigs Rail is the wooden railway system from Bigjigs Toys Ltd. [43] There are over 130 different items in the Bigjigs Rail Range, compatible with all other wooden railway systems. Sio is a Dutch toy factory which produced wooden toys and trains. [44] [45] [circular reference] Kids-Wood, had a wooden toy train line including a road system. It ...

  5. Ghost Town & Calico Railroad - Wikipedia

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    This photo of a Rio Grande Southern business-car train in the 1800s shows what the Ghost Town & Calico engines looked like in the 1800s (e.g., diamond stack, wooden pilot, box headlight, and trim on the sand dome and steam dome). The business car next to the engine is the "Rico," which is now at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The other business ...

  6. List of railway roundhouses - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of railway roundhouses. A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables . 1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway

  7. 30 Fascinating Historical Photos That Offer A New Perspective ...

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    Image credits: historycoolkids #3. Ronald (left) and Carl McNair (right) were born 10 months apart in the Segregated South. The two were inseparable as toddlers and well into adulthood.

  8. Rail fastening system - Wikipedia

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    Unimog pushing a "Spindle Precision Wrenching Unit" used for automatic and synchronous tightening and loosening of rail fastenings Mabbett Railway Chair Manufacturing Company share certificate (1867) A rail fastening system is a means of fixing rails to railroad ties ( North America ) or sleepers ( British Isles , Australasia , and Africa ).

  9. Railway turntable - Wikipedia

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    A turntable for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Turnplates at the Park Lane goods station of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1831. Early wagonways were industrial railways for transporting goods—initially bulky and heavy items, particularly mined stone, ores and coal—from one point to another, most often to a dockside to be loaded onto ships. [4]