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The Bauxite & Northern Railway (reporting mark BXN) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over 7 miles (11 km) of track in Bauxite, Arkansas. Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per year. In 2005, the railroad was purchased by holding company RailAmerica.
A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.
The railroad of the Bauxite & Northern Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, situated in the central part of the State of Arkansas, extending from Bauxite to Bauxite Junction, with a branch line from Bauxite to Gibbons, a total distance of 2.172 miles. The carrier also owns 2.610 miles ...
The museum was founded in 1984 as a not-for-profit organization. During the 1980s and 2003–2011, it offered tourist train rides between Lenox and Stockbridge on the Housatonic Railroad right-of-way. In 2016 the museum began tourist train service in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Sacramento Northern Birney car 62 at the Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista, California. A 22-mile (35 km) segment of the SN line in Solano County is owned, operated, and electrified by the Western Railway Museum as a heritage railway. Much of the SN's former equipment is part of the museum's permanent collection. [25]
World bauxite production in 2005 One of the world's largest bauxite mines in Weipa, in northern Queensland, Australia. Australia is the largest producer of bauxite, followed by Guinea and China. [10] Bauxite is usually strip mined because it is almost always found near the surface of the terrain, with little or no overburden.
The National Railroad Museum ( reporting mark NRMX) [ 2] is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, US. Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, the National Railroad Museum is one of the oldest and largest U.S. institutions dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad [ 3] history.
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