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unusual facts about steam train



Hillerstorp

There is a small but nationally renowned amusement park called High Chaparral Theme Park (named after the American Western-themed TV series aired on NBC) offering, among others, the steam train rides and the American Old West experiences.

Lochaber High School

In September 2001 pupils appeared as extras in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for scenes on a train (GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall with six coaches from The Jacobite on the Glenfinnan Viaduct).

Railway accidents in Victoria

In October 2002 a B-Double semi trailer collided with a heritage steam train at Benalla.


see also

A Steam Train Passes

A Steam Train Passes is an award winning Australian 1974 short film set in the 1940s, featuring the construction and operation of locomotive 3801.

Bavarian Localbahn Society

The society also owns a restored local steam train and offers rides from Landshut.

Cowan rail accident

Mr Hand also considered it likely that a passenger on 3801 had applied a handbrake on the third carriage, and that this, combined with the heavy load, the steep grade and the curvature of the line, had prevented the steam train from restarting.

Dulnain Bridge

Dulnain Bridge is the current terminus of the famous Strathspey Railway, a steam train that runs to Broomhill (Dulnain Bridge) through part of the Highlands from Aviemore and a whole trip takes around an hour and a half, and is run primarily by volunteers.

Galaxy Express 999

Matsumoto was inspired to create Galaxy Express 999 by the idea of a steam train running through the stars in the novel Night on the Galactic Railroad by Kenji Miyazawa.

John Manning Ward

On 6 May 1990, Professor Ward, together with his wife Patricia, 69, and his daughter Jennifer, 36, were on board the 3801 steam train on a Sunday excursion run between Sydney and the Hunter Region.

They were all killed when a commuter train collided with the rear of the steam train near Hawkesbury River railway station in the Cowan rail accident.

Lumberjack Steam Train

The Lumberjack Steam Train is a passenger excursion train operated by the Laona and Northern Railway, a heritage railroad located in Laona, Wisconsin and part of the Camp 5 Museum.

Mary Valley Heritage Railway

The steam train, a fully restored C17 class locomotive from the early 1920s, departs Gympie station at 10 am.

Royal Thames Yacht Club

Yachting originally took place on the Thames but the Solent became increasingly important in the 1850s as the steam train made access to the South Coast easy.