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Nevada Northern’s time machine p. 50 Niles Canyon Railway 2-6-6-2T No. 4 near Sunol, Calif. Creating a mainline excursion p. 38

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FEATURES COVER STORY >> 26 Western steam adventure Nine hot locomotives, 5,000 miles in rental cars, tons of fun David Crosby

34 38 44 A big engine From plans to Not on your track in a small town smoke plumes Tourist lines running Abilene & Smoky Valley Excursion plans die a on freight railroads No. 3415 chufs through 5 miles thousand deaths before face unique challenges of Kansas farmland to please one sees the light of day Steve Glischinski both passengers and volunteers Kelly Lynch Hayley Enoch

50 58 FREE PULLOUT Just deserts In My Own Words: GUIDE>> Nevada Northern thrives Heat, hard labor, Ride this train! on mentoring young and sometimes Your 2018 railroad fun railroaders eager to work a rattlesnake guide to tourist trains on arid railroad delight A student works summers and railroad museums Robert W. Scott on a track gang in Nevada George G. Tate

<< ON THE COVER One of two operating Mallets in the NEWS U.S., Niles Canyon Railway’s Clover Valley Lumber 2-6-6-2T No. 4 6 News & Photos steams near Sunol, Calif., on July 2, 2017. Photo by David Crosby 11 Don Phillips 16 Fred W. Frailey 12 Interview: Hays T. 18 Brian Solomon Watkins Jr. on CSX 20 Locomotive 26 West Coast bonanza: 22 Technology Nine steam locomotives, 24 Passenger 4 states, and tons of fun 34 Santa Fe 4-6-2 in Kansas DEPARTMENTS 38 Creating a 5 From the Editor mainline excursion 60 Preservation 44 Tourist lines on 62 Hot Spots Class I tracks 64 Ask TRAINS 50 Nevada Northern’s 68 Gallery time machine

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A symbol of resiliency, Virginia & Truckee Inyo steams at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City. Only months before, ﬂooding had heavily damaged the site. David Crosby

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>> POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL UPDATE

A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train passes a CSX Transportation train led by BNSF Railway C44-9W No. 4717 at Woodbourne, Pa. Both trains will be required to use positive train control by year’s end. Patrick Yough >> Just look Lack of safety tech is making headlines at locomotive installations Added attention to PTC comes with a year-end deadline looming Agitated members of Congress are joining hat report generated more media coverage for media outlets to say they’re displeased with U.S. railroads such as NJ Transit, which is one of the railroads’ progress on meeting a Dec. 31 deadline railroads least likely to meet the deadline or get an for installing positive train control nationwide. extension — under current rules. hat is in addi- U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told rail and tion to reports on fatal Amtrak crashes that might federal leaders at a March 1 Senate hearing that he have been avoided with a working PTC system. Passenger wanted to get someone’s attention who can do In another Congressional hearing, the Associa- 50% Freight something as “patience is running out.” tion of American Railroads asserts that all Class I 68% Wicker’s comments came on the heels of a U.S. railroads will completely install PTC equipment Government Accountability Oice report that by the end of the year, and qualify for extensions. Source: Federal Railroad Administration shows certain railroads’ problems installing PTC he railroads may not have functioning PTC Federal Railroad are compounded by an understafed Federal Rail- systems, however. Despite installation progress, no Administration data show how road Administration. Report writers say the agen- Class I CEO says his company will have PTC many U.S. locomotives had cy gives railroads informal, inconsistent informa- completed and working this year. Class I PTC equipment installed as of tion on how to apply for a deadline extension railroaders tell Trains the systems will work, with Sept. 30, 2017. based on the agency’s six criteria (see page 7.) extensions, by 2020. — Steve Sweeney

>> Opinions about PTC as the deadline looms

“We warned Congress BNSF Railway is 100 “Our implementation in 2015 that their actions percent complete with PTC on our railroad has not had a would result in people dying installation, which will give lot of challenges. Now that from collisions that PTC could the railroad a head start on being said, the real challenge prevent. Congress was moving PTC from an for PTC that a lot of people convinced by the railroad “unfunded mandate” to what don’t understand is Chicago. industry that more time was Tolman Norfolk Southern calls the Hatch And we’ve agreed, as an Creel needed. Here we are years “backbone of the future industry, because it’s the later and PTC is not fully implemented. Safety has digital railway.” — independent analyst most complex, and it’s also the most volatile. If waited too long and lives have been lost during Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting you were to get it wrong you could have a the last extension.” — Brotherhood of profound adverse impact at this entire industry Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Vice and commerce, and we’re doing it last.” — President and National Legislative Representative Canadian Paciﬁc CEO Keith Creel at a Feb. 22 John P. Tolman. investor conference

>> Get the latest news updates on TRAINS 6 Trains MAY 2018 News Wire. Visit: www.TrainsMag.com >> Dollar value of Class I railroad PTC progress

$2,000,000 Additional 2016 investment (in thousands of dollars) $ invested in PTC as of Jan. 1, 2016 $1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

0 BNSF Railway CSX Corp. Grand Trunk (CN) Kansas City Southern Norfolk Southern Soo Line (CP) Union Paciﬁc Latest data available from U.S. Surface Transportational Board as of Dec. 31, 2016. © 2018 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS: Rick Johnson FRA’s six criteria for PTC extensions Railroads must meet these marks before receiving government extensions FOUR The number of U.S. Railroads must meet six criteria with the railroads that completed Federal Railroad Administration if a railroad’s >> THE SIX CRITERIA: all testing and installations executives want an extension to keep working on • Installing all needed PTC system hardware required to receive a PTC positive train control past the Dec. 31 deadline. • Acquiring all necessary radio spectrum deadline extension from Oicials with the Government Accountability • Completing required employee training the Federal Railroad Oice say in a March 1 report that seven to 19 • Submitting to the FRA an alternate Administration as of Sept. commuter railroads in the U.S. have not given implementation schedule 30, 2017: commuter lines their workers enough time to complete the mile- • Certifying that a railroad will comply with the in Philadelphia, Denver, stones to qualify for waivers for full positive train law according to the alternative schedule near San Francisco, and control operation. • Operating a “revenue service Minneapolis. he report authors say that the biggest problem demonstration” on at least one territory for commuter railroads is the sixth requirement, a where PTC will be required revenue service demonstration. hey cite FRA experts saying it can take 1 to 3 years from the beginning of ield tests — where trains are not Using FRA’s low-end estimate of 1 year to 41 relying on PTC systems, but are connected to the proceed from testing to revenue demonstration, The number of U.S. systems — to the start of revenue demonstrations. report writers say at least 14 commuter railroads railroads that will be he accountability oice found that seven com- are at risk of not qualifying for a waiver or exten- required to have PTC muter railroads won’t begin testing until June, sion. here’s no estimate yet on freight railroads’ working on Dec. 31, 2018, leaving them at risk of failing to get an extension. progress. — Steve Sweeney or qualify for an extension. Seven Class I railroads say they’ll be But will Amtrak run intercity trains? ready. The government says up to 19 commuter Cautious words from CEO Richard Anderson put long distance in doubt railroads may not be ready at year’s end. In two appearances before Congress, owing to light passenger traic or lack of hazard- Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson pledged that all ous material freight trains, we are currently Amtrak locomotives will be PTC-capable by reviewing our policy ... to determine whether we Dec. 31, but even if the Federal Railroad Admin- have adequate safety mitigation practices in place istration deems a route to be eligible for an alter- for each territory, and in certain areas, where sig- 17,743 nate implementation schedule, he asserts, “the nal systems are not in place, we will reconsider The total number of radio question we must ask ourselves is whether we operate at all.” towers or antennae U.S. whether we continue to operate At a February hearing he added, railroads will have to over such routes until PTC is “And I doubt I will.” install to make PTC work. turned on and if so, what additional Especially at risk under Ander- As of Sept. 30, 2017, safety precautions are appropriate son’s edict are trains operating over freight railroads had to reduce risks?” tracks not owned by Class I rail- installed 91 percent of In prepared remarks for Con- roads, such as the Empire Builder required towers, while gress, Anderson says, “if a train op- and the Vermonter. Amtrak oicials commuter and passenger erates over routes identiied by the say an ongoing risk assessment will railroads ﬁnished FRA as eligible for ‘mainline track determine where the railroad won’t installing 64 percent. exclusion’ (of PTC requirements) Anderson operate. — Bob Johnston

www.TrainsMag.com 7 NEWS&PHOTOS CSX execs’ three-year plan for growth Eastern railroad’s future depends on job, equipment cuts

Faster, more dependable service will trains moving 30 percent faster and cars to Harrison’s arrival at the railroad. CSX had enable CSX Transportation to better com- spending 22 percent less time in yards. 3,000 units at end of 2017. pete with trucks, charge higher rates, and “Hunter did a lot of the heavy liting. He Its freight-car leet also will get smaller grow intermodal and merchandise traic built the foundation of what CSX is today,” by 2020. By speeding up the network and over the next three years, executives say. Chief Operating Oicer Ed Harris says. reducing car cycle times, CSX plans to re- he comments came during a March 1 CSX will focus on continued operational duce the number of cars online by up to 20 investor conference in New York City. improvement and eiciency gains this year, percent, to as few as 104,000. he legacy of E. Hunter Harrison, who rather than big changes like converting eight he reduction in train starts, locomo- died in December ater 10 months as of 12 hump yards to lat-switching facilities, tives, cars, shops, and yards will allow CSX CEO, loomed large at the conference. Ex- as was done in 2017. to operate with far fewer people. ecutives repeatedly praised his transfor- But Harris would not rule out idling ad- he railroad will shrink its workforce to mation of a railroad in need of change, ditional humps. “I’m not going to say we’re 21,000 by 2020, largely through attrition, despite the service problems that came done closing hump yards,” he says. says Mark Wallace, CSX’s chief administra- from Harrison’s rapid-ire rollout of Preci- Operational streamlining — including tive oicer. hat’s a 23-percent reduction sion Scheduled Railroading. running fewer, longer trains seven days a from the 27,000 who were on the payroll at CSX CEO James Foote says that while he week — will enable the railroad to do more the end of 2017. CSX is taking a “very had to apologize to shippers for a summer with less, executives say. aggressive” approach to surplus real estate, of service failures ater Harrison “carpet- CSX expects to reduce its locomotive Wallace says. During the next three years, bombed” the network with change, virtually leet by an additional 20 percent by 2020, to the railroad expects $300 million in surplus overnight, he has nothing to apologize for: around 2,400 units. he leet stood at 3,781 real estate sales and $500 million in line CSX’s service metrics lead the industry, with active units at the beginning of 2017, prior sales. — Bill Stephens >> Paciﬁc Parlour Cars: Take one last look

To hundreds of thousands of passengers who’ve ridden them since their 1954 introduction on the Santa Fe, Amtrak’s Pacific Parlour Cars meant a touch of high class, as seen in this interior shot taken at San Luis Obispo, Calif., on one of the cars during its final revenue run on Feb. 5. The two inset exterior shots also show the car at San Luis Obispo. Santa Fe first introduced the six cars as Hi-Level Lounges to accompany Hi-Level coaches and diners. The cars remained popular after transferring into Amtrak service in the 1970s before becoming the Pacific Parlour Cars. Three photos, Alex Gillman

8 Trains MAY 2018 Talgo train headed east after low-key tests in Colorado

One of two Talgo trainsets built for Wisconsin rolls eastbound through Topeka, Kan., Feb. 13 after taking a trip to the Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, Colo. Rumors abound about what the train’s ﬁnal destination and purpose might be, although several states have expressed interest in the trainsets to start-up new service or to replace damaged passenger equipment. Talgo has an arrangement to store the trainsets at Amtrak’s Beech Grove, Ind., shops.

Jeff Carlson ONE pink containers make way on US rails

Ocean Network Express’ bright pink shipping container may not be the ﬁrst pink container ever, but it is the newest from the company that merged from the remains of the Kawasaki Kisen Kaisa, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha shipping companies. A photographer with permission captured this image of two ONE containers on the back of an intermodal train at BNSF Railway’s Hobart Yard near Los Angeles on Jan. 18.

Bruce Jacobs 10,000th Boeing 737 made first trip by rail

Railroading helped aviation mark a milestone Feb. 19 when BNSF Railway crews delivered the 10,000th Boeing 737 fuselage to aircraft shops in Renton, Wash. The major airplane part was made by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan. The fuselage is destined to become a Southwest Airlines 737 “MAX 8.” Boeing 737 fuselages are a common sight on westbound Montana Rail Link and BNSF trains. The fuselage is seen in transit at Seattle on Feb. 18.

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10 Trains MAY 2018 COMMENTARY BY DON PHILLIPS

Rescue workers and investigators gather near the trailing locomotive of Cascades train No. 501, which crashed on Dec. 18. Steve Carter Old route returns to ‘Cascade’ service Agency oicials choose original routing, which also does not support positive train control. Why?

Ofﬁcials came up with a new plan for Amtrak Cascades is awaiting “back oice system integration” to activate PTC for pas- service ater the wreck on the new bypass south of Seattle on Dec. senger trains. hat is scheduled to occur by the end of 2018. 18, 2017. he Washington State Department of Transportation he state agency said the plan always was to start additional ser- announced on Dec. 21 that “Amtrak Cascades passenger rail service vice “when construction was completed and the host railroad deter- will not return to the Point Deiance Bypass route until positive train mined it was operationally ready to do so.” he federal funding was control technology is activated on the bypass,” the document said. for construction, not operations, and construction was completed “his is not because WSDOT has any reason to believe the tracks within the seven-year time frame of the grant, the agency said, add- are unsafe — the tracks were thoroughly inspected and tested. he ing that it is “very adept at managing multi-year construction pro- decision was made to be sensitive both to the people involved in the grams with deadlines.” he agency said it completed 20 federally tragic derailment and ongoing passengers. funded projects on the line on time and on WSDOT also wants time to reach out to THE NEW LINE IS JUST AS SAFE budget, with work stretching between the communities along the bypass before service Canadian border near Blaine and the Port of resumes. Amtrak Cascades trains will use the AS THE OLD LINE EXCEPT THAT Vancouver in southwest Washington. original route for the time being. he original THERE’S LESS EXPOSURE TO FREIGHT I’m not sure what I think of this. To me, it route does not yet have PTC activated for seems silly to go back to the old route till PTC Amtrak passenger trains, but there have been TRAFFIC ON THE NEW LINE. is operational. Why not put a road foreman in millions of successful boardings on it during the cab for every trip, at least for a while? Yet I the past two decades.” can see why the agency and Amtrak have de- More than 14 million passengers have boarded the Amtrak Cas- cided to be overly cautious. For one thing, many local politicians cades without a single fatal accident before the Dec. 18 crash. Sound were opposed to running the trains over the new line at all. hen I Transit’s Sounder commuter rail service, which operates into Seattle go back to my original thought. It’s just strange to let one wreck, in- over the same tracks as planned for the Cascades north from Lake- volving the only fatalities since the service began, screw up on-time wood, has had no fatalities among its 36 million boardings due to statistics. he new line is just as safe as the old line except that there’s derailments or collisions. less exposure to freight traic on the new line. he state agency issued a lengthy, informative, and candid run- Luckily, it’s not my job to make those decisions. I’m happy to let down on the years leading up to the wreck and the wreck itself. I the experts and the politicians handle this one. 2 would highly recommend it to anyone who wants the straight story: www.wsdot.com/Rail/questions-answers-derailment.htm. he same document said the bypass corridor “received all neces- Don Phillips, a reporter for more than sary approvals and it is safe for passenger rail operation.” And the four decades, writes this exclusive column for agency called PTC “an additional value-added safety overlay mecha- TRAINS. Email him at: [email protected] nism.” BNSF already operates with PTC over the route, but Amtrak

www.TrainsMag.com 11 NEWS&PHOTOS

Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio “Chessie System” equipment stands at the ready in Raleigh, W.Va., in 1985. George W. Hamlin Watkins on railroading CSX Transportation co-founder tells author Rush Loving about his approach to railroading

Going on 92, Hays T. Watkins Jr., rupt, and other CONTRASTING CHARACTERS the co-founder of CSX Corp., lives in Rich- roads were in trou- Watkins brought to his job something mond, Va., and eagerly shares stories with ble elsewhere. unheard of in certain executive suites: A Trains about railroading, past and present. For more than a high standard of ethics and fairness. Watkins, for one, decries the takeover decade, changing “It is the golden rule,” Watkins says. of American companies by large funds, markets and a sys- “Do unto others as you would have them including Mantle Ridge, which took con- tem of unbending do unto you. I grew up in a farm [home], trol of CSX in 2017. regulations had a Christian home, was taught to ride “I regret that we have lost so many in- threatened the in- along and tried to live up to it. So it hasn’t dividual shareowners, and we are almost dustry’s inancial Hays T. Watkins Jr. been anything special, it’s just the way subservient to funds. I think the case of health. Facing all of someone should live.” change in management at CSX is a perfect this, one wonders what an executive of the Before he became a railroad president, example of how one fund with 5 percent day thought he could do, how could he act? Watkins had accompanied his boss to of the stock can change the direction of a “Mainly to do what I could to keep board meetings of the Association of company, and I don’t think it’s a good C&O and B&O alive and vibrant,” Watkins American Railroads, so he was prepared. trend,” Watkins says. “But I don’t know says. “hese were troubled times right here were men such as Stuart Saunders what you can do about it.” ater the Penn Central’s bankruptcy, and of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Alfred E. When asked what he thought of the we just wanted to give good service and Perlman of the New York Central, William radical changes CSX has been put through serve our customers.” B. Johnson of the Illinois Central, and under the man the hedge fund brought in, Watkins would be in charge for 20 Louis W. Menk of Burlington Northern. E. Hunter Harrison, Watkins avoids criti- years and face numerous challenges as the “When Menk created Burlington cizing the late CSX CEO. industry changed. Did he ever dream of Northern he decided that the Powder Hays Watkins took the throttle of CSX’s the adventures he would live through? River Basin coal in Wyoming should go to predecessor, the Chesapeake & Ohio-Balti- “Never in my wildest dreams,” he says. the east and invade our markets,” Watkins more & Ohio system in 1971, during one “I never had any idea things would go says. “So he made an arrangement with of American railroads’ darkest hours. To as far as they did. But they have been Detroit Edison to bring Wyoming coal all the shock of many, the nation’s largest rail- exciting and great. I’ve enjoyed every the way to the Great Lakes.” road, Penn Central, had just gone bank- minute of it.” Menk did so by giving Detroit Edison a

