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Tokyo Station is a railway station in Chiyoda-ku , Tokyo , Japan . The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to its large area covered, the station is divided into Marunouchi and Yaesu sides in its directional signage. Served by Shinkansen high-speed rail lines, Tokyo Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan in terms of number of trains per day (over 3,000), and the fifth-busiest in Eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput. It is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways , as well as the Tokyo Metro network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Station

The  Hogwarts Express  is the name of the train that makes a run between  London ,  King's Cross Station   Platform 9¾  and  Hogsmeade Station . It makes this run at about six times a year, maybe more, as needed. The Express dutifully carries students to and from  Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry  at the start and end of every term.  The train leaves Platform 9¾ without fail on 1 September at 11 o'clock in the morning, arriving at  Hogsmeade Station  in the early evening. Some students take the train back to  King's Cross Station  to go home for the Christmas and Easter holidays, but some do not, as they stay at Hogwarts. It also makes the run back again to London at the end of term in June. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts_Express ------------------------------ Harry Potter  is a British-American  film series  based on the  Harry Potter  novels by author...

The  Hogwarts Express  is the name of the train that makes a run between  London ,  King's Cross Station   Platform 9¾  and  Hogsmeade Station . It makes this run at about six times a year, maybe more, as needed. The Express dutifully carries students to and from  Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry  at the start and end of every term.  The train leaves Platform 9¾ without fail on 1 September at 11 o'clock in the morning, arriving at  Hogsmeade Station  in the early evening. Some students take the train back to  King's Cross Station  to go home for the Christmas and Easter holidays, but some do not, as they stay at Hogwarts. It also makes the run back again to London at the end of term in June. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts_Express ------------------------------ Harry Potter  is a British-American  film series  based on the  Harry Potter  novels by author...

The Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) is a 3-foot (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction located within the Magic Kingdom theme park of Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida , in the United States. Its route is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length and encircles most of the park, with train stations in three different park areas. The rail line, constructed by WED Enterprises , operates with four historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works . It takes about 20 minutes for each train to complete a round trip on the WDWRR's main line loop. On a typical day, the railroad has two trains in operation; on busy days, it has three trains. The WDWRR's development was led by Roger E. Broggie , who also oversaw the construction of the Disneyland Railroad in Disneyland in Anaheim, California . The attraction's locomotives were acquired from the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán , a narrow-gauge railroad system in Mexico. After being shipped...

Union Pacific 844 is a 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in December 1944 for the Union Pacific Railroad . Constructed as a member of the FEF-3 class of 4-8-4's, the 844 was the last steam locomotive delivered to Union Pacific. Though the FEF-3 class was originally built for high-speed passenger work, 844 and the rest of the FEF-3 class were pressed into a variety of dual-service work. While commercial Union Pacific steam operations ended in the late 1950s, 844 was retained by the railroad for special activities. Today, it is one of UP's oldest serving locomotives, as well as the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad .  No. 844 was one of ten locomotives that were ordered by Union Pacific in 1944 and designated as class FEF-3 . The FEF-3 class represented the epitome of dual-service steam locomotive development; funds and research were being concentrated into the development of...