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Pic is from the Strasburg railroad. The Strasburg is the oldest continuously operating railroad in t he Western Hemisphere hand has about seven miles of mainline between Strasburg, Pennsylvania and the Norfolk Western mainline in Paradise, Pennsylvania. in the 1970's the Strasburg became a purely Heritage railroad offering steam excursions. In 2010 local businesses approached the railroad about hauling freight. After a cost analysis, the railroad agreed. a 100 year old bridge had to be replaced with a modern concrete span and portions of the track improved to accommodate modern 100 ton+ freight cars. Most freight moves are with diesels, but on days when one or more of the five steam engines are fired for excursion runs, revenue freight is moved by steam.