>> Get the latest news updates on TRAINS 12 Trains MAY 2018 News Wire. Visit: www.TrainsMag.com rate so low it astounded other railroaders. “Two years later,” Watkins says, Menk “admitted it was a loss leader.” Regardless of the loss, Menk opened the western coal ields to the railroads, and, ater raising its rates, BN made millions of dollars from the business. MAKING OF CSX Before Watkins and Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard Coast Line merged their roads into one, Chessie toyed with the possibility of merging with the Southern Paciic. To do so Watkins tangled with SP’s infamous CEO, Benjamin Biaggini. “We thought it would make a great transcontinental system. We looked at the maps, and there was only one place where we connected and that was St. Louis. So, to solve the problem, we had to have some intermediary between the two systems, A Chesapeake & Ohio “Chessie System” caboose rolls behind an intermodal train and we looked at all the railroads. he through Alexandria, Va., in November 1985. David B. Davies logical connection between Southern Paciic and the Chessie was the Rock Seaboard and an “X” indicating that the rail- transportation under President Gerald Island,” Watkins says. roads were coming together. he former Ford, ofered to split the railroad and sell “he problem was the Rock Island was railroads disappeared completely in 1986 it at generous terms to Chessie and Nor- bankrupt and falling apart by the day. So rebranding eforts. folk & Western and lend the two roads we decided that would not be possible. He says he believes putting the two money. John P. Fishwick of the N&W he other alternatives were the Southern roads together without discord or disrupt- refused to go along, saying the Northeast and the Seaboard Coast Line, and so we ing service was his greatest achievement. would be a inancial sinkhole. studied the inancial results and “I thought it was a good the activities of the two, and we BEN BIAGGINI SAID THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC idea,” Watkins says. “I think we picked the Seaboard as the bet- could have done it. Fishwick ter it and set out creating a HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 55 PERCENT OF THE MERGED was diametrically opposed, three-way merger between COMPANY. IT WAS 55 PERCENT OR NOTHING. wanted no part of it.” Southern Paciic, Seaboard As things turned out, the re- Coast Line, and Chessie. gion would continue to be a sink- “We had quite a few discussions,” he Penn Central — the merging of the once hole until the industry was deregulated and says. “It seemed to be a good system.” vaunted Pennsylvania and New York Cen- Northeast roads were freed from choking he SP had more assets because of large tral railroads — had been a takeover that commuter costs and union rules. land holdings, yet its railroad was not as had led to inighting between the veterans Instead, Penn Central and other bank- strong inancially as the Chessie. of the two railroads. CSX, Watkins says, rupts in the region were merged into But, Watkins says, when the railroad was a partnership of equals. Conrail in 1976. hen in the early 1980s, leaders began discussing how the owner- “We went to great pains to make sure Watkins says, he continued to want to get ship of the three would be split, they ran that no one felt that the other company into the Northeast, and when he and Rob- into trouble. had taken over, and ater viewing Penn ert Claytor of Norfolk Southern happened “Ben Biaggini said the Southern Paciic Central with its problems, I think Prime upon one another at a function in Alexan- had to have at least 55 percent of the merged and I were more concerned than anything dria, Va., they talked of splitting Conrail. company. Prime Osborn of the Seaboard else with having a good close working “I thought it was a good idea. Claytor and I thought that was a bit heavy. thought it was a good idea.” We thought maybe 40 percent for RATHER THAN HAVING $5 BILLION AVAILABLE But Claytor did not tell Southern Paciic and 30 for Watkins that his board had Chessie, and 30 for Seaboard. IN THE EARLY 1970S, WE SPENT $10 BILLION TO SPLIT ideas of its own. he two had “Ben never changed one iota. CONRAIL IN THE 1990S. talked on a Friday night. It was 55 percent or nothing. “Monday morning, Norfolk hat’s when the three-way merg- Southern made an announce- er broke apart, which led later to the partnership, and so I think I’m most ment that they were making a bid for all of Southern Paciic buying 10 percent of the proud of that,” Watkins says. Conrail. hat took care of our arrangement. Seaboard and that broke apart, and I He says his greatest regret was his “I think those two meetings regarding called Tom Rice of the Seaboard and failure to buy half of the northeastern rail Conrail were my biggest disappointment, Prime Osborn and said, ‘Since Southern system when he thought he had two because rather than having $5 billion avail- Paciic and Seaboard has failed let’s look at opportunities. CSX bought half the able in the early 1970s, we spent $10 billion Chessie and Seaboard and see what we region’s other rail lines in the mid-1990s to split Conrail in the 1990s.” can do’. And the rest is history.” but at a higher price. Watkins seems grateful for the opportu- He and Osborn merged their roads into Ater Penn Central went under, Wat- nities Chessie and CSX had handed him in a one in 1980, naming it CSX for Chessie and kins says, Bill Coleman, the secretary of 25-year career. — Rush Loving

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Stories of Dave Fink in the days when he ran the former ties in South Portland. hey arrive at Rigby Yard’s engine termi- Boston & Maine and Maine Central for majority owner Tim nal. I’ll let David continue the story: Mellon could ill a book, and probably should. Let’s just say the “I can vividly remember getting out of the car. My father walks man was direct, in your face, and unafraid of a ight — you over to the engine house, and the irst thing he sees is a gentleman punch him, expect to be lattened in the counterattack. A bit like tuning up his motorcycle. It did not have a Maine Central pine- Donald Trump, maybe, and Dave made a lot of enemies. I’ve tree logo on it, so we immediately igured it was not a company always thought you had to have a certain amount of those motorcycle, it was his personal motorcycle. So my father goes over characteristics to survive in running a big there and asks him questions, befriends New England railroad. New England is a NEW ENGLAND IS A BEAUTIFUL him. He didn’t know who my father and beautiful region but was hostile territory Tim were. for railroad owners a generation ago. REGION BUT WAS HOSTILE TERRITORY “Person No. 2 was sound asleep with a All this said, I’m always on the prowl for newspaper over his head, just sleeping. It new Dave Fink stories, and I thank his son FOR RAILROAD OWNERS was a locomotive maintainer. David for supplying a couple of fresh tales. A GENERATION AGO. “he third guy we thought was working David succeeded his father and is president on a Maine Central project. I remember it of Pan Am Railways, the successor to B&M was a Stihl Farm Boss 041 chain saw. We and Maine Central, and he spoke to a meeting of the North East had the same model so Dave [dad] goes over and asks him how it Association of Rail Shippers a few months back. was going. Maybe it was brush cutting for signal maintaining. ‘No, Let’s go back to 1981. Dave Fink and Mellon have just bought no, it’s Friday. I’m getting my chain saw ready for the weekend. I’ve Maine Central, to which they will soon add the B&M (and later gotta get my irewood in for the winter.’” the Delaware & Hudson, briely). Young David is a college stu- You can infer from this that big changes lay ahead for Rigby’s dent (Northeastern University) with an interest in railroading. So engine terminal. I believe it soon ceased to exist. the elder Fink and Mellon ask David to join them in Mellon’s David Fink also spoke about the old Maine Central headquarters battered 1977 VW Rabbit for a tour of the Maine Central facili- building in Portland: “... beautiful building, but very impractical —

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16 Trains MAY 2018 no air conditioning and high curious. At any rate, here’s this squat, broad-faced, loud-voiced maintenance costs. My father man who, instead of screaming and yelling as mean people are was never able to see all the supposed to do, proceeds for an hour to enthrall me with stories people who worked for the rail- of his life decades earlier on the Pennsylvania Railroad and road. When we came up here, Penn Central. hey are stories of screwups, misunderstandings, there were maybe a thousand god-awful messes, and unlikely disasters. What all had in com- people who worked on that mon were funny endings, and every time Dave got to his punch- railroad. So he called the Port- line he’d convulse in laughter, barely able to chortle out the land Fire Department and said critical laugh line. we’re going to have a ire drill, Utterly disarmed by this encounter, I enjoyed myself hugely. unload the building so we can Here’s what I wrote about that meeting in my feature story: “Dave do a head count and know who and David, father and son, are a study in contrasts. Dave is an we have ... here were a couple extrovert, David something of an introvert. Dave never seemed to of rumored clerks still on the care who he infuriated, David is a diplomat. Case in point: Dave payroll in their late 80s. He fought Amtrak for a decade over the terms of passenger service wanted to be sure they were still between Boston and Portland, Maine, whereas David hands out Dave Fink (seated) was an coming into the oice. Amtrak T-shirts and wants service extended to Brunswick [which executive at several eastern “hose are the stories that it later was]. But when it comes to running a railroad, they seem to railroads, including Pan Am are kind of urban lore. And think as one. In hours of interviews, not once did father or son Railways, where his son David Fink they are true.” take exception to anything the other said or has done.” is now president. Fred W. Frailey And now, my Dave Fink Dave Fink, whatever people think of him, is a man shaped by story. In the course of report- his experiences. At the Pennsy during its decline and Penn Central ing “Pan Am’s Second Takeof” [Trains, January 2010] in late before its fall, you had to be tough to survive, and that applies summer 2009, I showed up at headquarters in North Billerica, even more if you want to survive in New England. Tough would Mass., for a inal chat with the younger Fink. “Want to meet my describe Dave Fink well. Mean, no, unless he thought you had dad?” David asked. You bet, I said. Of we drove across the state screwed him. 2 line to somewhere in southern New Hampshire, where Pan Am had a corporate oice, and there I met the fellow I once jokingly referred to as he Meanest Man in Railroading. Fred W. Frailey is author of “Twilight of the I suspect David had been talking to his dad about my visit to Great Trains.” Reach him at [email protected]. the railroad, and the conversations we had, and the old man was

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A bright spot in a winter of bad news on American rail- than three decades. Ater a brief stint with the Massachusetts roads was a January 2018 announcement that the Conway Scenic Central, in 1989 he joined Pinsly’s Pioneer Valley Railroad, based Railroad had been bought by Proile Mountain Holdings Corp. — in Westield, Mass., where he was active until he joined Graton & a joint venture between David Swirk and William Sullivan Jr. I was Upton in 2015. David is a doer, and quietly works with people and delighted to hear this. Conway Scenic is among the inest Ameri- machines to make things happen. can tourist railroads, and Swirk is ideally qualiied to run it. For years, he’s been one of my principle go-to people for hands- As a preserved railroad, Conway Scenic ticks all the boxes. It’s a on railroading. When I was working on my book on railroad treasure, based around the authentic 19th-century North Conway, maintenance equipment, David set me up with his track mainte- N.H., terminal, with its turntable, roundhouse, and a beautifully nance supervisor and organized working demonstrations of tam- restored passenger station. he railroad pers and ballast regulators. When I was writ- focuses on the mid-20th-century railroad THERE’S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP ing books on Electro-Motive diesels, David experience, featuring historic rolling stock took the time to articulate the working de- characteristic of northern New England, in- BETWEEN CONWAY SCENIC AND THE tails of EMD’s irst-generation locomotives cluding vintage Boston & Maine and Maine BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. and their 567 diesel prime movers. Central diesels and passenger cars. It When I heard that he had bought the operates about 30 route-miles, including a Conway Scenic, I called him from Dublin portion of the former Maine Central Mountain Division through for a chat. I asked him, why Conway? New Hampshire’s supremely scenic Crawford Notch. Among its “his was a business decision, but for me it’s a dream come wonderful details is its vintage signaling, including a lower true.” He continued and relayed the root of his interest. “I’ve always quadrant semaphore and one of the last remaining ball signals. loved railroads and especially steam locomotives.” In its early days, I’ve known David since the early 1980s. His rare optimism, Conway Scenic was one of his irst railroad experiences. channeled enthusiasm, exceptional mechanical know-how, and a “Back around 1974, my mom and dad had driven up to see thorough understanding of how small railroads work has allowed New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain” [the White Moun- him to play an active role in New England railroading for more tain rock formation near Proile Lake that, when viewed at the Wild Mountain Rails Adventure 2018

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18 Trains MAY 2018 correct angle, resembled the Our trains carry real dining cars supplied by a rolling commercial grizzled proile of a man; kitchen to ofer a true irst-class service,” Swirk said. this formation collapsed in Regarding the two resident steam locomotives, Swirk explained 2003 but lends its name to that former Canadian National 0-6-0 No. 7470 should be back in the new company]. “My dad steam in the 2019 season. Restoring Maine Central 2-8-0 No. 501 had this brochure for the to service is a long-term project. “Although we plan to alternate railroad and we traveled to between the two engines’ mandatory maintenance requirements to see it, but arrived too late make sure we are not without steam, it would be nice to have an and missed the last train of overlap between them. hat would allow for some special trips the day. We didn’t have a lot with the two engines,” he said. of money then, but we really With his background in shortline operations, I wondered about Before buying Conway Scenic, wanted to ride the train, so the possibilities for developing Conway’s revenue freight. “here David Swirk spent three decades we slept in the car and rode really aren’t any. In its latter days, Maine Central’s Mountain Divi- on New England short lines like it the next day,” he said. sion was strictly a bridge route — there wasn’t any signiicant on- the Pioneer Valley. Brian Solomon Swirk’s enthusiasm comes line business,” he says. When Guilford joined Boston & Maine and with deep understanding of Maine Central in the 1980s, through freight was diverted from the the railroad, its history, and the role it plays. “here’s a symbiotic Mountain Division, and the line was let dormant. Yet this route relationship between Conway Scenic and the businesses in the area. remains largely intact, which David sees as an opportunity for It’s an economic engine,” he said. “Before Conway Scenic there was Conway expansion, “New Hampshire and Conway Scenic are no comparable retail development ... the railroad is the dynamic that progressing east, securing the right-of-way for the future.” brought people into the valley and it’s now very closely tied to the He smiled, “We’re going to be here for many community; they depend on us, we depend on them.” years to come.” And I expect to have more Conway Scenic’s season runs from April to December, and good news from Conway in the near future. 2 during the peak season ofers three trips: a short run, 11-mile round trip on its original former B&M line to Conway; an intermediate 21-mile round trip north to Bartlett; and its iconic Brian Solomon grew up in New England 50-mile round trip over Crawford Notch, which is extended in and divides his time between the U.S. and autumn further west to Fabyans, adding 10 miles. Ireland. His new book, Brian Solomon’s he railroad typically sees 100,000 visitors a year, and employs Railway Guide to Europe, will be published this up to 70 people during its peak season. “We are providing an spring by Kalmbach Books. experience to allow you to step back into 1950s railroading.

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Union Paciﬁc SD40N Nos. 1885 and 2007 haul rock train RIVUP southbound through Racine, Wis., in spring 2017. No. 1885 was built as UP SD40-2 No. 3309 in July 1976 while No. 2007 was built as UP SD40-2 No. 3275 in July 1974. Chris Guss

History eight years in the making almost nine years. he last was delivered in reconditioned in-kind parts, while adding will unfold on Union Paciic’s roster in 2018. late 1980. he SD40-2 helped usher in an amenities such as air conditioning and he railroad will become the irst North era of standardization, as the model pushed SmartStart, which allows the locomotive to American Class I to no longer roster the aside many of UP’s unique locomotives. he shut itself down when conditions are favor- Electro-Motive Division SD40-2. Intro- UP SD40-2 roster increased to 1,460 units able to conserve fuel. he engine and cool- duced in 1972, the SD40-2 has been the with the Missouri Paciic, Missouri-Kansas- ing system would also receive upgrades to backbone of U.S. railroading for four de- Texas, and Chicago & North Western merg- make the locomotives compatible with cades. UP, which amassed the second largest ers of the 1980s and 1990s. Southern Paciic EPA Part 1033 emission standards called leet of SD40-2s before its own merger ma- and its Cotton Belt subsidiary and Rio Tier 0+. he biggest change was the elimi- nia began in the 1980s, has been plotting the Grande introduced the tunnel motor ver- nation of the original solid-state electronics end of the model as it brings on more new sion called the SD40T-2. If you count the with ZTR Control Systems’ modern micro- high-horsepower units and the A.C. traction locomotives rebuilt to SD40-2 specs that SP processor control system called NEXSYS. revolution continues. owned, UP’s roster swelled almost 1,700 Beginning in summer 2011, UP decided UP received its irst SD40-2 in early 1972 SD40-2s and kin. to designate locomotives that completed and acquired a total of 686 locomotives over he UP SD40-2 era started to end in the program as SD40Ns. Units that had early 2010 when the company embarked already been through the program and >> Last of their kind on yet another Life Extension Program. At released as SD40-2s were reclassiied as the time, UP owned 512 SD40-2s and the SD40Ns. Today, as the Life Extension Pro- plan was to use this pool, plus selected gram has eclipsed the 500-unit mark, only SD40-2s left as of February 2018 SD40-2s already retired but still on the six SD40-2 locomotives remain as of early UP 1799, 1952, 1953, 1964, 3113, 3206 property, as cores. UP envisioned a 10-year 2018. While an SD40N resembles a SD40-2 program that included approximately 500 externally, the signiicant changes inside UP SD40N roster locomotives cycled through the North will ensure this iconic locomotive design UP 1550-2052 (not inclusive), 3114, 3115, Little Rock, Ark., shop. will remain a reliable and integral part of

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www.TrainsMag.com 21 TECHNOLOGY BY ERIC POWELL Seeing safety gear more clearly Most railroaders wear personal protective equipment, but rules vary by company

or maintenance personnel gear required by most railroads, wearing no shirt at all. but it remains a thorny topic as he only type of safety gear some railroads ofer employees required under federal law is a stipend for buying boots, hearing protection, mandated some don’t. by the Occupational Safety and Railroads will provide new Health Administration, while employees and contractors with other requirements are en- a list of safety gear requirements forced by the individual rail- before they step on the property, roads or companies. but Union Paciic goes a step Protecting employees’ hear- further by posting its require- ing has become an important ments in its online “2017 Stan- topic in the last decade, espe- dards Manual.” A common cially for operating personnel theme across UP’s requirements, who spend hours in a noisy lo- and those of other Class I rail- comotive cab. For that reason, roads and short lines, is adher- company-supplied earplugs are ence to American National available at all crew change Standards Institute speciica- points. If it’s determined tions for safety equipment. through an operating employ- he Washington, D.C.- ee’s physical that they require based institute is a nonproit additional protection to pre- entity founded in 1918 that has serve their hearing, railroads promulgated thousands of stan- will provide the railroader with dards protecting the health and headphones to wear in the cab. well-being of the general public While required safety gear and environment. Virtually varies by task, every railroad every piece of safety equipment employee or contractor who must pass the institute’s strict steps on property is required standards, from the delective to have: safety glasses with side strength of hard hats, safety shields or built-in side protec- glasses, and steel-toed boots, to tion (and FDA-approved pre- the relective qualities of vests. scription lenses when warrant- From bib overalls to the Indiana Rail Road train operators Frank Rodriguez, left, and ed), sturdy safety-toe footwear, can’t-miss relective vests that Casey DeGroote, swap trains at Switz City, Ind., with high-visibility orange or green set railroaders out from the appropriate seasonal personal protective equipment. Eric Powell outerwear with relective strip- crowd, railroad safety has ing, and gloves. Hard hats are evolved for more than a cen- The railroads didn’t shine a ness, thanks to the high-visibil- also a requirement for engi- tury. Being “seen” is every bit light on personal protective ity gear that has become a neering, mechanical, and as important as protecting equipment, known as PPE, staple of safety. maintenance personnel. one’s extremities, eyesight, until late in the 20th century, It’s a far cry from the days of With the exception of boots, and hearing, and the indus- but in this era it’s impossible to bib overalls, T-shirts, and jeans safety equipment is supplied by try’s positive trend in safety miss railroad workers and con- or — as late as the 1980s — an the company. Safety-toe foot- proves the investment in safe- tractors going about their busi- occasional sighting of operating wear was the irst type of safety ty gear is well worth it. >> TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS

Moore to give WRI 2-3. She has led transformation efforts at possible by 2020. The standards keynote address the Canadian shortline railroad since her board’s chief, Mark Phillips, made the appointment in 2015. The Wheel Rail In- comment in response to a speech from Corina Moore, president and CEO of teraction conference will be held at the U.K. Rail Minister Jo Johnson who has Ontario Northland Railway, will give the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel, in laid down a goal of eliminating diesel- keynote address for the 24th annual Rosemont, Ill. TRAINS magazine has been powered train service by 2040. Phillips Wheel Rail Interaction conference, pre- the presenting sponsor since 2012. says that the standards board has a sented by Wheel Rail Seminars. The 2015 agreement to test battery- conference will be held in Chicago April An ofﬁcial with the United Kingdom’s Rail powered trains and has worked with 30-May 3. Moore will speak during the Safety and Standards Board says hydro- France’s Alstom to introduce hydrogen conference’s Heavy Haul Seminar May gen-powered trains in the U.K. are fuel cell trains by 2020.

