Invention and Engineering

Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad

The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad (reporting mark ASV) is a non-profit heritage railway, located in Abilene, Kansas, United States. The ASV is an experiential learning museum, where tourists ride on a train of vintage railcars while narrators tell the story of how railroads built Kansas’ agribusiness-oriented economy. Passengers are allowed to tour antique passenger cars and talk with staff members about their roles in making the trains operate.

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• ▸Crank (mechanism)
• ▸Gerry Mulligan
• ▸Historiography of the British Empire

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