Polar Bear is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive built in 1905 by W. G. Bagnall for the Groudle Glen Railway. It is now preserved and runs on the Amberley...
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(English: Polar Bears Bremerhaven), a German basketball team Pete Alonso, American baseball player, nicknamed Polar Bear Polar Bear (steam locomotive), a Bagnall...
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Telford Steam Railway became the first UK line to run the Polar Express with steam, powered by one of two American-built S160 2-8-0 locomotive's No's. 5197...
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Polar Bear was a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge battery-electric locomotive built by Wingrove & Rogers in 1921 as works no. 314 for the Groudle Glen Railway on the...
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including a half-destroyed jetty and a steam locomotive, are relatively well-preserved. The strategic value of Bear Island was recognised in the late 19th...
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Jennings and Co. Amberley Museum Railway Polar Bear (steam locomotive) "Five engines, three gauges, one railway". Steam Railway. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 5 October...
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the railway's 1905 locomotive Polar Bear which they aim to have in service by 2018. The locomotive has carried a number of steam whistles/hooters since...
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was the railway's only locomotive until it was joined in 1905 by sister locomotive Polar Bear. By the 1920 season the locomotive was deemed too costly...
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GWR Star Class (redirect from North Star (broad gauge locomotive))
The Great Western Railway (GWR) Star Class of 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives were used for passenger train work. Designed by Robert Stephenson, the...
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Rail and has used some of them on the Polar Bear Express service between Cochrane and Moosonee. Highball steam engine – ex-Temiskaming & Northern Ontario...
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2-8-4 (redirect from Berkshire locomotive)
Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and...
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Groudle Glen Railway (section Locomotives)
Engine Works, Stafford. The line became so popular that a second locomotive, Polar Bear and additional coaches were purchased. The railway operated successfully...
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to run, operating with real steam locomotives. In 1959, construction started on the dall sheep mountain and the Alaskan bear exhibit. On May 13, 1961, the...
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would replace Sea Lion, and Polar Bear, two Bagnall steam locomotivess of the same names. However, the battery locomotives were not hugely successful,...
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GWR 5700 Class (category Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain)
The GWR 5700 Class (or 57xx class) is a class of 0-6-0PT steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and British Railways (BR) between 1929...
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GWR 4000 Class (redirect from Star class locomotive)
Western Railway 4000 or Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway...
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original locomotives had been named Sea Lion and Polar Bear as these animals were features of the zoo in the glen) the volunteers of the Isle of Man Steam Railway...
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GWR 4900 Class (category Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain)
Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed-traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett for the Great Western Railway. A total...
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Groudle Glen Railway rolling stock (section Steam)
service on the preserved railway. Polar Bear built by W. G. Bagnall (1905) works no. 1781. The railway's second locomotive. Preserved in 1967 at the Brockham...
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Colebrookdale Railroad (section Locomotive roster)
Bechtelsville. As of 2022, the railroad has acquired two steam locomotives as part of their new steam program. In addition, the railroad is currently redeveloping...
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Brockham Railway Museum (section Locomotives)
completed, and they were then offered the locomotives and any of the carriages. In the end they purchased Polar Bear and two carriages (which had been in a...
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Amberley Museum Railway (section Steam locomotives)
service, and following Polar Bear's boiler being condemned around 1987, was the sole steam locomotive available until 1993. 'Polar Bear' re-entered traffic...
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Isle of Man Railway (redirect from Isle of Man Steam Railway)
reduced locomotive fleet to its limit,[page needed] leaving no contingency in the event of failure, as by now only five Beyer Peacock steam locomotives and...
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Franklin's lost expedition (redirect from Franklin Polar Expedition)
constructed of heavy beams and iron plates, an internal steam heating system for the comfort of the crew in polar conditions, and a system of iron wells that allowed...
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W. G. Bagnall (category Locomotive manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
six-coupled steam locomotives for industrial use, and many were narrow gauge. They were noted for building steam and Diesel locomotives in standard and...
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Churchill, Alaska, a volcano TCDD 45151 Class or Churchills, a class of steam locomotives Churchill railway station, Churchill, County Donegal, Ireland Churchill...
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Transcisco Tours (section Locomotives)
CA$800,000 (equivalent to $1,200,000 in 2023) and entered service on the Polar Bear Express. The cars were planned for refurbishment in 2012, but due to the...
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Gartell Light Railway (section Locomotives)
Railway". Steam Heritage. Retrieved 15 September 2016. "Gartell Light Railway". Steam Railway Lines. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Industrial Locomotives: including...
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and fountains, themed refreshment stands including a pumpkin, polar bear and locomotive, serving snacks via miniature train, a seafood ship, and a monorail...
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Having previously housed four bear species – the polar bear, the American black bear, the sun bear and the spectacled bear, it was closed and demolished...
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