22 Trains MAY 2018 Safety leader says PTC saves NTSB cites sleep apnea and lives; needs to be completed lack of PTC in crashes Train wrecks will continue says. NTSB oicials have called NTSB’s usual suspects are neer fell asleep. In both cases, until the railroad industry im- for PTC implementation since taking center stage, and most the Federal Railroad Adminis- plements positive train con- at least 1990. of the blame, for a pair of simi- tration exempted terminal trol, says former National Since PTC was irst man- lar accidents in the New York trackage from positive train Transportation Safety Board dated in 2008, Congress has City-area in recent years. he control plans. Chair Deborah A.P. Hersman. extended the deadline for its National Transportation Safety “[A]s we’ve discussed so In an interview with implementation once and now Board on Feb. 6 blamed ob- oten, the role of fatigue in yet Trains, Hersman says fatal all Class I railroad main lines structive sleep apnea and the two more railroad accidents ... wrecks in Washington state in that haul hazardous materials absence of positive train con- positive train control can stop December and in South Caro- or routes with regularly sched- trol for “nearly identical” com- a speeding train automatically. lina in February are troubling uled passenger service have muter train accidents that In both accidents, the track yet preventable. until Dec. 31 to get it installed, killed one person and injured segments were excluded from “We’re going to continue to unless they have demonstrated more than 200 others. PTC requirements,” says safety see these preventable derail- enough progress, at which he irst happened on Sept. board Chairman Robert L. ments and collisions until PTC point they can apply for an- 29, 2016, when NJ Transit Sumwalt III. is fully installed,” she says. other extension until 2020. train No. 1614 rammed into In a statement in August Hersman says she irst saw Hersman says any Congres- the Hoboken, N.J., terminal. 2017, the NTSB expressed dis- the need for PTC when inves- sional extensions beyond 2020 NTSB staf determined the en- appointment when the FRA tigating the collision of two would be disingenuous. gineer was fatigued due to un- and Federal Motor Carrier Norfolk Southern freight “We keep kicking the can diagnosed sleep apnea. Safety Administration with- trains in Graniteville, S.C., in down the road,” she says. “he On Jan. 17, 2017, Long Is- drew a proposal requiring 2005. Since then, the number pressure is on in the next 10 land Rail Road train No. 2817 sleep apnea testing for opera- of crashes that could have months because having PTC crashed into a platform at the tors as a result of President been prevented with PTC has close to being installed is not railroad’s Atlantic Terminal in Donald Trump’s eforts to cut continued to climb, Hersman close enough.” — Justin Franz Brooklyn, N.Y., ater the engi- regulation. — R.G. Edmonson >> SEPTA putting ACS-64 through its paces

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is testing its ﬁrst copy of Siemens’ ACS-64 electric locomotive. SEPTA No. 901, at the intersection of Easton and Susquehanna roads in Roslyn, Pa., on Feb. 10, makes a round-trip to Warminster, Pa., on the agency’s north-south Warminster Regional Rail line. SEPTA is expected to purchase 15 locomotives to replace older AEM-7 and ALP-44 electric locomotives. Gary Pancavage

www.TrainsMag.com 23 PASSENGER BY BOB JOHNSTON

A Panorama dome pauses at McBride, British Columbia, on Aug. 9, 2015, (above) and provides “Touring class” viewing along the Skeena River the next day (top right). The Kokanee Park brings up the rear at Prince George, B.C. (bottom right). Four photos, Bob Johnston Prince Rupert beckons Tiny VIA Rail Canada streamliner offers a split personality on trek to the Pacific

The Florida Fun Train’s attempt at designated by VIA as its Skeena (for the Reimagined,” May 2015.] cultivating the Orlando-South Florida rail river that Canadian National’s tracks follow Departing from both Jasper and Prince tourist market izzled in less than a year into Prince Rupert), westbound No. 5 and Rupert on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sun- following its 1997 debut, but the $9 million eastbound No. 6 run triweekly as daytime days, every train has Economy class coach- venture did inance the construction of trains with an overnight stop at Prince es and a Park car bringing up the rear year- unique single-level dome cars with wrap- George, connecting isolated communities round. Snacks, sandwiches, and beverages around glass built by now-defunct Colora- with centers of regional commerce. Al- are available for purchase on board. But be- do Railcar. You can still ride one of them though continued government inancial ginning mid-June through the end of Sep- from mid-June through September on a support stems from the trains’ rural mobil- tember with every other trip, passengers two-day journey through remote Alberta ity contribution, VIA attempts to enhance who book “Touring class” get exclusive use and British Columbia wilderness between patronage and raise per-passenger revenue of the Panorama car and the Park. Econo- Jasper, Alta., and Prince Rupert, B.C. by adding food and rolling-stock amenities my travelers can still purchase food but are But it’s complicated. hat’s because VIA that it hopes can command premium fares. conined to the coaches on days the single- Rail Canada acquired just three of what it his is the same business model that led to level dome operates. Touring patrons not now calls “Panorama” domes from BC Rail transforming eight 1955-vintage Chateau only get pre-prepared full meals served when the province-owned operator sleeping cars and four Park dome observa- under glass (with complementary beer or dropped its Whistler Northwind luxury tion lounges into “Prestige class” on the wine at dinner), but also occasional color- cruiser and all-passenger service from transcontinental Canadian. [See “Luxury ful, “don’t miss this” commentary from the North Vancouver to Prince George, B.C., in VIA service manager or attendant. 2002. Two of the cars — one per train — TYPICAL FARES COMPARED For 2018, departures ofering Touring enhance summer viewing on the Vancou- class leave from Prince Rupert starting June Jasper-Prince Rupert One-way adult or senior ver, B.C.-to-Edmonton, Alta., segment of 13 and Jasper beginning June 15. Go to Canadian US$ Canadian$ the . his leaves one Panorama to Escape $137 $158 www.viarail.ca as the best source of fare and be shared by the two consists required for Economy $185 $234 availability information, because it’s other- VIA’s Jasper-Prince Rupert train. Economy Plus $221 $281 wise impossible to keep track of which Afectionately nicknamed by locals as Touring $561 $712 dates have the Panorama car (some are fully “he Rupert Rocket” and formerly Tax-included fares; U.S. conversion rate as of Feb. 20, 2018 booked with tour groups) or when various

>> Experience a “Rupert Rocket” trip with the 24 Trains MAY 2018 author. Visit: www.TrainsMag.com Kitwanga Canadian challenges

Smithers BRITISH COLUMBIA BRITISH An update on the status of other remote Prince Telkwa ALBERTA Rupert COLUMBIA Map area Canadian passenger-train operations: Dorreen Terrace Vanderhoof Houston Winnipeg-Churchill: To Toronto No restoration has begun on tracks washed Prince out by melting snowpack ﬂooding last May. George OmniTrax and the Canadian government are N VIA’s Prince Rupert-Jasper train McBride locked in a legal battle deciding who will Canadian National Dunster Jasper pay and whether the company will be able VIA to sell the line to a local First Nations Other VIA Canadian routes 0 Scale 200 miles To Vancouver consortium. VIA’s “temporary” Manitoba Other lines (not all lines shown) © 2018 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS: Rick Johnson schedule will likely remain in effect well into 2019, with only one round trip south of levels of Economy fares (based on difer- Mountaineer and the Canadian stopover, The Pas to Winnipeg and two north to ences in refundability and lexibility) are and other excursion passengers have ater- Thompson and Gillam. available. he inal eastbound trip with a noon arrivals and morning departures. Panorama car is Sept. 28. Yet one of the most rewarding aspects Hearst-Sault Ste. Marie: Each dome — at diferent prices (see of a Jasper-Prince Rupert journey is the The Agawa Canyon Tour Train will operate table on page 24) — provides excellent ability to experience the community- out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Tuesday viewing of scenery that transitions from connected personality of a local passenger through Sunday from June 19 to Oct. 14, snow-capped peaks at both ends of the train. At larger stops, such as Dunster, 2018. Efforts to secure federal funding two-day route to rivers and thickly wooded McBride, and Smithers, B.C., Touring class and a qualiﬁed operator to revive service forests in between. High-backed seats on travelers can get of the train and stretch beyond the canyon to Hearst over the Panorama do constrict viewing forward their legs. Coach passengers boarded and Canadian National rails remain stalled. and to the rear compared with the smaller let at smaller outposts; one woman got of Park, which also features that wonderful with a suitcase 2 miles west of the Houston, Gaspé Peninsula: “bullet” lounge; but their high ceilings and B.C., station. Among other stops were Van- Quebec’s government is investing about large, curved-glass panes deliver an derhoof, Telkwa, Kitwanga, Terrace, and $80 million (U.S.) for repairs to tracks from unmatched “close to nature” ambience. Dorreen, where the caretaker lag-stopped Matapédia to Caplan, but more money is If higher Touring class fares aren’t a the Prince Rupert-bound train for a well- needed to repair bridges further east on the budget buster, riding when both domes dressed gentleman. How diferent is this line to Gaspé. VIA has pledged to return, operate is less conining and preferable from a ritual repeated countless times at but observers say service won’t resume because of the diferent perspectives they North American locations over the past until 2019 at the earliest. provide on two consecutive all-day jaunts. 175 years? Not so diferent at all. On the other hand, Park cars run year- round and VIA’s stainless-steel coaches >> Raleigh readies new station have comfortable seats and big windows. Before deciding upon a date and service class, however, travelers must ponder other logistics, such as hotel accommoda- tions and connections, to make sure all the pieces it together. It’s just as well that there are no same-day transfers to or from the Canadian at Jasper because that train’s timekeeping performance has taken a pre- cipitous dive, but VIA also says the Jasper- Prince Rupert trains averaged only a 36- percent on-time record in 2017; heavy CN freight traic is the culprit. Patrons making an Alaska Marine Highway or B.C. Ferry connections at Prince Rupert also have few options. For example, the “Rocket” from Prince George, due to arrive at the Paciic port city at 8:25 p.m. Monday night, is the only weekly trip that connects with the M.V. Malaspina without an overnight stay, though the ship leaves for Skagway, Alaska, most dates at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. A southbound Piedmont prepares to depart from Amtrak’s current Raleigh, N.C., Overnight lodging must be booked depot on Jan. 14, 2018. At right are high-level platforms, part of a new Union either independently or as part of a pack- Station complex set to open this spring when another round trip to Charlotte, N.C., age. It’s required not only in Prince George, will debut. The former factory building in the background is being transformed into where hotels are plentiful, but also in ac- a multilevel glass facility with $106 million in state, local, and federal funds. commodation-starved Jasper, where Rocky

www.TrainsMag.com 25 Southern Paciﬁc No. 4449 threads a tunnel in the Columbia River Gorge on June 24, 2017, near the start of this Western steam adventure.

Nine hot locomotives, 5,000 miles in rental cars, tons of fun

Story and photos by David Crosby he Central California and Pacic Northwest regions have some of the three or four great clusters of steam excursion railroads in the nation. I’ve been drawn to the West Coast several times as part of my quest to shoot as many operating steam locomotives as possible. No matter how many trips I’ve made, I always seem to miss something or a newly restored engine entering service calls me back. Here’s a summer 2017 steam road trip that I took that may delight you with how much operating steam I found. I hope it also gives you ideas for your own steamy western vacation.

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McCloud River Railroad 2-6-2 No. 25, a classic logging Prairie, looks right at home at Garibaldi, Ore., on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. The engine spent its entire working career at the Northern California lumber railroad. Now it hauls tourists along the Paciﬁc.

DAY 1 – THURSDAY, JUNE 22 just in time for lunch at the trackside Park- One of my biggest regrets is never visit- side Café reairmed my decision. he WAS HING T ON ing California’s McCloud River Railroad. Southern Fried Chicken on the menu? Do Elbe he classic western logging railroad still ros- it. Trust me. tered steam locomotives in the 1990s, but a he railroad’s primary excursion is afec- Garibaldi decline in timber, the railroad’s principal tionately known as “he Crawler” due to its Portland traic, led to the line’s demise. McCloud relaxed pace along 5 miles of track between ceased operating in 2009. Fortunately for Tillamook Bay and the Paciic Ocean at Bend steam fans, both 2-8-2 No. 18 and 2-6-2 Rockaway Beach. It is a pleasant ride, espe- O REGON No. 25 were sold to other operators and live cially in one of the open cars when the on. No. 18 is now at the reconstructed Northwest’s famously wet weather takes a Virginia & Truckee Railroad in Virginia holiday. Scenic Route 101 parallels the rail- City, Nev. No. 25 remained until the end and road the entire length of the trip, so chasing was eventually purchased by the Oregon a run or two ater you ride is easy. I decided Coast Scenic Railroad of Garibaldi, Ore. to spend the day photographing the train, as NEVADA No. 25 looks right at home operating I planned to return the following Monday through the thick woods on Oregon’s Upper under forecasted cloudy skies to ride. Seeing Carson City Coast. he Oregon Coast Scenic is an easy No. 25 on the train does give one the feeling Sacramento 90-minute drive from downtown Portland, that ater spending 85 years on the Mc- Jamestown but not so much from Boise, Idaho, where I Cloud, things worked out well for this stout Sunol Fish Camp Santa Cruz had spent the night before. Still, a sunny 1925 Alco Prairie type. Independence weather forecast and the promise of seeing a DAY 2 – FRIDAY, JUNE 23 C ALIFO RNIA genuine piece of McCloud history in good weather was enough to justify an unplanned Ater a short drive back to Portland, a 500-mile push. Arriving mid-morning and visit to a local brewery, and the resulting seeing No. 25 in steam under sunny skies good night’s sleep, a mere 2-hour drive instantly vindicated my 3 a.m. wake-up call north to Elbe, Wash., felt like a short trip and 8-hour drive. Meeting my friend Matt around the block. Since 1980, Elbe has been Podas, who was on a steam safari of his own, home to the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad,

