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Encyclopedia > Forney Transportation Museum

The Forney Transportation Museum is a museum with a collection of over 500 exhibits relating to historical transportation. It began with antique cars, but soon expanded to include vehicles of all kinds. The museum has a slogan, "Anything on wheels". Included in the collection are an Amphicar, an amphibian motor car, and Amelia Earhart's "Gold Bug" Kissel. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Amphicar photographed in Stuttgart 2005. ... Amelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared dead 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and womens rights advocate. ... Kissel is a character that was created by Kamal Ahmed, a member of the comedy troupe The Jerky Boys. ...


The museum is named after locomotive designer Matthias N. Forney, and included in the collection is an early Forney locomotive, as well as an example of the world's largest steam locomotive, the Big Boy 4-8-8-4 Mallet. Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... Matthias Nace Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 4-8-8-4 is a locomotive with a four-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck. ... A typical European Mallet type, a narrow gauge 0-4-4-2 tank locomotive for a mountain railway (in this case, the RhB in Switzerland). ...


The museum is located in Denver, Colorado. This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...


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Forney Transportation Museum A large collection of antique cars, trains, horse-drawn carriages, bicycles and other modes of historical transportation.
New Zealand Bus Museum Provides a directory of preserved buses housed in museums and private collections, as well as vehicles that are still in service, and passenger transport history.
The New York Museum of Transportation Located near Rochester, NY, the museum features trolleys, road and rail vehicles, photos, a large model railroad, and a research archive.
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