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Rob Bell explores the era when our modern railways were born in the industrial heartlands of the North-East, where for over 150 years coal was king. Visiting former collieries, living museums and meeting former miners, he tells the story of the 1822 Hetton line, the world's first railway designed for steam locomotives.
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A stone railway sleeper and chair imprint at Oaklea Bridge The surviving Brockle Bridge waggonway piers. The waggonway gauge is not known, however from relics such as wooden railway sleepers estimates suggest 3 ft 6in, 4 ft 2in or 4 ft 8.5in. [20] It is possible that the gauge was changed at some point during its long history.
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The 75-mile (121 km) panoramic views from the summit of Beacon Mountain and natural setting would be the lures to get tourists to the doorstep of several profitable attractions the railway's backers built atop the mountain, including the Beaconcrest Hotel, a Casino, and a private cottage community following land sales.
The game, first released in 2005, was originally named Railroad Tycoon after the video game series of the same name, featuring box art based on the third entry in the video game series. After the license to use the Railroad Tycoon name expired, the board game has been published under its current Railways of the World title since 2009. It takes ...
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The series focuses on three generations of the Grant family working on an unnamed Great Western Railway branch line. The first section, entitled Permanent Way, depicts the construction of the line in the reign of Queen Victoria, the second, entitled Clear Ahead, shows the line in operation in Edwardian times, and the third, Fire on the Line, is set during the Second World War.