28 Trains MAY 2018 founded by the late Tom Murray. He saved a number of steam locomotives and other equipment using his own inances and saw the railroad grow into a successful tourist operation and a leader in railroad preservation. In 2012, several authentic loggers’ cab- ins were moved to the railroad’s shop site in Mineral, Wash., and became the nucleus of a permanent logging museum. At age 90, Murray, looking to secure the future of the railroad, sold the operation to American Heritage Railways, owner of Colorado’s Durango & Silverton and North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Having visited Elbe several times, I was curious to see what changes new ownership had brought. Previous visits yielded multiple locomotives, both geared and rod driven, open window and open-air cars, and the overall feel of a genuine logging railroad. Hammond Lumber Co. 2-8-2T No. 17 pulls lightweight passenger cars between Elbe and As the old saying goes: “he only thing Mineral, Wash., on a former Milwaukee Road branch that was famous for logging. that is constant is change.” hat was readily apparent in Elbe by summer 2017. Trains of DAY 3 – SATURDAY, JUNE 24 to claim a spot on an overhead bridge and the now re-christened Mount Rainier Rail- his was it, the big event of the trip. waited. And waited. And waited. As we road & Logging Museum consist of stream- Southern Paciic No. 4449 was set to lead a waited, our group of two increased tenfold lined coaches with industrial air-condition- sold-out excursion from Portland through and time was passed telling stories about ing units strapped to their roofs. Trains are the spectacular Columbia River Gorge and previous 4449 trips, other excursions, great still steam-powered with Hammond Lum- Deschutes River Canyon to Bend, Ore., on a diners, and classic cars. hat is one of my ber Co. 2-8-2T No. 17 doing the honors. two-day mainline odyssey. I’ve had the plea- favorite facets of a steam chase, the camara- he geared locomotive collection is ensure of shooting and riding behind the 1941 derie. here are far more friendly, likeable sconced in the aptly named House of Gears Lima 4-8-4 on several occasions but had people doing this than malcontents. display building, while Polson Lumber Co. never gotten that one “wow” shot. For my In the end, a combination of a medical No. 70, a 2-8-2 restored in 2011, was in the copilot Matt, this would be his irst encoun- emergency and air-conditioning issues de- shop, out of service. I’m told Willamette ter with the famous and colorful Daylight. layed the departure by nearly 2 hours. As No. 2, a Paciic Northwest-produced Shay A weekend forecast of clear skies further any railroader will tell you, “late trains get knockof, has since returned to service for bolstered our spirits. We took heed of the later” and today would be no exception. the 2018 season. dire predictions of long pace lines, traic, Hurry up and wait — such is life chasing he logging museum at Mineral is only and other impediments, and agreed to pick mainline steam. Finally, the unmistakable reachable by train from Elbe, which is also out a few quality spots, with plenty of mile- sound of the 4449’s deep baritone whistle home to Scale Burgers, in a former logging age in between. Since nothing on rubber echoed of the hillsides and the grand ma- truck scalehouse across the street from the tires moves quickly through Portland, we chine came into view as it crossed the Willa- boarding site. A classic drive-up burger joint elected to wait for the special in nearby Van- mette River and rolled beneath our perch. in a unique setting, it is a must visit. couver, Wash. We got there early, of course, he game was afoot. he combination of a late start and heavy freight traic slowed the steam special enough that it was easy to leapfrog ahead of it. We checked of locations one by one with relative ease and positive results. Vancouver, then Lyle, then Maupin, and South Junction. hen it happened. Perhaps I should have rented an SUV, perhaps I should have driven slower on that gravel road, or perhaps the steam gods just had it in for me and felt I needed a comeuppance. Whatever the reason, ater leaving the gravel road that lead from our South Junction photo stop we heard the dreaded “pow!” Our right rear tire had sufered what can best be considered a rapid decompression. Gone were our hopes of sweet evening-light shots at the Madras and Crooked River trestles. Gone were our plans of brewery hopping in Bend. Gone were the bragging phone calls we’d make that night to friends who could not join us Late arrival the previous day kept No. 4449’s excursion train from being turned, resulting in in the chase. this pose without an Amtrak diesel in the consist at Bend, Ore., on June 25, 2017. It should be noted for the record that,

www.TrainsMag.com 29 despite its Paciic Northwest location, much of Oregon is a desert. A hot desert. “But it’s a dry heat,” I can hear people saying. So are blow torches and pizza ovens. And so it was in the late aternoon on the side of a desert- ed highway, with the temperature at the 100-degree mark, that we unloaded weeks of travel supplies in order to reach the spare donut tire in the loor of our car’s trunk. You never realize how much you pack until you have to unload and then reload a 2017 Dodge Dart. As we limped along at 45 mph toward Bend, I turned to Matt and growled, “No matter what, we’re still doing [the bridge at] Madres tomorrow” in a tone that precluded logical arguments to the contrary. We would indeed “do Madres.” In a most surprising but fortunate turn of events, Red- mond, Ore., population 29,000, has a 24- hour Enterprise Rent-A-Car. A brief expla- nation of our plight combined with a helpful associate saw us swapping cars outright and back on the road to Bend in less than an hour, arriving at our destination ater sunset, but still ahead of the excursion. A visit to the Bend Brewing Co. and a sound night’s sleep soon followed. Tomorrow would be a new and better day. DAY 4 – SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Due to yesterday’s late arrival, No. 4449’s train was not turned on the wye in Red- mond as was originally planned. In an efort to save time, No. 4449 was cut of and turned while the Amtrak diesel, along for the ride providing head-end power, took the train the inal few miles to its destination. he train would be turned on the return trip through Redmond on Sunday. Combined with a delayed departure, this arrangement aforded a rare diesel-less pho- to opportunity as the train departed Bend. hat activity in Redmond gave us more than enough time to reach the bridge at Madres where, I’m not ashamed to say, a short victory dance was performed. It was then on Maupin, Ore., deep in the Deschutes River Canyon followed by what was to be our inal spot, a perch along the Columbia River near Lyle, Wash. Once again, the late train got later, as heavy freight traic took precedence over the steam special. Waiting in Lyle gave us the chance to enjoy the usual ban- ter and storytelling while the steam special slowly made its way west. Clouds rolled in by the time No. 4449 came into view, and the planned coup de grâce shot was some- what underwhelming. Even though following the train on the two-lane Lewis and Clark Highway was

This shot at Maupin, Ore., where No. 4449 crosses the Deschutes River, came after another shot that caused the author to break into a victory dance. Why not two dances? An Alco PA, Oregon Railway & Navigation 4-6-2, and Spokane, Portland & Seattle 4-8-4 inhabit the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. viewed as certain disaster to any hopes of he more typical (read: cloudy) weather DAY 7 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 photography, we elected to do just that. Sur- had returned to Garibaldi by the time I Sacramento’s California State Railroad prisingly few cars were following the train, arrived, but a pleasant train ride followed Museum should be on the bucket list of which was travelling at a manageable 40 by a visit to the nearby Tillamook Air Mu- anyone with even a passing interest in rail- mph for some distance. I’ll say now that seum and a stop at the renowned Tilla- roading. Even if you’re primarily interested driving alongside the world-famous engine, mook Dairy made the gloomy conditions in inding operating steam, the facility is windows down, listening to the exhaust and moot. A visit to Pelican Brewing Co. worth a visit. Wandering around meticu- throaty whistle was a religious experience. rounded out the day. lously restored locomotives and cars can here are those moments that can rank Besides McCloud No. 25, Oregon Coast bring out the kid in just about anyone and above any photographs made and this was Scenic is home to several locomotives, in- remind you of when you irst became fasci- certainly one of them. Sometimes it’s good cluding Skookum, a rare 2-4-4-2, which nated by these machines. to put the camera aside and just enjoy the should be in steam this year, as well as sev- It should be noted that the museum does moment. I forget that sometimes. Matt still eral Heisler-geared locomotives. Also join- operate steam on occasion — former Gran- talks about it. A inal roll-of-the-dice stop in ing the lineup in 2018 will be privately ite Rock Co. 0-6-0T No. 10, mostly on week- Cook, outside Vancouver, yielded the sweet owned Saginaw Timber 2-8-2 No. 2 ater ends — but the engine has only seen spo- light we missed the day before, and then it moving from Wisconsin in fall 2017. It radic service in recent years. Regardless of was time to say goodbye to No. 4449. would seem repeat visits will be in order. this, the museum facility is a real gem. DAY 5 – MONDAY, JUNE 26 DAY 6 – TUESDAY, JUNE 27 DAY 8 – THURSDAY, JUNE 29 One doesn’t have to wait for a public ex- Any true road trip contains at least one One of the few steam railroads in Cali- cursion to visit No. 4449, as she is kept on day for the drive — that death march be- fornia (or anywhere else for that matter) to display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center tween points A and B that must be con- run daily during the summer is the Roaring when not on the road. he newly construct- quered in the pursuit in the name of “getting Camp & Big Trees Railroad in Felton, just ed facility also houses former Spokane, Port- the most out of your trip.” In this case, visit- outside Santa Cruz. Founded by the late land & Seattle 4-8-4 No. 700, Oregon Rail- ing the desired number of operating steam Norman Clark, the 3-foot-gauge railroad way & Navigation 4-6-2 No. 197, and several locomotives required a circuitous route has been operating through old-growth other pieces of equipment including a rare through central California and a two-day, redwood forests since 1963. Alco PA diesel unit undergoing restoration 750-mile drive to Santa Cruz, Calif. An hree locomotives take turns hauling as Nickel Plate Road No. 190. overnight stop in the humorously named passengers up steep grades (one estimated at I spent some time there wandering Weed, Calif., and a visit to the California 9.5 percent) on the roughly 6.5-mile round around the displays and a still-warm State Railroad Museum the following day trip. Two locomotives from the West Side No. 4449 before heading back to Garibaldi. made the drive bearable. Lumber Co. — No. 7, a three-truck Shay,

www.TrainsMag.com 31 The Roaring Camp & Big Trees near Santa Cruz, Calif., features two West Side Lumber Co. geared steam locomotives and No. 1, a rare two-truck Shay, seen here blowing down. The engines are put to the test every day on grades as steep as 9.5 percent.

and No. 2, a two-truck Heisler — alternate pieces of rolling stock. Fortunately, the and volunteers couldn’t help but smile as duties with No. 1, one of the few two-truck buildings and excursion equipment (includ- they looked upon the three steam locomo- Shay locomotives still in operation. It’s a fun ing the locomotives) were spared. While the tives and two self-propelled motorcars be- ride, and I’ve done it a few times now. Com- railroad is back in business in 2018, the ing readied for the weekend’s festivities. bining the steam train with the adjacent die- moral of the story is this: Ride it today. he sight was a far cry from January 2017 sel-powered Beach Train to downtown San- Sometimes not having a locomotive when diverted loodwaters caused exten- ta Cruz easily makes for a full day. If you’re a running on the day of your visit can lead sive damage to the museum grounds. fan of history beyond railroads, be sure to to new experiences at a site you may have “We’re about 98 percent recovered and take in the historic boardwalk and amuse- already visited. Such was the case at the for- you won’t be able to notice the other 2 per- ment park on the Paciic Ocean. mer Sierra Railway roundhouse and shops cent,” explained Nevada State Museums in Jamestown. Railtown 1897 typically Administrator Peter Barton. “It took a long DAY 9 – FRIDAY, JUNE 30 operates steam-powered excursions on a time, but we’re just about there,” he says of I originally planned to spend this day weekends-only basis. the cleanup and repair eforts that have been taking a leisurely drive to Carson City, Nev. he relative quiet at the site during my ongoing for the irst half of 2017 and which However, on hursday evening, aided by a late aternoon visit aforded me the chance closed the museum for nearly two months few beers at Santa Cruz’s Seabright Brewery, to take it all in without having an operating straight. Even though no equipment was I decided to recalculate my journey and pay engine vying for my attention. I’d suggest damaged, the torrent of water undercut a visit to the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine everyone make such a visit to a historic site. trackage, damaged roadways, and let a Railroad of Fish Camp, Calif., and the Rail- here is something magical about being seemingly endless amount of standing water town 1897 State Historic Park at Jamestown, able to wander through a place seemingly and mud everywhere. Calif. It was my irst trip on the Yosemite untouched by time. Over time, buildings were dried, exhibits Mountain in about 10 years and was just as cleaned, and grounds were repaired. he enjoyable this time. DAY 10 – SATURDAY, JULY 1 museum reopened in early March 2017 Constructed by the late Rudy Staufer in he irst day of the 2017 July 4th holi- and limited train operations resumed that 1961, the line follows the former Madera day weekend dawned warm and clear, just Memorial Day weekend as the recovery Sugar Pine Lumber Co. grade for approxi- as the previous nine days of my road trip continued. Independence Day is the pinna- mately 4 miles and uses two former West had. he weekend saw an incomparable cle yearly event, and this year the museum Side Lumber Co. three-truck Shay locomo- lineup of ive pieces of Nevada’s railroad had reason to celebrate as all major work tives. In hindsight, I’m glad I made the history take to the high iron, completing a had concluded. 3-hour side trip as a late summer wildire comeback story months in the making. As is the tradition, the Inyo, an 1875 shut down the railroad and damaged several Nevada State Railroad Museum employees Baldwin 4-4-0 from the Virginia & Truckee,

32 Trains MAY 2018 was taken from its normal museum berth and operated under steam over the holiday weekend. he immaculate, brass-trimmed classic performs demonstration runs and while the modern No. 25, a 1905 Baldwin 4-6-0 pulls a passenger train. Also under steam was the Glenbrook, a narrow gauge 2-6-0 that was also completed by Baldwin in 1875 and returned to steam in 2015 ater a decades-long restoration efort. As if the sight of three turn-of-the-century steam locomotives running under their own power wasn’t enough, the museum also operated its 1926 Edwards motorcar as well as its stunning 1910 McKeen Wind Splitter, a streamlined, self-propelled motorcar that looks like it could have been the subject of a Jules Verne novel. All ive of these treasures took to the loop encircling the museum grounds during the California’s spectacular Niles Canyon Railway features one of two operating compound Parade of Trains in the morning with the Mallets in the country. This is Clover Valley 2-6-6-2 No. 4, stretching her legs. McKeen car and Inyo performing excursion duties throughout the day. I could have scenic trackage between Niles and Sunol. 6-hour trek to my inal stop loomed over spent all weekend there, but a certain Bay Tracks have gradually been re-laid on the me. he Niles Canyon Railway deserves Area 2-6-6-2T was calling my name. right-of-way which was part of the Southern more than the half day I gave to it. Paciic Railroad’s original transcontinental No. 4, I will be back. DAY 11 – SUNDAY, JULY 2 route between Sacramento and the Bay here are only two genuine compound Area. Intact stations, bridges, and the right- DAY 12 – MONDAY, JULY 3 Mallet-type locomotives operating in the of-way were all included in the national reg- On July 3, I joined several hundred peo- United States. hese articulated locomotives ister of historic places in 2010. ple who braved the summer heat to witness use their steam twice over two separate Niles Canyon is one of the precious few newly restored Southern Paciic No. 18 engine units. Steam is used irst in a set of true preserved railways in the country. hat stretch its legs over several hundred feet of high-pressure cylinders and then again in a is, the entire property is maintained to a cer- track during a silver spike ceremony at the set of larger, lower-pressure cylinders. For tain degree of antiquity, not just the locomo- Eastern California Museum. Constructed years the only operating example of this tives and cars. Vintage signals, signs, and for the Carson & Colorado as No. 12, the locomotive type was Weyerhauser No. 110, a structures all contribute to a functioning workaday Ten-Wheeler spent its working 2-6-6-2T in service on the Black Hills Cen- museum in a motion similar to the pre- life in the California desert until it retired in tral Railroad in South Dakota. In spring served railways of Great Britain. he canyon 1954. In 1955 the old engine was delivered 2013, Clover Valley Lumber No. 4, a similar itself is both remote and scenic, adding to to Independence’s Dehy Park, where it compound 2-6-6-2T, joined the ranks of op- the time-warp nature of the operation. Ob- would remain for the next six decades. erating steam at the Niles Canyon Railway serving a steam locomotive or vintage diesel Signiicant restoration work began in in Sunol, Calif. making its way through this setting is even earnest in 2010 and culminated with the he Niles Canyon Railway is the operat- more amazing considering its location is less locomotive moving under its own power in ing arm of the Paciic Locomotive Associa- than 15 miles from the San Francisco Bay. October 2016. What began as a loose-knit tion and operates excursions on 6.5 miles of My day here ended all too soon, as a group of volunteers working on the locomotive in 1996 has evolved into the Carson & Colorado Railway Society, whose eforts have resulted in a fully operational No. 18, a demonstration railroad under construction, and a permanent home in the form of a two- stall engine house. Today’s operable 18 represents the “never say die” spirit of the town itself, which has seen its own share of hard times. A local engine restored by local folks is the embodi- ment of that hometown pride. Attending this auspicious event also meant that my steam safari had reached its conclusion. Twelve days, 12 museums, nine live steam locomotives, and about the same number of breweries spread out over some 5,000 miles, and all of it with zero regrets. Even the lat-tire incident is now just a leeting memory. The Nevada State Railroad Museum ﬁelded three operating steam locomotives for its here is indeed much worthwhile out Independence Day event, from left, Inyo, Glenbrook, and Ten-Wheeler No. 25. there to see. 2

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IN A SMALL TOWN

Abilene & Smoky Valley No. 3415 chufs through 5 miles of rural Kansas farmland to please both passengers and volunteers

by Hayley Enoch PHOTOS BY ZACH PUMPHERY

SOME MAY THINK it takes a mountain generations of steam locomotives to achieve. to bring out the best in a steam locomotive. No. 3415 may be compact compared to the However, there’s something to be said for see- twilight-era steam locomotives with which it ing them cut loose across a wide, lat plain. It shared the tracks until its 1955 retirement. was the size of the earth, not gravity that rail- However, it’s still considered part of the “big roads were created to overcome. Prior to rail- steam” class with its 79-inch, passenger-ser- roads, people struggled with distance with the vice drivers that soar higher than the bowers same futility as death and disease. of corn that hug the tracks, and its 40,000 All of the roads leading into Abilene, Kan., pounds of tractive efort. give forewarning that the Abilene & Smoky he 4-6-2 endured several decades of Valley Railroad is a prime location to appreci- slumber ater it was retired and donated to the ate steam working in this subtle, planar con- city of Abilene, but it was always intended to text. he town is moated on all sides by lat, have a second life of some sort. Santa Fe, like windswept farmlands. heir bounty makes many railroads of the dieselization era, doubt- gainful work for the modern freight railroads ed that diesel locomotives were reliable running through the area: BNSF Railway and enough to handle the groundswell of rail traf- Union Paciic Railroad have main lines ic that would result if the Cold War led to through Abilene, each with spurs feathering open hostilities. he anticipated conlict never of to the grain elevators that form central came, fortunately, and No. 3415’s call to ser- Kansas’ most abundant topography. vice was delayed until the city donated it to Both lines remain busy and provide evi- the railroad in 1996. he railroad moved it dence of the conditions that would have war- onto its grounds and by 2005 had raised ranted the use of a locomotive as large as enough funds to begin the restoration process. No. 3415, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Since the repairs concluded, the railroad 4-6-2, that the railroad maintains and operates. has ired up No. 3415 at least once a month he 1919 Baldwin-built No. 3415 demon- during its operating season. With restoration strates a transitional period in the development complete in 2009, its schedule matches or ex- of steam locomotives. Its design incorporates ceeds the working days of other large steam technology that was fairly new at the time, like locomotives like Nos. 844, 765, or 4449. a superheated boiler and an atomizer to burn No. 3415 has an unusually sparse presence in oil for fuel, but predates the massive propor- conversations and photographs about surviv- tions that such technology allowed the latest ing big steam locomotives.

