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Heritage railway
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A heritage railway or heritage railroad 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 in the history of rail transport.
A tank engine takes on water through a water crane at the Bishops Lydeard station of the West Somerset Railway.
A tank engine takes on water through a water crane at the Bishops Lydeard station of the West Somerset Railway.
Train crossing a deck truss bridge on Serbia's Šargan Eight line
Train crossing a deck truss bridge on Serbia's Šargan Eight line
Token-passing at a children's railway in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Token-passing at a children's railway in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Steam train on Šargan Eight
Steam train on Šargan Eight
Railroad switch
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A railroad switch (AE), turnout, or [set of] points (CE) is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.
A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right
A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right
Large stations may have hundreds of normal and double switches (Frankfurt am Main main station, Germany).
Large stations may have hundreds of normal and double switches (Frankfurt am Main main station, Germany).
Abt switch used in the 1895-built Dresden Funicular Railway (photo of 1985)
Abt switch used in the 1895-built Dresden Funicular Railway (photo of 1985)
Control stand of a defunct railroad switch on the way from Pyin Oo Lwin to Goteik viaduct (Myanmar)
Control stand of a defunct railroad switch on the way from Pyin Oo Lwin to Goteik viaduct (Myanmar)