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Quassy Express Train is a C.P. Huntington Train (located in Quassy Park) 24" narrow-gauge railroad built by Chance Rides. Florida: East Swamp & Gatorville Railroad (defunct) Edwin Link Children's Railroad (located at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum) (separate standard-gauge railway also present) (operating)
The Lancaster and Reading Narrow Gauge Railroad was chartered in 1871 to build a 4 ft 0 in (1.22 m) gauge route from Safe Harbor to Lancaster to Reading, with a branch from Lancaster to Quarryville, competing with the Reading & Columbia. [2] [6] Construction began on the branch line to Quarryville, but was quickly changed to standard gauge.
The railroad encouraged press coverage of these preparations. [52] With these preliminary jobs done, the actual gauge change was done on Sunday, June 29, 1902. Traffic was suspended for just 9 hours, with the last narrow-gauge trains used to drop off work crews and the first standard-gauge trains picking up the crews.
The Monongahela Connecting Railroad (reporting mark MCRR) or Mon Conn was a three-mile industrial railroad line in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a subsidiary of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company and a large portion of its work was for its parent company, though it also served other industries along the line.
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) was a single track, 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway.It opened in May 1898 and ran for slightly more than 19 miles (31 km) through the area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England.
Gloddfa Ganol (also known as the Gloddfa Ganol Mountain Center) was a museum dedicated to the Welsh slate industry and narrow-gauge railways, situated in the Oakeley slate quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog. It opened in 1974 and closed in 1998 following an auction of its exhibits.
Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, to Mary More (1798–1841) and John Burr Gould (1792–1866). [5] His maternal grandfather, Alexander T. More, was a businessman, and his great-grandfather, John More, was a Scottish immigrant who founded the town of Moresville, New York.
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC is a privately owned railroad services and short line operating company headquartered in Nicholasville, Kentucky, with field locations in 22 states. It was owned by Richard J. Corman , who established the company in 1973, and ran it until his death on August 23, 2013.