Abilene & Smoky Valley’s 11 a.m. train heads toward Enterprise, Kan., with former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe No. 3415 on the point July 2, 2011, soon after the boiler’s numberboards had been installed. The railroad ﬁres the 4-6-2 at least once per month during its operating season.

www.TrainsMag.com 35 HOW THE RAILROAD DOES IT ater all, which proves the Santa Fe’s predic- he no-frills passenger cars and sun-faded tion that it would have a new life. station buildings are evidence that the he group enjoys operating the engine but amount of money that the group brings in is regrets that it cannot let No. 3415 gallop as its modest. his does not, however, leave the designers intended. he tracks are serviceable visitor with the impression that the group is but too rough to permit operating above 10 slouching at their duties or lacks the ability mph, and even if they were to be improved, the to prioritize funds. It is quite the opposite, 5-mile stretch of former Rock Island track is actually: he crew members have an infec- too short for it to gain much momentum. tious pride in what they have managed to do “Our tracks meet speciications, but they’re with so little funding. not as good as they could be,” he members will tell you says Steve Schwarting, steam No. 3415’s upkeep is hard Abilene program head. he railroad work. None of them, though, takes responsibility for main- would indicate they wish to KANSAS taining the track, but repairing be relieved of the burden. it to allow No. 3415 to reach hey approach the work in higher speeds is beyond the the same way that a long-dis- group’s budget. Keeping it in tance runner welcomes the blisters and aches of operable condition and addressing typical is- a long-distance run: he payof, for them, is not sues already compose a signiicant percentage so much in actually arriving at the destination, of the volunteers’ eforts. In October 2016, for but in the satisfaction of knowing what has instance, the locomotive sufered a minor de- been endured and overcome. railment when rains split the gauge underneath he 4-6-2 seems to launt the dirt and the drive wheels and tender. Getting the loco- grease that its operators were too busy to motive back onto the track with the equipment wipe away and wears its stripes of rust with on hand was a challenge, and the group lacked pride. It earned its patina in gainful service, the funds to call in professional re-railers.

An Oct. 3, 2015, excursion train departs Abilene for Enterprise while putting on a good show for passengers and visiting railfans, despite the fact the rough, 5-mile-long former Rock Island track permits no more than 10 mph speeds. Santa Fe 3415 was the star of a night photo session for railfans at the former Rock Island depot in Abilene on Oct. 4, 2014, after the day’s excursions concluded. Learn more about Abilene & Smoky Valley’s excursions and events at www.asvrr.org.

Operating No. 3415 at such a languid pace steel mills or factories breathes life into its is also an issue of real mechanical conse- original purpose. Old locomotives seem pos- quence, not just a complaint of those who sessed with a vigorous spirit when operated posit that wheels higher than your head ought around their ancestral homelands. hat is ap- not to turn slower than your eye can distin- parent here, even though these slow speeds guish. Baldwin designed this class of engine to make the locomotive’s thunder barely louder travel at high speeds and make quick accelera- than the sound of the wind through the corn. tions and decelerations in between stations. Attempting to bring more people in and hus holding this locomotive at a steady crawl host more events means investing more challenges the engineer’s skill. funds and manpower into marketing. Like most tourist railroads, this railroad doesn’t FULL STEAM AHEAD have much of either to spare. he group is in Most of the people at the railroad are a diicult situation. Any growth must come there for the fun of running and working on from beyond its immediate, sparsely populat- the trains, but they realize they could grow. ed area, but it lacks the means to reach it. More than a million people, living in Wichi- In the meantime, the Abilene & Smoky ta, Kansas City, and Omaha, are within driv- Valley focuses on one goal: running No. able distance, and the promise of photo char- 3415. he railroad is not preoccupied with ters or mainline excursions would likely lure marketing, reaching new customer bases, or steam enthusiasts from even farther. Most of preparing for large events like “Day Out the half-dozen crossings along this short With homas” or “Polar Express.” For now, route are surprisingly scenic. he corn leans the crew and passengers seem uniied in ap- heavy with its fruit and forms a bower preciating No. 3415 is here at all, high-step- around the tracks, and sorghum ields make ping through the golden plains as it has for a bright contrast to its background. decades before, sending a ripple through the No. 3415 looks at home here, in the same crops as it passes. It is a refreshing approach way that framing an Eastern engine against to tourist railroading. 2

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EXCURSION PLANS DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS BEFORE ONE SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY

BY KELLY LYNCH

FewFe experiences are as steam locomotive march- in this age, it goes far heartwarming, exhilarat- es into town, attracting beyond nostalgia; the ing,ing and professionally positive press, engaging chemistry is indelible and ssatisfyinga as executing a communities and ofﬁcials, impact undeniable. This is ssteam-poweredte passenger and allowing today’s rail- how a country moves, excursion on mainline railroaders the chance to and for a few hours on roads. The impact and sig- share their industry with a handful of weekends niﬁcance of America’s rail- the public. during a year, a special roads is rarely so It may all just sound excursion can move right captivating as when a like good marketing, but along with it.

Nickel Plate Road No. 765 powers an excursion near Williamson, W.Va., in August 2012. Ron Flanary While so much of the country’s passen- Pennsylvania’s famous Horseshoe Curve, ger-train prowess has atrophied, the endeav- all resulted from one simple, concise letter. or to plan and execute a trip of any kind can he Fort Wayne group’s prior performance be a constant shell game for the promoter. and professionalism and the railroad’s bur- Operating a steam locomotive excursion in geoning interest in celebrating its heritage the 21st century has a lot in common with a didn’t hurt either. traveling Broadway production: Each show But not all trips prosper on just the has one or two speciic needs and each stroke of a pen. Operations that die the venue has to be capable of accommodating quickest simply never leave the drawing the program. As mainline steam locomo- board. Excursion plans may be choked by tives leave their dressing rooms each spring, an existing line’s capacity, cold-shouldered the guarantee of a scheduled tour or venue by indiferent participants, slapped with un- is rarely, if ever, a sure thing. usual or burdensome fees, and collapse at Let’s be real — it’s just a train. Just as you the sound of an unanswered phone or freeze wouldn’t operate a RoadRailer the same way in the face of a technological obstacle. Con- you’d handle a mixed consist or auto rack sider that in 2017, one planned operation train, a steam locomotive and its entourage for No. 765 lived barely a few months before require three consistent requirements: the looming implementation of positive • A place to service (fuel, water) train control, now set for Dec. 31, 2018, • A place to stage the train (in a yard, near shelved it to another year. road access, though not always) Even operations with more than a glim- • A place for boarding and alighting mer of hope may not make it to full term. Nickel Plate Road No. 765 pulls a passengers Take for instance these three events that passenger train south toward St. Louis, No singular streamlined or guaranteed brought potential mainline steam opera- Mo., at Harvel, Ill., in 2012. John Troxler method exists to launching an excursion, tions to a halt in the last decade: but the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Soci- • In 2006, a legal dispute with no rela- disrupt the whole picture. ety’s approach comes close. A complete me- tionship to the proposed operation of a • In 2014, months of planning, negotia- chanical package and introductory video are steam locomotive in eastern Ohio ended an tions, and efort stalled hours before press delivered with a letter summarizing the op- otherwise fruitful weekend of photo charters releases were sent when a railroad would erational plan and an invitation for a meet- and passenger trips only days before ticket not permit the locomotive to cross just a ing or phone call. From there, the conversa- sales were advertised. What would have few hundred feet of a shared interchange. tion either begins or for whatever reason been No. 765’s irst public appearance ater Indeed, for every trip that thrives, a half never gets beyond the postage stamp. its restoration was dealt a crushing blow. dozen are let on the back burner, and many he cooperation between Norfolk • In 2007 and 2008, a bridge replace- others you’ll never hear about. Southern and Fort Wayne in 2012 that saw ment program endured long enough to Once trips do receive initial approval, No. 765 operate dozens of employee appre- stay an otherwise straightforward series of the complications for operators are count- ciation specials, and included several mem- 765 operations on a friendly host railroad. less. A few of the most critical rise to the orable private and public trips over All it takes is one missing puzzle piece to surface immediately: • Is there a place to turn the train, turn the locomotive, and service either? • If you can’t turn, does the trip support a push-pull operation? • Is there an appropriate layover or destination? • Do the bridges, tunnels, and curves permit operation of the locomotive? • Can you locate and lease enough adequate passenger cars? Let’s break down these obstacles, starting with what goes behind the tender. PASSENGER CARS While the traveling roadshow needs a good venue, it also needs to bring along its own seats. hough the general public will certainly never see it, the logistics of pulling together passenger cars into a cohesive trainset can be the most onerous compo- nent. If you thought operating a steam locomotive was challenging, try collecting A 765 excursion on Horseshoe Curve, Memorial Day Weekend 2013: The view from the private varnish for a weekend. dome is magniﬁcent. The challenge of getting private passenger cars for paying customers Passenger cars must be evaluated, in- has never been more difﬁcult. Origin points can be across the continent. Brad Morocco spected, and approved for service, but anyone with even a leeting exposure to vin- coaches, domes, and lounge cars. last-minute arrangements can mean an ex- tage passenger cars will know that even the For a lesson on origin points, look to tra $20,000 more in net ticket sales. most reined among them can generate Norfolk & Western No. 611’s excursions in troublesome ailments in the course of a 2017, with cars coming from California, FERRY MOVES season (or even a day!). hese quirky per- Minnesota, and across the East Coast. Of course, if a locomotive can’t reach a sonalities make car mechanics the unsung Without enough cars, especially feature venue, due in part to logistics or policies, heroes (and less oten, the villains) of trips cars that add value to the ticket price, even the most promising of operational op- where air conditioning or plumbing there’s no reason to put coal on the grates. portunities and abundance of passenger become quarrelsome. Operators like Milwaukee Road No. 261 cars will cause the trips to fade into that With multiple car owners, unique car are smart for developing their own self- good night. needs and lease agreements, requirements, contained trainset, while Nos. 765 and 611 Case in point: In 2016, no fewer than riders and locations, an operator will play oten share an amalgamation of the same four railroads were involved in helping pied piper for several months hiring out consist, an efort that streamlines the as- No. 765 reach its excursion venues north sembly of cars before other bookings scat- of Chicago ater the preliminary route was ter them. he balance sheets for these trips deemed ineligible due to bridge clearance Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 operates rest on these wheels irst. he loss of just issues, and another route was simply out on Twin Cities & Western at Hamburg, one or two cars can make the diference of the question. Minn., in October 2016. The engine’s between a proitable trip and a zero-sum Even something as seemingly straight- supporters smartly created their own game. Day rates for most cars are fair, but forward as a ferry move — moving a lone passenger trainset. Steve Glischinski the deadhead moves for individual cars can engine and a car or two — can mean make them a risky addition. threading 400 tons through a needle. Set- In recent memory, an ting up a deadhead move entire train consist was (or two, or three ...) is al- spirited 500 miles in mere OPERATORS LIKE most a full-time job itself. hours in order to meet its 261 ARE SMART Again in 2016, when a next booking a day or two regular route to a more later. Every once in a while FOR DEVELOPING familiar venue for No. 765 in this business you can was unavailable, an inven- witness a little, honest-to- THEIR OWN SELF- tive solution was borne out goodness railroading CONTAINED TRAIN- of a few emails and phone where railroad men and calls, and a few hundred women overcome the odds SET THROUGH THE feet of trackage rights were not only for customers, but called upon. also for the greater good. YEARS, WHILE While the trackage Aided by diligent oper- rights to a regional railroad ating departments, addi- THE 765 AND 611 were perfectly legal, with tional cars have been OFTEN SHARE AN no limitations on motive known to materialize at power, No. 765’s manage- the last minute as trains AMALGAMATION ment wanted to make sure sell out or previous book- OF THE SAME there were no 11th hour ings are cancelled and CONSIST. surprises that resulted in www.TrainsMag.com 41 delays or worse, cancellations — the linger- balloon tracks can be prohibitive. PROGRAMMING ing poltergeist for any excursion operators. Operating in push-pull may alleviate OK, so you’ve got your train, your rail- he Fort Wayne Railroad Historical the problem, but you’re then faced with road, your locomotive, your crew. Is the Society and its customers had to sufer whether or not you’re willing or able to run hard work over yet? Hardly. he paying cus- such an indignity in 2016 for a planned trip the steam engine in reverse to no paying tomers are now set to arrive and along with on Amtrak from Chicago to Galesburg. passenger’s beneit. In a push-pull situation, them, their own individual wants and de- Months of preparation and negotiations the additional crew, expense, and motive sires. While some passengers may be willing drastically shortened the lead time for tick- power lessens the proit margins even to ride trains at all hours of the day, inding et sales, and there wasn’t enough time for more. In a partnership with Amtrak, the the sweet spot in your oferings is key to sales to make the trip proitable. he next costs are likely to increase 20 percent to 30 success, too. Before one has recovered from time someone wonders why it takes so long percent, which leaves little room for error juggling deadheads and passenger cars, the to announce a single trip (let alone a sea- in planning and marketing, and even less trip operator must also consider: son), feel free to share this article. room for revenue. • What can the market bear? One day, everything will seem right and And speaking of margins, let’s not forget • How long of a trip can you aford? you’re moments away from selling tickets. insurance coverage. Coverage is rolled out • Is there a layover or destination? he very next day, it’s all gone and with it contingent with the number of operating • Can people see, hear, or photograph the goes weeks and months of planning from days and ideally amortized over those same locomotive? what typically amounts to a pool of volun- trips — which is great if you know how of- • What about runbys or open vestibules? teers. he funerals for these cancelled ten you’ll run when you renew your cover- hat last question alone is worth explor- events are quietly attended by a handful of age at the start of the year. If your schedule ing. Stops for photos are fast approaching people huddled into meetings or confer- looks bright and shiny in January, but unicorn status, but they make the diference ence calls. Another year, another time. shrinks by July, you could be on the hook for many potential customers. Indeed, any What might have been. for trips you never ran. It takes a chunk of opportunity to give passengers something change to justify a multi-million dollar to see, hear, touch, smell, and photograph LOGISTICS policy, which makes every mile and every only adds value to the experience — and While being unable to turn the train or ticket count. And a gentle reminder: All makes a compelling argument for using locomotive won’t always kill trips, the dis- this efort, time, and investment come be- steam in the irst place. tance between available wyes, turntables, or fore a single ticket is sold. Survey results from more than 1,000

42 Trains MAY 2018 The range of expressions on these faces during a 765 excursion at Altoona, Pa., says everything about the magic and joy that a mainline steam locomotive trip brings. Making it happen is the result of thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes work. Brad Morocco

PARTNERS held opinions or concerns (“Won’t it be too Despite the size of the production, hot up there? “Does this thing have a ra- lineage of equipment, or nostalgia, the dio?”) oten melt away into something success of each excursion really boils down summed up in a single word: “wow.” hey to interpersonal relationships between come to understand that railroads ran with railroader and operator. these engines, both large and small, every One of the second deadliest killers of day for better than 130 years. excursions is ignorance. As long-time It helps when we ofer them a few miles steam locomotive operators going back al- in the right-hand seat. Yes, these show most 30 years, we’ve heard them all: “Steam horses can pull, too, and that nickel-plated engines damage the rail; they’re too heavy throttle and 4,500 horses are the same tools Spectators in Joliet, Ill., take in the sights, for bridges, they’re too slow, they can’t pull, employed to do the job you would have sounds, and smells of Nickel Plate Road they’re operated by railfans ....” You can al- done 60 years ago. No. 765 at the conclusion of its June 2017 most imagine the second-hand conversa- Each excursion is held up by dozens of Chicago trips. An encore is planned for tions in which these sentiments were deliv- employees along the way, all quietly doing Sept. 15 and 16, 2018. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn ered. hankfully the track records of their job to serve customers — steam loco- Nos. 261, 765, 4449, 611, and others oten motive operators included. supporters of No. 765 showed that oppor- speak for themselves. It is only through experience and team- tunities to see and hear the locomotive Happily, reality is on the operators’ side. work and a degree of charming relentless- were a higher priority than anything else, For instance, the 765’s axle loading is about ness — combined with the hypercritical including ticket price, destination, and lay- as heavy as an SD40, but far lighter than stewardship of host railroads, sponsors, and overs, in that order. your average loaded grain car. Most mod- partners — that any of these eforts succeed Ater all of the logistics are settled, it’s ern infrastructure can handle a 2-8-4 or to bring education, entertainment, and joy not uncommon for these amenities to ind 4-8-4 with ease. heodore Cooper, the man to thousands upon thousands each year. the chopping block for lack of time or con- whose name is synonymous with the quali- When the CEOs, managers, supervi- cerns about liability. Between the 1960s ty of bridges in days gone sors, and engineers see for and early 1990s, the trips themselves may by, need not be concerned. themselves the fruit of have sold well simply because they ofered For many employees, a FUNERALS FOR these labors, it’s a special all-day steam excursions, and you could special move with a steam THESE CANCELLED reminder that the job step of the train with cinders in your hair locomotive can be a wel- holds a little bit of pride — and rolls of exposed ilm, but today’s audi- come break in the monot- EVENTS ARE and magic, too. 2 ences require a little more. And you better ony, though the increased have good air conditioning. attention can also be a QUIETLY ATTENDED KELLY LYNCH is vice Nowadays, the Broadway production cause for concern. We’ve BY A HANDFUL OF president of the Fort Wayne can beneit from ofering a little more VIP found that by the end of a Railroad Historical Society treatment; a green-room meet-and-greet run, experienced road PEOPLE HUDDLED Inc. and is a No. 765 ire- and opportunities to feel like you’re really a foremen and green con- man. He is a creative direc- part of the show — something George M. ductors alike will stand INTO MEETINGS tor, ilmmaker, and consul- Pullman himself and maybe P.T. Barnum, back in awe in the cab of OR CONFERENCE tant. He advises railway also — could be proud of. No. 765. heir previously CALLS. preservation eforts. www.TrainsMag.com 43 Tourist lines running on freight railroads face unique challenges

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44 Trains MAY 2018 ourist and excursion railroads oper- up by the freight carrier. hey also must An empty ballast train passes Soo Line ate in a variety of environments. cultivate an atmosphere of cooperation, and FP7 No. 2500A and BN SD9 No. 6234 at TMost own and operate their own act as a partner with the host railroad. Osceola, Wis., on May 2, 2016. trackage. Others run on property Above all, they must focus on safety, as rail- owned by states, counties, and municipali- roads have put renewed emphasis on that start when the Cumberland Division of the ties. here is another, smaller group of tour- issue over the past several decades. National Model Railroad Association char- ist lines that operate in an entirely diferent tered the Broadway Dinner Train, which atmosphere: they run over tracks owned Tennessee Central operated over N&E tracks out of Nashville, and/or operated by Class I, regional, or While few in number, several tourist Tenn. he group began chartering the train shortline railroads. lines have been operating over freight rail- to do daytime Saturday excursions since the For these lines a diferent set of guide- roads for decades. Now in its 28th year, the equipment was not used during the day. lines apply: in addition to the rules and reg- Tennessee Central Railway Museum’s excur- When the group announced charters using ulations set up by the tourist or heritage sion operation over short line Nashville & public service announcements in Nashville, railroad, they must know the procedures set Eastern is one example. he museum got its the tickets “went like wildire,” Tennessee

www.TrainsMag.com 45 A Missouri & Northern Arkansas crewman throws a switch to allow a Branson Scenic Railway train depart Branson, Mo.

