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  2. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway locomotives - Wikipedia

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    The engine has visited several railways, including the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival Railway, the Bure Valley Railway, and as far away as Dresden, Germany, to publicise the railway. Two similar locomotives have been built at Ravenglass for the Shuzenji Romney Railway in Japan , Northern Rock II and Cumbria , in 1989 and 1992, respectively.

  3. List of British heritage and private railways - Wikipedia

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    Museum and miniature railway 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (184 mm) 1.6km 1970s Has a 0.8km long 15 in (381 mm) gauge tramway Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum: Museum N/A 0km 1951 Bala Lake Railway: Heritage railway 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in (600 mm) 7.2km 1861 1965 1972 Originally standard gauge line Ffestiniog Railway: Heritage railway 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm ...

  4. Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway - Wikipedia

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    Fortunately, the Border Union Railway was now virtually complete, and in anticipation of this the North British Railway negotiated leases of the two railways in 1861, confirmed by the North British Railway, Silloth Railway and Dock (Lease) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. xlvii) and the North British Railway, Port Carlisle Railway and Dock (Lease ...

  5. Metropolitan Railway - Wikipedia

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    Montage of the Metropolitan Railway's stations from The Illustrated London News December 1862, the month before the railway opened. The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) [a] was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

  6. Diesel locomotive - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of Priestman oil engine from The Steam engine and gas and oil engines (1900) by John Perry Petrol–electric Weitzer railmotor, first 1903, series 1906. The earliest recorded example of the use of an internal combustion engine in a railway locomotive is the prototype designed by William Dent Priestman, which was examined by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin in 1888 who described it as ...

  7. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) - Wikipedia

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    The unique skills of the 95th were considered too valuable to lose so the 95th, having seen distinguished service in the Napoleonic Wars, was taken out of line of the British Army and became the "Rifle Brigade" on 23 February 1816 (the number was reassigned eight years later to the newly formed county regiment of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment ...

  8. Road signs in Russia - Wikipedia

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    The А index indicates roads connecting major cities to prominent transportation hubs (railway stations, sea ports, river crossings, airports), objects of socio-cultural significance, border checkpoints, or other federal highways. E: E22: Европейский The E index indicates European routes passing through Russia AH: AH6: Азиатский

  9. Northern Territory - Wikipedia

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    With the coming of the British, there were four early attempts to settle the harsh environment of the northern coast, of which three failed in starvation and despair. The land now occupied by the Northern Territory was part of colonial New South Wales from 1825 to 1863, except for a brief time from February to December 1846, when it was part of ...