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It was used to pull passenger and fast freight trains, mostly throughout New Mexico, until retired from service in 1953. In 1956, ATSF donated no. 2926 to the City of Albuquerque for static display. In 1999, the non-profit New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society purchased no. 2926 for restoration. In 2021, no. 2926 moved ...
Emerson Zooline Railroad's Chance Rides C.P. Huntington train in Saint Louis Zoo, one of hundreds of exact copies of this ride model in locations worldwide. A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or ...
Exmoor Steam Railway builds several new steam locomotives a year, as well as rolling stock and also advise on the setup and expansion of miniature and narrow gauge railways. Exmoor is a member of Britain's Great Little Railways and has supplied locomotives to many other members who operate public miniature and narrow gauge railways.
The Santa Fe 2900 Class was a series of 30 4-8-4 type steam locomotives built between 1943 and 1944 for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and pulled freight and passenger trains until retirement in the early to late-1950s.
United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039: 2002 NRHP Hanover Township, NJ: NJ-02 New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive No. 206: 2009 NRHP Maywood, NJ: NM-01 ATSF Locomotive No. 2926: 1944 built 2007 NRHP Albuquerque, NM: NM-02 D&RGW 463: 2-8-2: 1903 built 1975 NRHP Chama
The core operation was maintenance of steam locomotives, which required a complete rebuild every 12 to 18 months. At their peak, the Albuquerque shops completed around 40 such overhauls per month. However, activity at the railyard declined in the 1950s as the Santa Fe transitioned from steam to diesel locomotives.
These little locomotives were primarily used for mainline freight trains throughout the Santa Fe system in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas until the mid-late 1910s, when larger locomotives, including the 2-10-2 "Santa Fe" type and the 2-8-2 "Mikado", were becoming more frequently built in favor of the growing freight traffic, and the 2-8 ...
There are also rideable miniature railways running on extremely narrow tracks as small as 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge, for example the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway. Around the world there are also several rideable miniature railways open to the public using even narrower gauges, such as 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 184 mm ) and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 190.5 mm ).