passenger service for them for things like anniversaries, the board of directors — just all kinds of diferent railroad activities in addition to our excursion trains. It’s a win- win situation for us and the railroad.” he partnership even extends to dispatching. On Saturdays, there normally would not be a dispatcher on duty at the Nashville & Eastern oices in Lebanon, so a museum volunteer trained as a dispatcher comes on duty and dispatches the excursion trains. Since the irst 32 miles of railroad is CTC-controlled for commuter trains, a dispatcher is required to be on duty to handle Tennessee Central Railway Museum E8 No. 6902 climbs the 3-percent grade of Silver the trains. Museum personnel have even Point Hill on an excursion from Nashville to Baxter, Tenn., on Oct. 29, 2016. stepped up and helped the railroad when it needed extra dispatching help. here is an Central President Terry Bebout says. “So we was very favorable toward the Broadway additional class to train and qualify dis- began running Saturday trips.” Dinner Train and the museum and its oper- patchers taught by Nashville & Eastern hey then incorporated the nonproit ations,” Bebout says. he short line typically General Manager Craig Wade. railroad museum as an extension of the doesn’t have any freight operations on Sat- What advice does Bebout have for other modeling club, and began putting aside cash urdays, so the trips provide extra revenue to museums trying to build a relationship with to purchase passenger cars. Amtrak was dis- the railroad, Bebout says. he museum has railroads? “Approach them as a business posing of its Heritage passenger cars, and a contract with the railroad, and sends the partner, not a railfan organization,” he says. the museum was the successful bidder on freight carrier its schedule in advance for “You have to approach the railroad with a several of them. Eventually Tennessee Cen- approval. he Nashville & Eastern Railroad business sense, and safety has got to be your tral acquired 14 streamlined, Budd-built Authority owns the tracks. No. 1 priority. You have to be cognizant that stainless steel cars for its excursions, includ- Museum members actually operate the today railroaders want to be extra safe. ing baggage cars (used as power and com- trains on the freight railroad. Crews are all When you are carrying passengers, you’ve missary cars), coaches, and dining cars. All trained on Nashville & Eastern safety and got to make sure you are doing everything are maintained at the museum’s facility just operating rules and its timetable. he muse- to ensure safe operations. You have to have east of downtown Nashville. um holds an annual rules class for operat- well-maintained equipment and well- Initially the group would couple its cars ing personnel, and car hosts also go trained people. We have a safety meeting to the Broadway Dinner Train (dinner train through safety training. Bebout does double every single Saturday morning of anyone service ended in 1999). he trips were so duty — he’s not only president of the muse- that’s going to be on the train from the popular that the museum began running its um but also general manager of the Music museum and helping out.” own “theme-based” trips, such as for Easter, City Star commuter train service, which While the museum’s relationship with wine tastings, and fall festivals. Today it also operates over Nashville & Eastern. As Nashville & Eastern is not widely known runs 25 to 26 Saturdays per year from an employee, he is able to teach rules classes today, it is likely to draw national attention Nashville to cities such as Lebanon, Water- for the museum and the commuter service. if eforts to restore Nashville, Chattanooga town, Cookeville, and Monterey, Tenn. “It really is a partnership with the Nash- & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 are successful. “he Nashville & Eastern management ville & Eastern,” says Bebout. “We provide he Nashville Steam Preservation Society is

46 Trains MAY 2018 Exercising trackage rights over CN’s Dresser Subdivision, an MTM photo charter crosses the Cedar Bend Drawbridge over the St. Croix River west of Osceola, Wis., on May 8, 2017.

by the society to move to Osceola. Wiscon- image for the railroad and the museum.” Minnesota Osceola & St. Croix Transportation Valley Railway sin Central President Edward Burkhardt he day before an operation, Minnesota Museum gave his blessing, and the museum de- Transportation Museum’s trainmaster, Erik Tennessee Central Branson Railway Museum camped to Osceola in 1992. Under the ar- Brom, will put together the plan for the Scenic rangement with WC, the museum has next day: what locomotives will be used, Railway trackage rights to operate over the line, an how many cars trains will have, where arrangement that has continued with CN. trains are headed and what times they will Minnesota Transportation Museum’s go there, on-duty time for the crew, and Superintendent of Railroad Operations other details. He then faxes it to the CN dis- Nick Modders says the transition to CN in patcher at Homewood, Ill. When the crew a separate entity from the museum working 2001 was a “seamless operation.” CN oi- arrives at the Osceola depot the next day, to get the “Dixie” Class 4-8-4 back in opera- cials came to Osceola to look over the oper- paperwork from CN has already arrived. tion. Bebout says the museum is planning ation, were pleased with what they saw, and hey then call the rail traic controller in to work with the society and hopes No. 576 the museum has continued operations ever Homewood, conirm their bulletins, orders, can someday pull some of its excursion since. It is now marking its 25th year in and notices, and obtain track authority. trains, to which N&E has already agreed. Osceola, and has nearly 50 volunteers who he museum also has working relation- participate in the operation. ships with Canadian Paciic and BNSF Osceola & St. Croix Valley he Minnesota museum has 5-year Railway, who work in partnership with the Nashville & Eastern is a cooperative terms on its trackage-rights agreement, museum to move its equipment each shortline partner with the Tennessee Cen- which was recently renewed. he museum spring and fall between the Jackson Street tral Railway Museum, but what about a has programs to train its engineers and Roundhouse in St. Paul and Osceola. BNSF Class I railroad? he Minnesota Transporta- conductors to meet all the federal and CN even donated two operating locomotives to tion Museum has been working with Cana- requirements, and has regular rules exams the museum, SDP40 No. 325 and SD9 dian National since it purchased Wisconsin crews must pass to operate the trains. he No. 6234. Minnesota Transportation Muse- Central Ltd. in 2001, operating excursion Federal Railroad Administration routinely um crews work closely with CP operating passenger trains over CN’s 25-mile Dresser inspects the operation as well. personnel when Canadian Paciic operates Subdivision. he museum’s Osceola & “I think why we have been successful is unit ballast trains to the Dresser Trap Rock St. Croix Valley Railway is based out of the we’ve been attentive to detail as far as the Quarry in Dresser to make timely meets so Soo Line depot in Osceola, Wis., and runs training programs are concerned,” Mod- the rock trains aren’t delayed. trains to Marine, Minn., and Dresser, Wis. ders says. “Our training programs are As with every railroad, safety has been In the 1990s, the Osceola Historical So- good quality, we’ve had FRA people who paramount to the museum. “We have a lot ciety hoped to restore its former Soo Line have sat through our programs and have of people that come from disciplined indus- passenger depot and wanted a rail compo- ofered no exceptions to what we are tries and that discipline has carried over to nent. Minnesota Transportation Museum doing. he major carriers want to be good our operation. We know what the standards was in a dispute with neighbors over its op- neighbors in the areas they operate in, and are and we meet them,” Modders says, “and eration in Stillwater, Minn., and was invited we think we have put forth a positive we do so willingly.”

www.TrainsMag.com 47 Branson Scenic operate tourist trains out of Branson. railroad has a handbook that emphasizes Missouri’s Branson Scenic Railway is go- According to Branson Scenic Railway safety and rules, and crew members take a ing into its 25th season of operation, based President Alan Kamp and Vice President test on the materials before the start of ev- out of the tourism hot spot of Branson. he and Secretary Treasurer Tom Johnson, their ery season — even those that are long-time tourist railroad operates over a portion of proposal’s primary focus was on safety, the employees. Each person on board is respon- the former Missouri Paciic/Union Paciic equipment they had available, and experi- sible for a particular car, and there is a job line from Kansas City, Mo., to Newport, ence. Kamp’s group was selected and began brieing before each train departs. Ark., operated by regional railroad Missouri operation that year. “Others probably didn’t In addition to tourist trains, the rail- & Northern Arkansas Railroad. Now understand that safety was the most road annually operates “Polar Express” owned by Genesee & Wyoming, the freight important point,” Kamp says. trips that have been a huge success. In carrier began operation in December 1992. Branson Scenic has a multi-year con- 2016, the railroad carried more than Branson Scenic trains operate out of the tract with Missouri & Northern Arkansas, 103,000 passengers, including 28,000 who restored 1906 depot across from Branson which provides two “transportation special- rode the “Polar Express” trains. he rail- Landing in downtown Branson. Most ists” who operate the trains. Branson Scenic road operates from March to December. trains operate south into Arkansas but handles inspecting and maintaining the Kamp says the relationship with Mis- occasionally north to the James River cars and locomotives, with some third- souri & Northern Arkansas has been good, Valley at Galena, Mo., depending on party assistance for locomotives. According even as its ownership changed from Railtex freight traic and track work. to Branson Scenic Vice President and Gen- to RailAmerica to Genesee & Wyoming. In 1993, Missouri & Northern Arkansas eral Manager Illa Kamp, on-board person- “he Missouri & Northern Arkansas likes us invited parties to submit proposals to nel go through periodic safety sessions. he and likes our revenue,” she says. “We aren’t

Now in its 25th year, a Branson Scenic Railway excursion crosses the Missouri & Northern Arkansas’ White River bridge at Branson, Mo., on Aug. 14, 2013. their biggest customer but we aren’t their littlest either. We’re probably their most consistent customer.” “We’ve had really good rapport with management over time,” Alan Kamp says. “hey know safety is our No. 1 concern. We keep the equipment in good shape. If they need to borrow something such as for a shippers special, we loan them cars.” Illa Kamp is the main contact person for communicating with the railroad. “Missouri & Northern Arkansas has recognized us as a good customer, we’ve been treated very well, and been treated as a customer,” she says. “It has been a two- way street and seems to have blended nicely over the years.” For tourist and heritage lines operating on major railroads, safety, training, and co- Nashville & Eastern B40-8W No. 573 runs around a Tennessee Central Railway Museum operation are the keys to success. 2 excursion at Baxter, Tenn., in October 2016. The museum provides its own crews. Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 leads a freight train with 2-8-0 No. 93 tied in as a helper engine up the Hiline Branch during a winter photo charter in February 2015. Brakeman Karl Dodge and conductor Bill Hohlt look on from the rear platform of caboose No. 3.

Nevada Northern thrives on mentoring young railroaders eager to work on arid railroad delight Story and photos by Robert W. Scott Nevada Northern crews work in February 2016 to Sizzling sounds you hear early in the morning at Reaching young people recreate historic Nevada Northern’s Ely, Nev., shops may be sotly boil- hough she was irst a mechanic and a member of scenes using a mix ing water inside a historic steam locomotive, or the the operating crew, Stevens says her responsibilities are of young and older equally satisfying splatter of bacon frying on a shovel less in the operation and maintenance of the trains, railroaders for a jammed in a irebox. and more into the management of volunteers and the photo charter “Don’t burn the big one, burn the little one,” says training of new personnel, as well as maintaining fed- audience. 30-year-old Trainmaster Angela Stevens, urging shop eral reporting requirements for the railroad. She still mechanic Kevin Owens, 23, about which shovel to misses the hands-on approach to maintenance, howev- use for the bacon. It isn’t long before bacon, lightly er. On a few occasions, she was just the right stature to coated in soot, sizzles, and the other railroaders in the assist in the repairs of an engine. When a water valve cab of 1910 Baldwin-built 4-6-0 No. 40 talk about inside a tender needed to be changed out, she was the other food they’ve eaten in the cab: creamed spinach, only one that could it inside the cramped space. Reno Ely steak, and potato chips of the cab loor. “I was able to it inside just ine, but I couldn’t get The impromptu breakfast ritual is both a show for back out without some help,” she says. NEVADA tourists and a railroading rite kept alive by a growing he management of volunteers is something of a cadre of 30s and younger heritage-rail professionals. new job to Stevens, but she sees the big picture. hey are eager to learn, grow, and share what they can “hey are training us right now, and we need to be about the copper mine railroad’s history and function. ready to pass on skills and knowledge to the next gen- Las Vegas he railroad, by the way, is much as it was when the last eration” she says. “We have volunteers from all over the train ran for the Kennecott Copper Corp. in 1983. West Coast who make the drive to Ely because of what “It’s time and youth,” Mark Bassett, Nevada North- we ofer to them.” ern’s executive director, says about what challenges he skills taught to the young are impressive to say Nevada Northern most. “If you look around there is a the least. Working around century-old equipment lot of gray in the hair of our people. We are continu- means that parts aren’t readily available and at times ally working to not only attract youth but pass on the must be rebuilt or fabricated. knowledge and experience we have to them.” Housing a full machine shop and blacksmith shop,

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Engineer Kurt 1 Dietrich looks back for hand signals from the cab of No. 40 during photo charters in 2015.

Kevin Owens, 2 left, and John Henry McDonnell ready No. 40 for a day of steaming in early May 2016. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney

Conductor Bill 3 Hohlt poses in the rear doorway of caboose No. 3 dressed in period attire complete with bowler hat. 2 3

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Mark Bassett and 1 Bill Hohlt pose for the facilities at Ely have just about anything the Today, he can be found working with fellow em- night shots in front railroad needs to keep its leet running. ployee Kevin Owens in engine service or on the 1907 of the East Ely, Volunteer brakeman Chris Ogilvie makes the coal-ired steam crane. he skills they have and are Nev., depot during 9-hour drive to Ely from his home in Oakland, Calif., learning from the “old heads” are preparing them to a winter photo four or ive times a year. take the railroad into the next generation. his is the charter in 2015. “hey give us a lot of freedom and lexibility to key to success and lessens the worries that Bassett has. work in several diferent aspects of railroad opera- “Without them, in just a few short years, the long- A small selection tions,” Ogilvie says. “We get into the full aspect of the term outlook of this railroad would have been much 2 of the thousands period too. We dress in period clothes so we look the diferent,” he says. of tools, often part of railroaders a century ago.” Outreach to youth is just as important to Bassett original to the his is part of the experience for visitors. he only as the younger workforce at Nevada Northern. For railroad, that staff giveaway would be the modern Motorola radios used the last several years, the railroad has sponsored a use daily. for communications. youth scholarship program aimed at young photogra- TRAINS: Steve Sweeney Retiree and Conductor Bill Hohlt’s outit depends on phers. he program selects award winners from ap- his role that day. If assigned to a passenger train, he plicants who submit an essay and a sample of their The builder’s adorns the full conductor outit including a smart red photography work. 3 plate for Alco tie. If assigned to a freight train, the dress code is a shirt he winners are invited to attend one of the rail- RS-2 No. 105, which and tie under overalls topped of with a bowler hat. No road’s annual winter steam photo charters at no cost. replaced steam on matter what the attire, he always has with him a railroad hey are also provided a travel allotment to get to Ely. the railroad. pocket watch that one of his grandfathers used on the One of 2016’s winners was 21-year-old David TRAINS: Steve Sweeney Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway in the early 1900s. Carballido-Jeans from Flagstaf, Ariz. Ater attending On-the-job training isn’t the only way that some the photo charter he has a new appreciation for steam John Henry have prepared themselves for these jobs. John Henry railroad preservation. 4 McDonnell McDonnell, 25, of Miami, worked irst as intern “It was amazing the access we had to the railroad hostling No. 40. apprentice for the railroad before continuing his and the railroaders,” Carballido-Jeans says. “Even if college education for a machining degree. you aren’t into railroads, it’s a special thing to be a

54 Trains MAY 2018 No. 93 leads a wreck train, complete with 100- ‘Gifted’ ton steam crane, upgrade west out of Ely in 2015. start

Nevada Northern Railway Trainmaster Angela Stevens.

Angela Stevens began her time with the Nevada Northern working in the gift shop. As she became more familiar with the railroad and its operation, she chose to move into the mechanical side. “I enjoy the mechanical side of railroading — how an engine operates and how to keep it ready to run. These century-old engines are very intricate and need special attention,” she says. Working as a mechanical helper for 2½ years under a master mechanic, she learned the ins and outs of the machines needed to keep the locomotives running. She ﬁrst worked her way into engine service as a hostler, then as a ﬁreman and engineer. The Baldwin-built 4-6-0 passenger engine No. 40 is her favorite. This engine can be “very temperamental but it’s easy once you know what you are doing,” Stevens says. — Robert W. Scott

www.TrainsMag.com 55 Engine No. 40 1 returns to East Ely after a winter photo charter in 2016.

Kevin Owens, 1 John Henry part of. I liked the hospitality that everyone showed week-long teen rail camp. For those less likely to want to McDonnell, and us. his place is a must-do for rail photographers or swing a spike maul, the railroad ofers programs to sleep retiree-volunteer railroad historians.” in a railroad caboose or in the railroad’s bunk house. Don Purinton watch he Nevada Northern has also attracted a younger bacon fry. generation with its academic outreach internship pro- Prepared for history TRAINS: Steve Sweeney gram. Teaming up with West Virginia-based Davis & Standing with your back to the town of Ely, look- Elkins College, students enrolled in the college’s Center ing into the yard complex of the railroad is like star- Engine No. 93 for Railroad Tourism are eligible to participate in a ing back in time. Bassett says the Nevada Northern 2 stomps through multi-week, full-immersion internship with the railroad. tells the story of America: of westward expansion, set- the yard at East But beyond the youth, the railroad has diversiied tlement near the railroad, and the American search Ely bound for the its operations to cater to just about anyone. Among for natural resources. he Nevada Northern was built Ore Line in the regular excursions the railroad ofers are the to ship copper from mine to smelter and from smelt- February 2015. Steptoe Valley Flyer, Sunset and Stars Train, Wild West er to market along connections with the Western Limited, Restoration Rails, Dinner Train, Fire and Ice Paciic and Southern Paciic railroads. An original Fireworks train, and a Rockin and Rolling Geology he railroad’s connection with copper began with 3 Nevada Northern train where geologists act as docents on the train to construction in 1905. As Nevada Northern grew, work car is ready explain the details of the region’s geology and the so did the towns around the railroad, which resulted in for broken rails, railroad’s importance to the mining industry. additional freight and passenger business. Between 1910 derailments, and Other special trains include a haunted ghost train and 1941, the railroad hauled 4.5 million passengers. In track repairs. and the annual Polar Express that ran 37 times during every way imaginable, Ely and the nearby railroad settle- TRAINS: Steve Sweeney the holiday season in 2017. For all of 2017, the rail- ments were typical boom towns of the American West. road counted more than 16,000 passengers during its he importance of the Nevada Northern as a com- Nevada 11-month operation. mercial, diesel-powered, railroad lasted until June 1983. 4 Northern’s he railroad ofers a “Be the Engineer” program for hat’s when the last copper was hauled, and the railroad- emblem and slogan. diesel and steam, a week-long railroad reality camp that ers responsible for this immense history did what they places visitors into the role of a railroader, and a were told: laid down their tools, locked up, and let.

