Photos tagged as museums and railroads
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Day_75_-_S..Station
This is one of the train cars on display at the Strasburg Railroad Station.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S.._Engine
This steam engine was painted, and used in the movie "Hello Dolly"
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S..l_Train
Like the other train museums we've seen, this one had several very nice model railroads set up. This one was HO scale
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S.._Engine
This is a replica of a 'Steam Carriage' built in 1825 by John Stevens on his NJ Estate to demonstrate the capabilities of using a steam engine for a railroad. Notice the geared track in the center.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S..Replica
In 1831, several railroad pioneers including John Stevens, decided to build an operating railroad. They had to import this engine from England as non were made in America at that time.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S..ht_Yard
Freight Yards were used to take trains apart, sort the cars and assemble into new trains by destination - called 'classification'.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S..udd_Car
This is another example of a self propelled railroad car, similar to the ones we saw in Danbury CT, but this appears to be older.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_S.._Museum
The state of Pennsylvania runs and supports this museum. This is the largest Railroad Museum building in the US and houses quite a few beautifully restored engines and cars.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day 75 - PA Dutch Farm Country
This is in Lancaster County, PA. Quite a few of the farms we saw had no cars or trucks, as the Amish don't use them. I didn't get a closer look at this one, but the horses may be an indicator.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_75_-_M..l_Store
Mom enjoyed the Doll Store, but didn't buy very much.
- Date: 15 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Strasburg, USA: gallery
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Day_73_-_Oxford_Depot
This is used as a museum now, and also for model railroad clubs. It was closed when we came by, but still thought it was cute.
- Date: 13 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Lancaster, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Yard Sign
This gives you some idea how large this Railway Museum is
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Photo of WWI Troop Train
During WWI, trains were the most common form of transportation to get troops to and from home. Communities would turn out to see their men off or welcome them home.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, SRS Detector Car
Sperry Rail Service Detector Car (1928). This was initially built as a self propelled baggage/passenger car. In 1945, Sperry modified it to use to find faults in RR tracks. It remained in service until 2003, finding over 20,000 defects in tracks.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Track Display
Cross sections from many different sizes of track are on display. The one on the right is the most common size in use today, 140#. Track size is listed based on how much a three foot section weights, or 140 pounds in this case.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Steam Engine Tender
Coal was loaded in the bed of the tender. Water was stored in tanks in the walls of the tender. Enought water and coal was carried for about one day's travel.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Steam Engine Info
Some of the museum train's have very informative signs, such as this one explaining how a steam engine works.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Steam Engine Controls
The sign in the center shows the location & names of the controls for this steam engine. Two men worked here, the engineer and fireman - who kept the engine supplied with coal.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Steam Engine
This is Engine 1455 for the Boston & Maine Railroad. It was built in 1907 and ran on Steam, created by burning coal below a boiler. It remained in service until 1955.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Dsl Engine
This was built in 1947 by GM. It had two, 12 cylinder diesel engines that ran electric generators to power electric motors on the wheels. Together, the two engines produced 2,600 hp.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Mom in Depot
Mom saw the stove in the train depot and thought it would be a good place to keep warm (she was kidding of course, the stove isn't used anymore).
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Model of Roundhouse
The museum has several very well done model railroad sets. This is a picture of just the roundhouse from their 1950's Danbury RR yard model. This was an N scale model.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Model of Mail Drop
This is just a model, but demonstrates how a town would hang their mail pouch for the Post Office car to catch on their hook.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Mail Car Interior
Post Office Employee's worked on the train and actually sorted mail between stops.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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Day 62 - Danbury Railway Museum, Mail Car Interior long
This is a view of the interior of the Post Office car after restoration. It was quite a job as they had to fabricate parts that were beyond salvage, like many of the light fixtures.
- Date: 2 November 2007
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Danbury, USA: gallery
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