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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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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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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World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical...
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Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. It runs...
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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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American Heritage Farm & Railroad Fox River Trolley Museum Galesburg Railroad Museum (No excursions listed) Illinois Railway Museum Monticello Railway Museum...
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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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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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The South Devon Railway (SDR) is a 6.64-mile (10.69 km) heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Mostly running alongside the River Dart...
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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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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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Heritage Railway is a heritage railway run by The Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society, formed in 1992, which aims to showcase the heritage of...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London and Chatham to Dover mainline...
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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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The Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway operated by the Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik is a heritage railway in the Netherlands. It runs from Hoorn to Medemblik...
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Beeching cuts (redirect from The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes)
heritage railways. Some examples are East Lancs Railway, Great Central Railway (heritage railway), Mid Hants Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway,...
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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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Rail transport in Norway (redirect from Norwegian railway network)
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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Rail transport in Ireland (redirect from Irish railway network)
Clare Railway (from the New Jersey Museum of Transportation).[needs update] List of heritage railways in Northern Ireland List of heritage railways in the...
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Central Railway (Nottingham) (formerly known as the Nottingham Heritage Railway) is a heritage railway located at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre...
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This is a list of heritage railways in Italy. In Italy the heritage railway institute is recognized and protected by law no. 128 of 9 August 2017, which...
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involved in Railway preservation in New Zealand. Members of the Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand: Railway museums, heritage lines, societies...
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The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR) is a 5-mile-long (8 km) heritage railway in the Worth Valley, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from Keighley...
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