Oh, I’m aware of them. Sorry, I should have been more clear!
What I was more speaking about is running historic equipment over long distances on main-line tracks. It’s startlingly rare in the US; most of the railroads (even shorter ones) don’t like historic equipment on them, so with a very few exceptions historic trains are limited to short excursions along tracks owned by the museums.
In fairness, we are now seeing a huge surge in steam locomotive restorations in the US. But I think there is only a single museum in which can even run main-line electric equipment at all.
Very neat, thank you! I wish we had more like that in the US.
I had a quick look on Wikipedia and there seems to be about 300 heritage railroads and railway museums in the US.
Check out the list and see if you have access to one nearby:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_railroads_in_the_United_States
Oh, I’m aware of them. Sorry, I should have been more clear!
What I was more speaking about is running historic equipment over long distances on main-line tracks. It’s startlingly rare in the US; most of the railroads (even shorter ones) don’t like historic equipment on them, so with a very few exceptions historic trains are limited to short excursions along tracks owned by the museums.
In fairness, we are now seeing a huge surge in steam locomotive restorations in the US. But I think there is only a single museum in which can even run main-line electric equipment at all.