56 Trains MAY 2018 Be the engineer Yes, you can be the engineer. Maybe it’s only for a few hours, or a half day, but at least you can say you donned overalls and pulled on a throttle on a real steam locomotive. One of Nevada Northern’s mainstays of near-daily operation is a focus on the “Be the Engineer” program that allows anyone with average physical abilities, eagerness to learn, and a cursory knowledge of the rule book a chance to operate a steam locomotive — with supervision. As of early 2018, the heritage railroad offers engineer programs on locomotives Nos. 40 and 93, as well as on diesel locomotives. Runs are often light, without equipment, but short freight trains are made up for an extra fee. Be the Engineer guests are he railroad came to life again in the 1990s as the town’s six-story local hotel-casino, Hotel Nevada. not able to haul possibility of a new railroad-served copper ore opera- Given Ely’s location, it takes extra initiative for passenger trains or tion gained momentum. hat hope subsided and a someone to travel to Ely, and the railroad justiies the passengers. tourist-only railroad remained from 2000 on, surviv- efort. Bassett says for those visitors who come, it’s his Fees are $700 and ing as a living history landmark. duty to ensure the historical representation of the $1,600 for light diesel Although the railroad routinely only operates on railroad is as accurate as it can be. and diesel train 30 miles of track, it has a total of 147 miles. here are “It’s history that you can touch. It’s something that experiences, 72 structures, more than 100 pieces of rolling stock, you can get immersed into,” Bassett says during a winter respectively. Steam two operating steam locomotives, and three operating photo charter. He’s leading a small group of photogra- experiences are $960 diesels. On the 56-acre shop and yard complex, the phers through snow to one of Nevada Northern’s origi- for operating a light railroad must also maintain its aging infrastructure. nal, still operating, wooden cabooses for another shot. steam engine and “We are responsible for the upkeep of our own he group was in town as part of the railroad’s an- $2,300 to haul a steam roads, crossings, power lines, and water lines that are nual winter steam spectacular that brings photogra- train — crew included. over a century old,” Bassett says. phers from all over the world to Ely to be a part of a Nevada Northern is hat upkeep is part of why enticing and keeping special photo charter train. set in one of the most young people and new people is so important for the he event is on two weekends each February and historic settings in the railroad. Maintenance needs are compounded by the allows for behind-the-scenes access to the railroad, its country, but other tourist fact that Ely is relatively isolated, 4 hours of highway buildings and equipment. he railroad, under Bas- and heritage railroads driving away from Las Vegas or Salt Lake City, and sett’s direction, sets up trains that operate over difer- offer similar programs. more than 6,000 feet above sea level in the remote ent parts of the line for photo runbys — oten with You can search a more high desert of eastern Nevada. he town lies along the young people featured in this article. complete list of similar U.S. Route 50 which is oten marketed as the “Loneli- For Bassett, who’s been with the Nevada Northern operating programs est Highway in America.” since 1998 as a volunteer working as a brakeman and across the U.S. at Of railroad property, Ely’s boom-town days are conductor, the railroad is something that he holds dear www.TrainsMag.com. best remembered in black-and-white photographs in and close to his heart. “I love that I can share what we — Steve Sweeney seemingly every room and on every loor of the are doing here with everyone else,” he says. 2

www.TrainsMag.com 57 IN MY OWN WORDS Heat, hard labor, and sometimes a rattlesnake

Top left: Workers pose with a pushcart in front of the coaling facility and an ore train at East Ely, Nev. Right: Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 92 hauls ore between Ruth mine and McGill mill and smelter complex. Main: The author worked on track like this at Goshute, between Currie and Cherry Creek. Top left and right: Phillip E. Hewitt collection, Nevada Northern Railway Museum; main: Eldon Lucy collection, NNRM A high school student works summers on a track gang in Nevada

by George G. Tate

58 Trains MAY 2018 During summer vacations, English wasn’t so good. But he was a deadly rattler at their feet. as we inished eating. the Nevada Northern Railway knew track maintenance and When the track was raised Ater the track rehab at did something that would be had no trouble communicating and new ties placed, Dicianno Cherry Creek, the work shited unheard of today. In the 1940s, when he was displeased with would sight down the track and to the high line where the ore it hired older high school boys our performance. His assistant, signal the crew on crowbars to trains traveled between Ruth to do track maintenance on the bus driver, did most of the shit the track let or right until and McGill, Nev. Here the the Ely-to-Cobre, Nev., line. interpreting when necessary. it was straight. Sometimes the tracks were heavier, and we his route was the way Ken- It was tough work. We put steel rails were excessively worn rode the little putt-putt car to necott shipped its blister cop- in a full 8-hour day with a half- and had to be replaced. It was get to the site. here was a seri- per ingots to the reineries hour break for lunch, which we some sight to see these skinny, ous accident on one occasion back east. Except for a few brought in our metal lunch high-school boys doing this when one of our track gang was trucks that served the commu- buckets. We worked to raise the heavy work. But it got done, hurt badly as he dangled his nity, this was also the means track about 16 inches (with the and it was quite a thrill to pick feet in front of the moving car by which most freight reached help of a hydraulic jack placed up our tools and stand aside as and was thrown underneath. It our little town. At Cobre, the at about 20-foot increments), a slow-moving locomotive was dangerous, hard work. I Nevada Northern tied into the then knock out older, deterio- rolled over our newly laid believe my pay was less than a Southern Paciic and Western rating wood ties, slide in new track. As a inal action, a load dollar an hour, which gave me Paciic main lines between the ones, raise them up to the of ballast was dumped onto the enough at the end of the sum- Great Salt Lake to the east and track, and spike them into elevated track, falling down be- mer to buy my irst car, a San Francisco to the west. place. To do this required sup- tween the ties and the whole 1931 Ford Model A. Nevada Northern was a quasi- porting the two ends of the ties thing tamped and dressed with separate company from the while the hand tampers illed in shovels. Today this work is GEORGE G. TATE, now 86 copper company, but operated the space under the ties and done by a huge machine in one years old, retired, and living with a special agreement that tamped it solid so as to stay in operation many times faster in St. George, Utah, practiced tied them together. place until all the ties between and undoubtedly much better. architecture in southern Most of the irst summer I successive movements were in- Working on the track gang Nevada for 50-plus years. worked with my friends, Dick stalled in a similar manner. meant getting up early, pulling A dedicated railfan for more Brunson, Royce Seely, and More than once during this on one’s stif, dusty shoes and than 60 years, he spent about 25 others “rehabbing” the operation, we disturbed a live work clothes, and heading out much of that time sitting and tracks near Cherry Creek, rattlesnake as it lay next to a tie to catch the bus. At the end of waiting for freight trains in north of McGill. We rode in a or under the warm steel rail. the shit, we got of the bus, all western states. rickety Lewis Bros. bus driven Working closely to the hydrau- walked to our homes, headed by a track-gang supervisor, who lic jack, it was impossible to for the bathtub (oten falling also acted as assistant to the hear the snake rattling, so it asleep in the tub as the water straw boss, a middle-aged Ital- was quite a surprise to the tam- cooled), then sat down for sup- ian immigrant named Dician- pers to suddenly realize there per, and straight to bed as soon no. Track work was what he had done all of his life in Ne- vada. He was wrinkled, brown, and normally quiet since his PRESERVATION BY JIM WRINN Ten-Wheeler makes progress Cumbres & Toltec Scenic aims to debut Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 in 2019

Rebuilt tender and reinforced frame await the rest of the locomotive, due back in steam for the 2019 season.

suppliers when signiicant cost today, so seeing such support is savings beckons.” very encouraging,” says Jerry he railroad’s own shop forc- Dziedzic, co-chair of the fund- es drove 2,500 rivets to assemble raising team. “Solid mechanical the tank. he tank joined its progress gives donors coni- frame in mid-November. Addi- dence that their contributions tional plumbing and other at- will make a project succeed. tachments were installed. Leak- his is especially important at tested, painted, and lettered, the this late stage, when it’s a tank is almost ready for service. challenge for any campaign to Work then turned to the en- maintain momentum.” gine’s running gear. It proved to Pappas adds, “hanks to the Stripped down in the Antonito, Colo., shop, No. 168 is shorn of be in good condition as prelimi- enthusiasm, professionalism, rods and pistons and ready for work. Two photos, C&TS: Carlos Llamas nary inspections indicated. he and commitment of our em- cylinders were found scored and ployees and volunteers, the The Cumbres & Toltec mid-June 2017, disassembling slightly out of round. Antonito Engine 168 work continues Scenic Railroad, long known the frame and tank. Signiicant mechanics trued them up with under budget and on time.” for its operating leet of 1920s reinforcement of the frame took an original D&RGW boring bar he Cumbres & Toltec K-36 2-8-2 Mikado-type place, strengthening it sui- from the railroad’s Alamosa, Scenic Railroad is a National engines on the point of tourist ciently to resume regular ser- Colo., shops. A new, old-growth Historic Landmark, which op- trains in the San Juan Moun- vice. Trucks and bolsters were white oak pilot beam has been erates 64 miles of original Den- tains straddling the Colorado- rebuilt. he brake system’s triple milled, itted, and installed. ver & Rio Grande line between New Mexico border, is making valve and brake cylinder were he Friends took on the Antonito, Colo. and Chama, progress on a grandfather of ex- reconditioned. A new auxiliary construction of a new cab. his N.M. Engine 168 Project is isting Rio Grande narrow gauge reservoir was fabricated, brake all-volunteer efort started with part of the railroad’s plan to steam locomotives, an 1883 rigging and plumbing renewed, computer drawings made from recreate a complete, authentic 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler, No. 168. and the brake system tested. he extensive, careful measure- early 20th-century passenger he preservation railroad has shop installed a new deck of ments of the original. Carpen- train with No. 168 and ive completed tender restoration, southern yellow pine, as ters have completed the cab’s original D&RG passenger cars. launched into the running gear, Baldwin originally speciied. major sub-assemblies. It will he last Rio Grande passenger and its support organization, the A contractor formed sheets soon be ready for inal erection train, the San Juan, ceased op- Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec for a new tank and delivered and hardware installation. erations in the 1950s, and the Scenic, is building a new cab. them in mid-November. Stathi Fundraising has also shown C&TS through the years has he Engine 168 Project aims to Pappas, C&TS assistant general good results. Several generous used converted boxcars or return the Denver & Rio manager and project manager, year-end donations brought the replica coaches. Grande T-12 class 4-6-0, built explains, “We want to do as Engine 168 Project fund near Contributions can be made by Baldwin Locomotive Works much work of our own as pos- $400,000 or 80 percent of the via the Donate to 168 tab at in 1883, to service in 2019. sible for good control of quality $501,000 campaign goal. “Many www.cumbrestoltec.com or Antonito, Colo., shop forces and timeliness. However, we’ll worthwhile rail restoration proj- you can call Tracy Gallegos at began work on the tender in contract work to reputable ects are competing for funding 575-219-3306.

60 Trains MAY 2018 Superintendent sees big changes at Steamtown National Park Service chief of the Scranton, Pa., museum calls for four operating steam locomotives

Debbie Conway, a 31-year National Park trails success. We could create a train-trail caboose hops for much of the season. Is Service veteran, became Steamtown Nation- activity by equipping a baggage car to han- this now behind us? al Historic Site superintendent in 2014. Be- dle kayaks and bikes. I see possibilities to fore that she worked with Cuyahoga Valley partner with local communities in theme Let’s face it: Running our trains on Scenic Railroad in the national park in Ohio. events: wine trains, chocolate trains, and Aheavily used freight lines creates chal- She and her husband, a Lionel collector, harvest trains. A lot of folks in Scranton lenges for us all. I’d like to see a multi-year enjoy rail travel as part of their vacations. view Steamtown as a great asset. It’s going contract that balances the priorities of the Jerry Dziedzic interviewed her for Trains. to take hard work and a long time, but we Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad can make Steamtown the place people love Authority and its contract operator, the What’s your vision for Steamtown to love. Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad, with the QNational Historic Site? needs of Steamtown’s mission. Despite the You stuck your neck out for funding demands of our relationship, the railroad Steamtown must never again be with- Qfor No. 3713, the Lima-built Boston & authority and the DL support the park in Aout steam. We need four engines in Maine 4-6-2 steam locomotive. Why? many ways. hey’re helping a National His- steam: One for the yard shuttle, another for toric Site succeed in preserving a railroad mainline excursions, and a third as a relief Could there be a better heritage as deeply rooted in this engine. he fourth will allow for rotation Achoice for a National greater Scranton community as through periodic maintenance such as Historic Site than a locomotive its hard coal-mining history. [major] inspections without interfering with named e Constitution? he day-to-day operations. Competition for condition of the engine, the How does Steamtown funding makes this ambitious, but the park’s total cost of restoration, and its Qattract so many National mission demands nothing less. suitability for mainline service Park Service volunteers? make it our best candidate even A preservation advocate quipped though it’s been apart for 20 Volunteers tell me they’ve Q“Steamtown is the place people love years and the project has seen Adreamed about being a to hate.” How would you reply to this? some false starts. We have an conductor or an engineer since efective fundraising partner in they were kids. Others enjoy Absence of steam, lack of equipment, the Lackawanna & Wyoming working in our shop with its Aand trip cancellations piled up a public- Valley Chapter of the National Debbie Conway wheel lathes, drop pits, hoists, relations disaster. Building trust requires de- Railway Historical Society. All this and other heavy machinery. See- livering consistent results. Commissioning made a solid case and the National Park ing how visitors respond, especially young- No. 26, our Baldwin Locomotive Works Service appropriated more than $650,000. sters, is a reward all its own. Recently, a 0-6-0, brought visitors back in 2016. We We need to do what we say we will do to starry-eyed 3-year-old and his family visit- eliminated entrance fees late in 2017, with continue to attract funding. ed the park. He dressed for the part, from the expectation of increasing visitor num- engineer’s cap to railroad overalls. He’s why bers. I see opportunities in the Lackawanna Last year, contract negotiations con- so many volunteer, to pass the torch to the River Heritage Trail, a neighboring rails-to- Qﬁned Steamtown operations to short next generation.

>> Pennsy pride returns to tourist line >> PRESERVATION BRIEF D&S 2-8-2 No. 476 steams again

Durango & Silverton has returned one of its classic K28 2-8-2s, No. 476, to steam after 19 years of inactivity and an extensive multi-year rebuild. Built Delaware Lackawaxen & Stourbridge debuted this former Canadian Paciﬁc FP7 in in 1923 by the American Locomotive Pennsylvania Railroad Brunswick green with stripes as No. 9880. The locomotive Co., No. 476 served the Denver & Rio joined rare BL2 No. 54 on a Feb. 19, 2018, jaunt at Glen Eyre, Pa. Richard Jahn Grande Western Railroad. D&S

www.TrainsMag.com 61 HOT SPOTS BY ZACH PUMPHERY Foothills and flatland he Ozarks meet the Mississippi Valley in this Missouri town

The southbound Texas Eagle pauses at the former St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern station in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Three photos, Zach Pumphery

LOCATION: Poplar Bluff, Mo., sits bidirectionally to and from Illinois. South of run their power around at Poplar Bluff and head about halfway between St. Louis and Dexter, most trains operate southward using a toward Dexter. Several public parking lots west of Little Rock, Ark. Established in the mid-19th former Cotton Belt line to Texas and Louisiana. the depot make a convenient place to pass the century, the “Gateway to the Ozarks” is Most traffic through Poplar Bluff moves time. BNSF Railway occasionally exercises its bounded to the west by the Ozark Mountain northbound. Together the lines see around 25 trackage rights on this corridor, especially when Foothills and to the east by a wide plain called trains in a 24-hour period. These two routes their own parallel lines experience disruptions. the Mississippi Embayment. After the Civil War, meet downtown at a control point called 4th The sizable yard is home to three six-day-a- the city became a transportation hub, boasting Street, next to the restored 1910 Iron Mountain week locals. The LSI55 departs east in the three carriers by 1915: St. Louis, Iron Mountain depot. This sizable structure was once a morning and works industries in the Scott City & Southern; Southern Missouri & Arkansas; and Missouri Pacific division headquarters and now area and around the Dexter vicinity before Butler County Railroad. serves as the community’s Amtrak station, returning. The LSV52 operates north in the Today, the hills form part of the Mark Twain hosting patrons on the nightly Texas Eagle trains evening up on the De Soto Sub. This power National Forest and the plain is now largely Nos. 21 and 22. often appears during the day on the LSV03 farmland. The Butler County Railroad was mostly Most trains swing around the curve on the local to switch the yard and a few industries torn up in the 1940s. SM&A became a part of Hoxie Sub by the depot toward the Black River around town. the Frisco — abandoned in 1965, although the bridge and sprint east across the plain. A variety Some through trains stop to work the yard, 1928 depot still stands and today houses the of traffic can be seen, including several hot making setouts and pickups en route. A short Mo-Ark Regional Railroad Museum. The Iron intermodal trains, automotive traffic, manifest, Mountain was merged into the Missouri Pacific in grain, nonrevenue ballast, aggregate, oil, and Poplar Bluff, Mo. To St. Louis 1917, now part of the Union Pacific. ethanol trains. Many trains on this corridor Pine Street originate or terminate via connection with other Railroad museum

