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Products Company purchased the patent and manufacture of steam locomotive air brake equipment from Westinghouse Air Brake Company (now WABTEC) of Wilmerding, Pa., U.S.A. As main railroad steam locomotives were superseded by diesel units, Crown Metal Products could only
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regulations for operating steam locomotives, the inherent dangers of boiler failures, as well as the significant amount of work required to keep steam locomotives maintained on a daily basis, resulted in the Crown locomotives falling out of favor, with more parks opting for diesel locomotives or
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sell this equipment abroad. Such was the case of a large order placed by
Argentine State Railroads which then amounted to some $ 440,000.00, covering compressor and air brake equipment spare parts, the largest order received by Crown at that time.
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started Crown Metal
Products Co. in 1946 with the manufacture of pot cleaners in rented quarters in Sutersville . Pot cleaners later were dropped and electric fence wire and other products made.
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steam-outlines (locomotives powered by diesel or gasoline engines but given the outward appearance of a steam locomotive) for their railways. The most popular steam-outline locomotive is the
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in 1897. Most locomotives were styled after the typical
American 4-4-0 type locomotives of the mid 19th century, with most having two domes, similar to the
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Remlinger Farms in
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Surviving Steam Locomotive Search - Crown Metal Products
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Eastern Shore Threshermen & Collectors Assoc. Inc.
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live steam locomotives of various sizes, ranging from
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1315:"Tweetsie's History | Tweetsie Railroad"
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1155:. infinitevillage.com. Archived from
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314:Greenfield Village's Weiser Railroad
308:Crown also constructed the open-air
16:Former steam locomotive manufacturer
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2407:George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
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1358:"Kirby Family Farm Press Release"
1180:"The Original Parktrains Website"
902:Two locomotives operating on the
449:invasion and occupation of Kuwait
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875:Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
1375:"Worlds of Fun Railroad Update"
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386:List of Crown Metal locomotives
342:Federal Railroad Administration
2557:Pretzel Amusement Ride Company
2542:Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
1317:. tweetsie.com. Archived from
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2392:Frank Hrubetz & Company
1738:List of locomotive builders
1116:List of locomotive builders
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793:Historic Jefferson Railway
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1395:Unofficial Crown Fansite
927:2 ft 6 in
604:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
372:Claysville, Pennsylvania
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1060:Fun Farm Pumpkin Patch
538:Lakeside Amusement Park
451:between 1990 and 1991.
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240:. However, some of the
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2552:Preston & Barbieri
2502:LaMarcus Adna Thompson
1153:"Crown Metal Products"
1053:Federalsburg, Maryland
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602:City Island Railroad,
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2447:HUSS Park Attractions
1077:Carnation, Washington
908:Busch Gardens Houston
859:Grand Sierra Railroad
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576:Eau Claire, Wisconsin
412:Al Zawra’a Dream Park
368:Castle Ridge Products
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2354:Crown Metal Products
1186:on November 13, 2002
1136:The Pittsburgh Press
691:Ocean City, Maryland
282:sister park in Tampa
257:Countess of Dufferin
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20:Crown Metal Products
2612:Sansei Technologies
2562:ProSlide Technology
2349:Charles I. D. Looff
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943:Six Flags St. Louis
797:Underground Atlanta
769:Kirby Family Farm,
505:Six Flags St. Louis
484:Busch Gardens Tampa
121:Wyano, Pennsylvania
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2687:William F. Mangels
2647:Universal Creative
2637:Tivoli Enterprises
2373:Eli Bridge Company
2369:Dynamic Structures
2238:Haunted attraction
1410:2014-02-01 at the
1271:on August 20, 2000
1265:"parktrains/crown"
1159:on August 20, 2008
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1001:Dry Gulch, U.S.A.
997:Doswell, Virginia
789:Six Gun Territory
625:Doe River Gorge,
550:Canobie Lake Park
376:Tweetsie Railroad
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105:Locomotives
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2512:Mack Rides
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2293:Water ride
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2233:Gyro tower
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1736:See also:
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1656:Pittsburgh
1626:Manchester
1556:Bombardier
1474:Brookville
1449:locomotive
1325:2014-02-05
1300:2014-02-05
1275:2014-02-05
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1211:2014-02-05
1190:2014-02-05
1122:References
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299:Valleyfair
234:, and the
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138:Background
85:Bankruptcy
31:A typical
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158:Designs
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406:Notes
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220:Porter
216:0-6-2T
96:, U.S.
2216:Types
2142:Tango
2112:Speed
2067:Rotor
1785:Rides
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1601:Globe
1576:Cooke
1546:Atlas
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