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Heritage railway
railway used for heritage/historical/tourism purposes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A heritage railway (United Kingdom), preserved railway (United Kingdom), or tourist railroad (United States and Canada) is a term used for a railway which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past. See List of heritage railways.
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