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A typical LGB model train on a garden railway layout.. LGB stands for Lehmann Gross Bahn - the "Lehmann Big Train" in German. Made by Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Nuremberg, Germany, since 1968 [1] and by Märklin since 2007, it is the most popular garden railway model in Europe, although there are also many models of U.S. and Canadian prototypes. [2]
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A passenger train running down the centre of Ellen Street, Port Pirie in 1940 Mossman, a narrow-gauge sugar-cane railway runs down Mill Street; Nambour, the Moreton Central Sugar Mill Cane Tramway ran down Mill Street, was also street running on a bridge at Bli Bli, closed 2003 [7] The rails in the street remained in place and a tourist tram is planned on it.
From the 1930s through the 1950s, many trains in the United States and Canada were upgraded with streamliner cars. One of the most notable trains equipped with such cars was the California Zephyr, jointly operated by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) and Western Pacific Railroad (WP).
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The separate northern and southern U.S. track gauges were unified on June 1, 1886, [4] allowing freight cars to be interchanged throughout the continent. The Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States, effective 1900.
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In 1928, the peak year, the train earned revenue of $10 million and was believed to be the most profitable train in the world. [7] The cars of the 20th Century Limited were lit with fluorescent lamps soon after their introduction, [8] which coincided with the introduction of the new Art Deco train sets on June 15, 1938.