Monday, January 30, 2017

California



I'm going to tell you about California.



California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles. Its terrain includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Hilly San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and cable cars. It has a railroad musuem. The largest locomotive is Daylight Southern Pacific. It pulls passenger cars.






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Daylight Southern Pacific

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Southern Pacific Diesel
























Monday, January 23, 2017

Ohio



I'm going to tell you about Ohio.


Ohio is an Eastern State in the Great Lakes Region of the United States. The Great Lakes Region of North America is a bi-national Canadian-American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. States of Illinois Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. It has railroad in Ohio and even a streamlined Hudson locomotive is 4-6-4 Chessie. It carries passengers. Cleveland is the largest city in Ohio. Columbus is the capital of Ohio.


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Chessie Streamlined Hudson





















Wednesday, January 18, 2017

North Carolina



I'm going to tell you about North Carolina.




 North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state with a landscape ranging from Atlantic Ocean beaches to the Appalachian Mountains. Charlotte, the state’s largest city, is home to the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and museums such as the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The state motto (“First in Flight”) honors the Wright Brothers, who flew their first plane in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks, barrier islands lined with popular beaches. It has railways in North Carolina. The steam locomotive is Norfolk Southern 4-8-4, tank engines and the diesel engine. It carries passengers. Trains can travel on tracks.






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Northfolk Southern 4-8-4



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 CMRR Hurley Diesel train



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North Carolina Tank Engine



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Granite Rock Tank Engine















Sunday, January 15, 2017

Pennsylvania



I'm going to tell you about Pennsylvania.



Pennsylvania, a northeastern U.S. state and one of the 13 original colonies, has a diverse terrain, which includes wide stretches of farmland, national forests and mountains. Philadelphia, the Keystone State’s largest city, displays its rich history in Independence Hall (where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed) and the Liberty Bell, an enduring symbol of American freedom. Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. The other citites in Pennsylvania such as Pittsburgh, Lancaster, Allentown, Erie, Scranton and the rest of the locations. It has a railway in Pennsylvania is American Class 1 which is called Pennsy. The diesel with electric cables called GG-1 Electric. It runs through electric wires.





Pennsylvania has a Hershey's Chocolate World. It's like a Chocolate Factory. It has many many candies everywhere. It looks like a ride in the amusement park. Could it be real or fake? I think it's real I think. It has snow in Pennsylvania.




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Snow in Pennsylvania


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Pennysylvania K-4 Locomotive #3678




Monday, January 9, 2017

Tennessee




I'm going to tell you about Tennessee.





Tennessee is a landlocked state in the U.S. South. Its capital, centrally located Nashville, is the heart of the country-music scene, with the long-running Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and a legendary stretch of honky-tonks and dance halls. Memphis, in the far southwest, is the home of Elvis Presley’s Graceland, rock-and-roll pioneering Sun Studio and the blues clubs of Beale Street. It has cities in Tennessee. It also has a Valley Railroad Museum with tender trains. This engine is 2-8-2 4501.




It also bordered by Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. It has a U.S. Civil War. Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia, and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined.












 













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2-8-2 4501 Tender Engine