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Crash at Crush -- 1896
By 5 p.m. the afternoon of September 15, 1896, nearly 50,000 people had gathered anxiously on a wide
stretch of Texas prairie near Waco. Moments later, they watched two 35-ton locomotives, each pulling
seven boxcars, collide head-on at a combined speed of 120 miles per hour.
Info: URL: http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/crush.htm (Added: 2-Jul-2000)
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Institute of Railway Studies
The Institute of Railway Studies is a partnership between the National Railway Museum and the University of York and is based in the historic city of York in northern England. Founded in 1995, the Institute's purpose is to pursue excellence in teaching, research and scholarship in order to advance learning and knowledge of the history and heritage of railways and other modes of transport at all levels.
Info: URL: https://www.york.ac.uk/railway-studies/ (Added: 20-Oct-1998)
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Mike's Railway History
Welcome to the Railway History home page, here you will find stories about railways, trains,
locomotives and the railway engineers, who built and ran them. All of the items on these pages date
from 1935/6, or before, so turn back the clock and explore the world of a bygone age, an age when
the train was king .....
Info: URL: http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/ (Added: 3-Sep-2000)
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Timetable World
Timetable World is the online collection of historical transport timetables and maps from around the World.
It is a free-to-use digital archive for those interested in transport, social history, local studies and the like.
- Complete timetables are reproduced
- High-resolution scans are used
- The Timetable Viewer supports speedy
browsing, zooming and panning
- Pull-out maps are also reproduced and are fully-zoomable
- Indexing enables users to navigate efficiently.
Info: URL: https://timetableworld.com (Added: 22-Dec-2020)
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