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Sierra No. 3, often called the "Movie Star locomotive", is a 19th-century 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" type steam locomotive owned by the State of California and preserved and operated by the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, California.
Over 200 movies, TV shows, and commercials have featured Railtown and its trains. [4] Sierra's tracks, locomotives and cars have long been seen on the silver screen; film credits include Go West with the Marx Brothers, High Noon, 3:10 To Yuma featured #3 in the end of the movie, as well as Back to the Future Part III.
The museum also has multiple smaller gauge railroad layouts for members usage in 4.75" gauge, 3.5" gauge, elevated 1 gauge, and g-scale. In addition to live steam layouts, the museum also operates a stationary 19th century steam plant every 3rd Sunday with a variety of vintage restored steam appliances.
A live steam festival (often called a "Steam Fair" in the UK and a live steam "meet" in the US) is a gathering of people interested in steam engine technology. Locomotives, trains, traction engines , steam wagons , steam rollers , showman's engines and tractors , steam boats and cars , and stationary steam engines may be on display, both full ...
Popularly used for the small scale live steam. No.1: 1:32: 45 mm (1.772 in) Popularly used for the small scale live steam. Corresponds to NEM 1 or NMRA No. 1. No.3: 1:22.6: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm) The smallest scale able to pull real passengers. Was one of the first popular live steam gauges, developed in England in the early 1900s.
Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Stanley Tucci and more star in the film, which begins streaming on Netflix March 14, 2025
In 1887, the Hart brothers constructed a short, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad originating at 46th Street in Tacoma, Washington. [5] In 1890, the railroad was reorganized by another interest as the Tacoma Eastern Railroad , at which time the tracks were converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge and extended a distance of ...
Millie is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon from a screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Ralph Morgan, based on a novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke. The film was an independent production by Charles R. Rogers , distributed by RKO Radio Pictures , after their acquisition of Pathé Exchange .