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A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) in the history of rail transport.

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Heritage railway

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A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage...

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List of British heritage and private railways

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This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies, and British Overseas Territories whether...

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World Heritage Site

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A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO. World Heritage Sites are...

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List of heritage railways

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This list of heritage railways includes heritage railways sorted by country, state, or region. A heritage railway is a preserved or tourist railroad which...

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Cambrian Heritage Railways

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Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station...

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List of heritage railroads in the United States

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American Heritage Farm & Railroad Fox River Trolley Museum Galesburg Railroad Museum (No excursions listed) Illinois Railway Museum Monticello Railway Museum...

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Elsecar Heritage Railway

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The Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) is located on the southern part of the former South Yorkshire Railway freight-only branch which ran from Elsecar Junction...

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Heritage streetcar

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Working heritage streetcars are closely related to the growing global heritage railway movement and form a part of the living history of rail transport. The...

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Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

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The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a short reconstructed heritage railway in Gwynedd, Wales. Its main station is in Porthmadog. The origins of the...

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Severn Valley Railway

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Valley Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England, named after the company that originally built the railway over...

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List of heritage railways in Australia

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This is a list of heritage railways in Australia, some of which can also be considered tourist railways. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been...

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Welsh Highland Railway

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Highland Railway (WHR; Welsh: Rheilffordd Eryri) is a 25-mile (40.2 km) long, restored 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the Welsh...

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List of heritage railways in Canada

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This is a list of heritage railways in Canada. For convenience, heritage tramways have also been included. Alberni Pacific Railway BC Forest Discovery...

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West Somerset Railway

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The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a 22.75-mile (36.6 km) heritage railway line in Somerset, England. The freehold of the line and stations is owned by...

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park. First...

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List of heritage railways in the Republic of Ireland

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There are a small number of heritage railways in the Republic of Ireland, reflecting Ireland's long history of rail transport. Some former operations...

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Pete Waterman

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Metrolink Firema T-68 1007s new name “East Lancashire Railway” as a tribute to the Heritage Railway at Bury tram stop. In October 2018, Waterman unveiled...

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Dartmouth Steam Railway

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Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch...

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Rail transport in Norway

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operational railways in Norway, only the Trondheim Tramway has a different gauge, the meter gauge, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Some heritage railways, though...

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Beeching cuts

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heritage railways. Some examples are East Lancs Railway, Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Mid Hants Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway,...

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Epping Ongar Railway

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The Epping Ongar Railway is a heritage railway in south-west Essex, England, run by a small number of paid staff and a team of volunteers. It was the...

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Puffing Billy Railway

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Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the southern foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne, Australia. The railway was...

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Mangapps Railway Museum

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Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway centre located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, England. The 0...

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Railways in Norfolk

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have since been re-opened as heritage railway lines, such as the North Norfolk Railway and the Mid-Norfolk Railway. The railway first arrived in Norfolk in...

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Gembrook railway station

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Billy Railway. Heritage steam trains operated by Puffing Billy now stop at a new "Town" platform located on the site of a former siding. A "heritage" station...

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