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News tagged with “handcar”. Found: 6 tagged news reports.

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Pizarro: A trolley birthday party and other fun happenings at San Jose's History Park

San Jose :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago

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Font Resize Remember that 100-year-old trolley at San Jose's History Park I wrote about a couple months back? Well, it's getting a birthday party Sunday during the second of four History San Jose's Family Days planned this summer, all focusing on

Residents hope train rumbling means jobs rolling into town

Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | almost 2 years ago

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But on Monday, it was just a little piece of the past as a train loaded with coal lumbered through town. Railroad lines were the vitamins that built Philipsburg from a tiny village in the woods to a hub for local industries. They brought the trees

Bringing a velocipede back to life

Lomita :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago

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For five years members of Lomita's South Bay Free Methodist Church have volunteered to help the city's railroad museum, which is just down the street. At first they pulled weeds, upgraded a storage area and organized some reference materials, led by

Folsom competitors huff and puff back to glory days of railroading

Folsom :: CA :: USA | 2 years ago

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But Sunday at the Folsom Handcar Derby, retiree Harry Halverstadt, a docent for the California State Railroad Museum, had a gleam in his eyes over the thrill of working an old-fashioned railroad cart and "pumping till you puke." And John Echoff, a

Teams needed for Folsom Handcar Derby

Sacramento :: KY :: USA | 2 years ago

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The event will be held April 30 and May 1 on the railroad tracks at East Bidwell Street near Broadstone Parkway in front of Broadstone Marketplace. The competition is sponsored by the Folsom, El Dorado and Sacramento Historic Railroad Association.

HumanCar Powered by Muscles

Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | almost 3 years ago

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If you're tired of paying for gas and don't mind some physical effort, Charles Greenwood wants to talk to you about his HumanCar . The American engineer has created a car that is operated by up to four hand cranks. You and your three fellow travelers