117K views · 851 reactions | Check out Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum 3.7 Anti-Aircraft gun travelling along the heritage line between Pickering and Grosmont ready for #RailwayInWartime. The gun will be on display this Saturday and Sunday at Grosmont Station. Book tickets here: https://www.nymr.co.uk/wartime | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Facebook

2.7K reactions · 971 shares | Enjoy a 40-mile round trip excursion through the Ozark foothills. Relax and get away from it all. Listen to narrated stories about the history of the railroad, its communities and each piece of equipment in the consist. 2021 tickets are now on sale, just visit www.bransontrain.com or call 1-800-287-2462 to book! *Social distancing and masks required while on train. We are currently limiting train rides to 50% capacity. | Branson Scenic Railway | Facebook

The Schwerer Gustav, the largest artillery gun ever constructed. Designed by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 1934, this giant railway gun weighed 1,350 tonnes and measured 47.3 meters in length. Intended to devastate the Maginot Line during the invasion of France, it boasted an 80-centimetre caliber and could fire 7-ton shells over a range of 47 kilometres! | Simple History

40K views · 494 reactions | #ThrowbackThursday You know those old batteries in the Presidio and Marin? Check out this clip from 1941, which shows gun crews being trained for coastal defense during World War II. Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands once held two 16-inch cannons that could fire 2,340 pound (over one ton!) shells about 25 miles. Thankfully, they never saw any real action. | SFGATE | Facebook

45K views | A veteran celebrated 100 years on earth by jumping out of a plane thousands of feet above the ground. https://www.fox13now.com/lifestyle/world-war-ii-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-by-skydiving | Scripps National News | Facebook

Here's some roller coaster history for you! This "Scenic Railway" at Wiener Prater in Austria was built in 1950 to replace a roller coaster that was destroyed in World War II! | Theme Park Review