This is a model train produced by Hornby / Meccano around 1954. It's pretty rusted and the clockwork mechanism was completely seized. I didn't want to disassemble this engine not to damage the ...

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According to Abandoned Florida ... That's where he learned to build stationary steam engines and steam locomotives. He first moved down to the south in the late 1840s, when he was sent to Columbus ...

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In 1929, the track was briefly diverted, and a second concrete-lined tunnel was constructed to accommodate larger locomotives. This newer tunnel served the railway line until its closure in 1989.