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Heritage railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Heritage railways are usually railway lines which were once run as commercial railways, but were later no longer needed, or were closed down, and were taken over or re-opened by volunteers or for-profit organizations. |
 | | Typically a heritage railway will use steam locomotives and old-fashioned rolling stock to create a "period atmosphere", although some are now concentrating on more recent "modern image" diesel and electric traction to re-create the post-steam railway era. |
 | | Heritage streetcar systems currently operating in Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee, New Orleans, Louisiana, Philadelphia, PA and Tampa, Florida are among the larger; a heritage line was recently completed in Charlotte, North Carolina and will become an integral part of the city's new transit system. |
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