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  2. Southern Pacific 786 - Wikipedia

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    Southern Pacific 786 is a preserved 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive that was constructed at the American Locomotive Company's Brooks Works in New York.It was used to pull mainline freight trains by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad, until it was removed from service in 1955, and it was donated to the city of Austin, Texas the following year.

  3. Third Street Railroad Trestle - Wikipedia

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    The Third Street Railroad Trestle is a historic wooden railroad trestle bridge crossing Shoal Creek in downtown Austin, Texas. Built around 1922 by the International–Great Northern Railroad, it replaced an earlier bridge in the same place. The bridge was used by the I–GN Railroad, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Missouri–Kansas ...

  4. Southern Pacific Transportation Company - Wikipedia

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    786 (Mk-5, 2-8-2), owned by the City of Austin, leased to the Austin Steam Train Association. Currently under full mechanical restoration in Austin, Texas. [24] 794 (Mk-5, 2-8-2), the last Mikado built for the Texas and New Orleans Railroad in 1916 out of spare parts in their Houston shops.

  5. Museum of the American Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.historictrains.org. The Museum of the American Railroad, formerly known as the Age of Steam Railroad Museum, is a railroad museum in Frisco, Texas. [ 1 ] The museum has more than 70 pieces of steam, diesel, passenger, and freight railroad equipment sitting on 15 acres making it one of the largest historic rail collections in the US.

  6. Austin and Northwestern Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Austin and Northwestern Railroad began construction on a rail line west of Austin, Texas, USA, toward Llano on April 20, 1881. The railroad was originally built as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line with plans to connect to the Texas and Pacific Railway at Abilene. Construction reached Burnet, Texas, by 1882 and the line was later extended ...

  7. List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock

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    Undergoing restoration, Austin Steam Train Association, Austin, Texas: 794 Mk-5 2-8-2: Static display, Sunset Station, San Antonio, Texas: 975: F-1 2-10-2: Static display, Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois: 982: F-1 2-10-2: Static display; Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas. Not to be confused with the Minute Maid Park ornamental train ...

  8. Austin Western Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Other. Website. www.watcocompanies.com. Route map. The Austin Western Railroad (reporting mark AWRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco. It is the contracted operator of 126 miles (203 km) of ex-Southern Pacific trackage, now owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

  9. List of heritage railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland; Calico and Odessa Railroad; California State Railroad Museum; California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train; Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)

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