design required the bridge to be sufficiently stiff to support the heavy loading associated with trains, so Stephenson constructed a bridge with two main spans of 140-m long rectangular iron tubes, each [...] Two additional spans of 70-m length completed the bridge making a 461-m long continuous girder. The trains ran inside the tubes. For its time, it was a bridge of "magnitude and singular novelty", far surpassing

Gâtelière. From the welcome building on the surface they travel with a guide on an original underground train used by quarrymen down a slope into the workings. Inside the mine, they walk around galleries cut

Opposite to the entrance of the Truck Museum, the famous 'Slovenská strela' ("Slovak Arrow") express train is exhibited. Visits to the depository (guided tours only, organised by Tatra Technical Museum) are

ascent and descent. Based at Mürzzuschlag railway station, they had the horsepower needed to pull the trains across the Semmering. Some of these engines are still on display at the Südbahn Museum, which opened [...] n of the Semmering Railway and a real-life "tunnel experience" to famous rail travellers on the "Train of Destinies" and a mysterious "Locomotive of the Senses". Highlights of the rolling stock collection

on several floors cover public transport on water, road and rail, by horse-tram, metro, commuter train, tramway, bus and boat. Some 80 vehicles at the museum include a horse-drawn bus of around 1840 (the

1950s. Films and displays explore how trains work and the impact of coal and electricity. On scheduled days, visitors can take a ride on a 1950s passenger steam train or heritage diesel locomotives, which

This building was once The Macclesfield School of Art built in 1877 to train designers for the silk industry. It now houses exhibitions exploring the properties of silk, design education, Macclesfield´s

join a “grand voyage” in a historic train. And don’t miss the “Caves of the Steel Animals” which is the name of two World War II bomb shelters. Children take the mini-train to go around the site. The roundhouse

regular passenger trains have been withdrawn. Since 2003 the track and the railcars that use it have been owned by a voluntary organisation, the Verein Erzbergbahn, which operates trains for visitors in

In a reconstructed section of underground workings visitors see coal-cutting machines, electric trains, a suspended monorail and coal conveyors. A dedicated area explains the dangerous work of mine rescue

Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949. An exciting part of the museum looks beyond train operation, illustrating the equipment of train depots at the turn of the 19th century. In this context the collection features [...] forming the framework of the museum, hints to a precious relic of Portuguese railroad history. The train depot sits right next to the station of Lousado and is home to a collection that offers railway e

to save surviving elements of the Transcarpathia railway heritage. The museum consists of a single train with an operating steam locomotive and ten cars. The exhibits tell the story of the development of

20th century technology, including models of locomotives and trains, uniforms, banners, maps, awards, traffic control equipment, clocks, train sets and simulator of the Polish electric locomotive EU07. There’s

are flying through the sky. For both the rails and the wheels are connected to the ceiling of the train. 12 metres below flows the River Wupper. The railway only leaves the river in the West near Vohwinkel [...] The whole journey offers wonderful views of the city. This is not only due to the height of the trains but to Wuppertal itself – more precisely to the nature of the Wupper valley, which is the literal [...] 13.3 kilometre long steel framework began in 1898. Three years later on 1st March 1901 the first trains went into operation. Now the overhead railway carries more than 23,000,000 customers a year and is

another turntable and locomotive shed were added. By 1902, 350 people worked in the depot. Regional trains are still serviced there and the workshops repair and reconstruct steam locomotives. In the museum

caverns 540 metres below ground. A model shows a section through the ore body, shafts and tunnels. Trains, lorries, bulldozers, conveyors and cutting equipment are displayed alongside historical photographs

They represent most modes of transport in Austria, including horse carriages, bicycles, trams and trains, motor vehicles and aeroplanes. All kinds of specialist vehicles are included, such as fire engines

Railway Museum in 1975. Exhibits include George Stephenson’s Locomotion No 1 , which pulled the train on the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, and Derwent , built in Darlington in 1845

parts of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, including Lake Constance with over 2km of track and 200 trains, of which 40 at a time run on the circuit. Projectors change the lighting effects from nighttime [...] to the permanent exhibition of over 2,000 tin toys, which date between 1860 and 1930 and include trains, cars, ships and zeppelins. In addition, there are children’s peddle cars and Porsche cars with which

shallower deposits was extracted by open-cast working. Visitors are able to go 1 km underground on a train, to explore the working face of the mine, and to eat underground the typical lunch of a mid-20th century