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The Strasburg Rail Road keeps running
Strasburg, Pennsylvania
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Chartered to haul freight four and a half miles to the main line, it is the oldest continuously operating railroad in the country under its original name and charter. It had dwindled to a single decrepit locomotive by 1958 when a group of enthusiasts bought it for about $18,000, and it now runs steam through Amish farmland as a going concern.
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