POPLAR BLUFF, MO POPLAR BLUFF, TRAIN-WATCHING: Poplar Bluff roads, so foreign power is common. Second Street Black River Coliseum Main Street is a junction for two lines that form the Other northbound trains use the De Soto Sub, Cherry StreetFifth Street Moran Street northern half of UP’s Texas-to-St. Louis corridor. though with lesser frequency. Empty unit trains To St. Louis Amtrak station The Hoxie Subdivision is the primary route, of various commodities will run this way if MISSOURI running from Dexter, 25 miles east, to Little necessary, and most stop in front of the depot to Poplar Bluff Black River Rock with high speed running across change crews. The normal crew change is Ashcroft Street the nearly ﬂat delta. A lesser-traveled line located at Dexter, so these swaps will often be N To Little called the De Soto Subdivision runs from St. indicated by the presence of a crew van. Ballast Street Rock, Ark. Pike Street Broadway Louis to Poplar Bluff. trains commonly use this line to access several UP uses directional operation in this corridor. trap rock quarries, occasionally returning 53 0 Scale 1 mile North and east of Dexter, trains operate southward after being loaded. Some might even © 2018 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS: Rick Johnson

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Second Street offers this view of trains Steam and diesel share the shed at Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Kent Johnson crossing the Black River near the station. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum items located outside the shed and in the section of double-track territory runs through in Duluth, Minn., is relatively small as shops, you’re going to need a connection town. A single daily southbound manifest from museums go. But punch your ticket to — an Internet connection and St. Louis swims against the current, operating enter the exhibits housed within the subscription to MR Video Plus, that is! via Dexter on its way to Little Rock, also working former Duluth Union Depot, and you’ll be That’s just how easy it is to explore Poplar Bluff on its way through. awestruck by the shear volume of the museum’s Two highway overpasses are located at historic equipment backlot with Drew opposite ends of the yard, Fifth Street at the representing a wide Halverson, host of north end that also overlooks the depot, and range of fallen “Drew’s Trackside State Route 53 to the south. They both offer flags from the Adventures” video good views for photography. Pike Street Upper Midwest. series, and his parallels a good portion of the yard and is a Under the shelter motley crew of good place to observe yard operations. of the climate- railfans. Only controlled trainshed, through MRVP’s RADIO FREQUENCIES: Hoxie you’re free to explore MRVideoPlus.com/DTA34 exclusive show, Sub north, 161.550; Hoxie Sub south, electric, steam, and Drew’s Trackside Adventures: 160.875; De Soto Sub and yard, 161.475. diesel locomotives displayed alongside Episode 34 – Iron Range Expedition, can rolling stock, passenger cars, and you join them as they tour the grounds FOR YOUR FAMILY: Hydro maintenance-of-way equipment. But to touch, see, and even hear such a well- Adventures water park can keep the kids that’s only a fraction of the collection on preserved sampling of American railroad entertained and the Black River Coliseum and hand. To see the wide array of additional history. — Kent Johnson Rodgers Theatre offer occasional concerts and other events. Lake Wappapello State Park offers 44,000 acres of public lands and water for hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, SUBSCRIBE TO MODEL RAILROADER VIDEO PLUS! and picnicking. The city hosts the annual Iron Not just for modelers! Embrace the heavy-duty railroad content. With your Horse Festival downtown in the fall. subscription to Model Railroader Video Plus, you’ll have access to exclusive high- definition videos covering a range of railroad-related topics. You’ll enjoy:

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A southbound UP freight enters the yard, as seen from the Fifth Street overpass. Kent Johnson, Producer of Drew’s Trackside Adventures IN THE JUNE ISSUE ASK TRAINS SHORT-HAUL INTERMODAL Overlooked opportunity

Brightline: All aboard for Florida’s private passenger train experiment

50 years ago: Rio Grande’s last narrow gauge freight

Southern Paciﬁc, service, and dinner on the ofﬁce car

Paciﬁc railway paradise

First-person account of Canadian National Railway’s Centennial Train This Union Paciﬁc container train passing the Rochelle (Ill.) Railroad Park is IG3G2 29 — Intermodal from Global 3 (Rochelle) to Global 2 (Chicago), originating on the 29th day of the month. TRAINS: Brian Schmidt Many times when I see train pictures or videos Qonline, the photographer states what train it is ON SALE MAY 8, 2018 and where it’s heading. Where can I ﬁnd such information? — Ken Gould, Florissant, Colo.

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Next to Redwood Valley Railway in Tilden Park, state. www.hodrrm.org With irst-class passage, hors d’oeuvres are served and a full- Berkeley. www.goldengatels.org Huntsville Depot & Museum. 320 Church St., Hunts- service bar is available. www.verdecanyonrr.com Golden State Model Railroad Museum. 900A ville, 35801 Phone: 256-564-8100 March-Dec., Wed.-Sat., Dornan Dr., Point Richmond, 94801 Phone: 510-234-4884 10-4. Last antebellum depot in state. www.earlyworks.com Arkansas We have 3 large layouts in HO-, O-, and N-scales in a North Alabama Railroad Museum. 694 Chase Rd., ARKANSAS & MISSOURI RAILROAD. 306 E. 10,000-sq.-t. building. Trains are running every Sun. from Huntsville, 35815 Phone: 256-851-6276 Daily, 9-4. Staf Emma, Springdale, 72764 Phone: 800-687-8600 Fri. & Sat. April-Dec., 12-5. We’re also open for “viewing only” (no present Wed., Sat., 8-1. 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Angeles and Santa Barbara behind Amtrak trains. Authenti- 3800 W. Neuser Dr., Wasilla, 99687 Phone: 907-376-1211 www.fstm.org cally restored cars, fantastic scenery, great destination, Year-round. Museum with train ride. wonderful people, delicious food. Fare includes breakfast www.museumofalaska.org Frisco Depot Museum. Mammoth Spring State Park, and dinner. Departs 7:50 a.m., returns 7:20 p.m. Please see Hwys. 9 and 63, Mammoth Spring, 72554 Phone: 870-625- Tanana Valley Railroad. 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, website for sailing dates and details. www.LARail.com 7364 Tues.-Sat., 8-5; Sun., 1-5. Closed Mon. Museum in 99708 Phone: 907-459-7421 Train ride select weekends in 1886 depot. www.arkansasstateparks.com/mammothspring Laws Railroad Museum. Silver Canyon Rd., Bishop, summer and fall. Historical museum open daily, Memorial 93514 Phone: 760-873-5950 Daily, 10-4, except hanksgiv- Day-Labor Day. California ing, Christmas, New Year’s Day, & Easter. Museum. White Pass & Yukon Route. 231 2nd Ave., Skagway, www.lawsmuseum.org Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad. 233 Blossom Hill Rd., 99840 Phone: 800-343-7373 May-Sept., daily, 7:30-4:30. Los Gatos, 95032 Phone: 408-395-7433 Spring/fall: Sat. & Lomita Railroad Museum. 2137 W. 250th St., Lomita, Narrow gauge train rides. www.wpyr.com Sun., 10:30-4:30; Summer: daily; Winter: Sat. & Sun., 11-3. 90717 Phone: 310-326-6255 hurs.-Sun., 10-5; closed all Arizona Scale train rides. www.bjwrr.org holidays. Museum with locomotive displays. www.lomita-rr.org Calico & Odessa Railroad. 36600 Ghost Town Rd., Arizona Railway Museum. 330 E. Ryan Rd., Chandler, Yermo, 92398 Phone: 760-254-2117 Daily, 9-5. Train ride in Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum. 85224 Phone: 480-821-1108 Weekends, Labor Day- county park. www.calicotown.com Griith Park, Los Angeles, 90027 Phone: 323-662-8030 Most Memorial Day, 12-4. Static displays. www.azrymuseum.org Sundays, 11-3. Scale train rides and layout. www.lals.org California State Railroad Museum. Gadsden-Paciﬁc Division Toy Train Operating 125 I St., Sacra- mento, 95814 Phone: 916-323-9280 Stand in the shadow of a Napa Valley Wine Train. 1275 McKinstry St., Napa, Museum. 3975 N. Miller Ave., Tucson, 85754 Phone: 150-year-old, 40-ton monument to innovation, engineering, 94559 Phone: 800-427-4124 Year-round. First-class service 520-888-2222 Second & fourth Sun., 12:30-4:30. Closed and history. Take a ride along the rails that played a key role for lunch, dinner, & winery tours. www.winetrain.com July & Aug. Operating & static displays. Free admission. in the development of the Golden State. See the history of National City Depot. www.gpdToyTrainMuseum.com 922 W. 23rd St., National City, the California railways come to life in engaging exhibits. A 91950 Phone: 619-474-4400 hurs.-Sun., 9-5. Original West Grand Canyon Railway. 233 N. Grand Canyon Blvd., visit to the museum is a not-to-be-missed experience for Coast Santa Fe transcontinental railroad depot restored to Williams, 86046 Phone: 800-843-8724 Year-round, daily, persons of all ages. www.californiarailroad.museum 1882 appearance. www.sdera.org/depot.php except Dec. 25. Train ride. Williams departure 9:30, California Trolley & Railroad Corp. 635 Phelan Ave., Nevada County Narrow Gauge Project. returning to Williams 5:45. www.thetrain.com Nevada San Jose, 95112 Phone: 408-293-2276 Sat. & Sun., 11-4. County Fair Grounds, McCourtney Rd., Grass Valley, 95949 Karrels’ Double K Ranch Bed & Breakfast. 3930 Reconstruction & rides. www.ctrc.org www.ncngproject.org N. Smokey Topaz Ln., Tucson, 85749 Phone: 520-749-5345 Clovis Tourist Information and Visitor Center at Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum. Year-round bed & breakfast; G-scale layout & 7½-inch Tarpey Depot. 399 Clovis Ave., Clovis, 93612 Phone: gauge, SP caboose, hand car. 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Boca Raton, 33432 Phone: 561-395-6766 Jan.-April, select Denver & Rio Grande/U.S. National Park Service. www.cteastrrmuseum.org Friday aternoons, RSVP required. www.bocahistory.org U.S. Hwy. 50, Cimarron, 81220 Phone: 970-249-4074 www.nps.gov/blca Connecticut Trolley Museum. 58 North Rd., East Central Florida Railroad Museum. 101 S. Boyd St., Windsor, 06088 Phone: 860-627-6540 Call or write for Winter Garden, 34787 Phone: 407-656-0559 Daily, 1-5. Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. 479 hours. Museum and trolley rides. www.ct-trolley.org Depot museum. www.cfrhs.org Main Ave., Durango, 81301 Phone: 877-872-4607 Year- round. Museum & narrow gauge train rides. Danbury Railway Museum. 120 White St., Danbury, Flagler Museum. 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach, 33480 www.durangotrain.com 06810 Phone: 203-778-8337 Year-round. Museum with train Phone: 561-655-2833 Year-round, Tues.-Sat., 10-5; Sun., ride, April-Nov. www.danburyrailwaymuseum.org 12-5. Railroad tycoon’s mansion. www.laglermuseum.us Forney Museum of Transportation. 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver, 80216 Phone: 303-297-1113 Mon.-Sat., 10-4. ESSEX STEAM TRAIN & RIVERBOAT. 1 Railroad Florida Railroad Museum. 12210 83rd St. E, Parrish, Museum. www.forneymuseum.org Ave., Essex, 06426 Phone: 800-377-3987 May-Oct. Train 34219 Phone: 877-869-0800 Year-round, Sat. & Sun. ride and riverboat connection. Essex Clipper Dinner Train. Museum and train ride. www.frrm.org Fort Collins Municipal Railway. P.O. Box 635, Fort Call for schedules. www.essexsteamtrain.com Collins, 80522 Phone: 970-224-5372 May-Sept., weekends. Gold Coast Railroad Museum. 12450 SW 152 St., [See our ad on page R-5] Trolley rides. www.fortcollinstrolley.org Miami, 33177 Phone: 305-253-0063 Mon.-Fri., 11-3; Sat.- Naugatuck Railroad. 242 E. Main St., homaston, 06787 Sun., 11-4. Museum and train ride. www.gcrm.org Galloping Goose Historical Society. 421 Railroad Phone: 860-283-7245 May-Oct., Tues., Sat., Sun., & holi- Ave., Dolores, 81323 Phone: 970-882-7082 May 15-Oct. 15, Lady Lake Historical Museum. 207 W. Lady Lake days. Train rides and depot museum. www.rmne.org Mon.-Sat., 9-5. Museum with restored Galloping Goose Blvd., Lady Lake, 32159 Phone: 352-259-4359 Tues., hurs., No. 5 and replica RGS depot. Free admission. Shore Line Trolley Museum. 17 River St., East Haven, Sat., 10-1. Historically accurate operating HO layout of www.gallopinggoose5.com 06512 Phone: 203-467-6927 May, Sept., & Oct.: Sat. & Sun. local rail activity in 1940s and 1950s. Free admission. Daily, Memorial Day to Labor Day. Cars operate frequently GEORGETOWN LOOP RAILROAD. 646 Loop Dr., Largo Central Railroad. P.O. Box 823, Largo, 33779- until 4:30. Trolley ride. Special events, May-Dec. 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Hotel RAILROAD. 326 E. 7th St., Leadville, 80461 Phone: 866- Wilmington & Western Railroad. 2201 Newport-Gap get-away packages available to enjoy sunny Southwest 386-3936 May 27-June 16, 1 p.m.; June 17-Aug. 18, 10 a.m. Pike, Wilmington, 19808 Phone: 302-998-1930 April-Dec., Florida with some of the best beaches in the world, plus golf & 2 p.m. Aug. 19-Oct. 8, weekdays, 1 p.m.; Aug. 19-Oct. 8, weekends. Scenic train rides. www.wwrr.com and baseball. semgulf.com [See our ad on page R-5] weekends, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Diesel excursions. www.leadville-train.com [See our ad on page R-3] Limon Heritage Museum & Railroad Park. 899 First St., Limon, 80828 Phone: 719-775-8605 June 1-Aug. 31, Mon.-Sat., 1-8. Local railroad history museum. What’s On Your Bucket List? limonmuseum.com Moffat Railway Car. 360 E. Victory Way, Craig, 81625 Have you ever wanted to operate an 80-ton, Phone: 800-864-4405 Memorial Day-Labor Day, 9-5. Oice coal-burning steam locomotive? On eight car display. www.craig-chamber.com miles of the most scenic railroad track in Museum of Northwest Colorado. 590 Yampa Ave., Connecticut? You can at the Essex Steam Craig, 81625 Phone: 970-824-6360 Mon.-Sat., 9-5. Mofat Road memorabilia. www.museumnwco.org Train & Riverboat. Pikes Peak Cog Railway. 515 Ruxton Ave., Manitou Springs, 80829 Phone: 719-685-5401 Cog railway. www.cograilway.com Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway. 2333 Steel Dr., Colorado Springs, 80907 Phone: 719-475-9508 Year-round, Mon. through Sat. Trolley ride and displays. www.facebook.com/coloradospringstrolleys Visit www.ESSEXSTEAMTRAIN.com Platte Valley Trolley. Children’s Museum Dr. and Water St., Denver, 80211 Phone: 303-458-6255 Trolley ride runs WRITE NO. 16 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD April-Oct., Fri., Sat., & Sun., 12-4. www.denvertrolley.org Pueblo Railway Museum. 301 West “B” St., Suite 100, Pueblo, 81003 Phone: 719-544-1773 Displays at Pueblo Union Depot. Daily, 10-4. www.pueblorailway.org Ridgway Railroad Museum. 150 Racecourse Rd., P.O. Box 588, Ridgway, 81432 Phone: 970-626-5181 May 1-31, 10-3; June 1-Oct. 31, 9-5; other dates by appointment. Free museum. www.ridgwayrailroadmuseum.org Rio Grande Scenic. 601 State Ave., Alamosa, 81101 Phone: 877-726-7245 Train rides in the Rockies. www.coloradotrain.com Royal Gorge Route Railroad. 330 B Royal Gorge Blvd., Cañon City, 81212 Phone: 888-724-5748 Scenic train ride through the Royal Gorge. Dinner trains available on select evenings. www.royalgorgeroute.com Tiny Town Railroad. 6249 S. Turkey Creek Rd., Morrison, 80465 Phone: 303-697-6829 Daily, 10-5, June, July, & Aug. Weekends, May & Sept. Scale steam train ride. www.tinytownrailroad.com

WRITE NO. 15 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-5 Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad GET ABOARD THE PAST TODAY! Orlando & Northwestern Railway. 305 East Ruby St., 2018 Excursion Season - Tavares, 32778 Phone: 352-742-7200 We present the Royal May 3rd thru October 28th Palm Railway Experience with trips on the “Golden Triangle Route” tourist train and seasonal specials. O&NW’s post-war • Regular Excursions – Thursdays, Saturdays & streamlined passenger cars are fully air-conditioned and Sundays have comfortable seating. Vintage diesel locomotives power • Charters & Scout Camps Available the trains, and concessions are available on board. • Special Events: Easter Trains, Day out w/Thomas, www.theloridatrain.com Train Robberies, & Santa Claus Express Railroad Museum of South Florida’s Train Village. RIDE THE RAILS OF HISTORY 7330 Gladiolus Dr., Fort Myers, 33908 Phone: 239-267-1905 www.midlandrailway.org 785-594-6982 #3415 Steam Engine or Diesel www.rrmsf.org Southwest Florida Museum of History. 2301 Jackson Dinner Trains • Charters • Railbus Trips St., Fort Myers, 33901 Phone: 239-321-7430 Tues.-Sat., 10-5. Located in 1887 Rock Island depot ACL depot & history museum with 1929 Pullman railcar. Old Abilene, Abilene, Kansas • 2 mi. south of I-70 www.museumohistory.org Walt Disney World Railroad. P.O. Box 10000, Lake www.asvrr.org • 785-263-1077 Buena Vista, 32830-1000 Phone: 407-824-7828 WRITE NO. 17 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD Home of the “Kansas Belle Dinner Train” disneyworld.disney.go.com • Saturdays & Sundays ALL YEAR! • 5 Course Saturday Dinner Georgia Sign up today for • 3 Course Sunday Dinner Blue Ridge Scenic Railway. 241 Depot St., Blue Ridge, • Optional Murder Mystery, Melodrama or USO Show! 30513 Phone: 877-413-8724 March-Dec. Train ride. FREE E-NEWSLETTERS • Charters & Groups www.brscenic.com www.kansasbelle.com 785-594-8505 Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village. 1392 Whiddon Mill Rd., Titon, 31793 Phone: 800-767-1875 Year-round, Sat., 9-5. Museum and train ride. 1515 HIGH STREET IN BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS www.abac.edu/museum WRITE NO. 18 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD Georgia State Railroad Museum. 655 Louisville Rd., Savannah, 31401 Phone: 912-651-6823 Daily, 9-5, closed hanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year’s. Museum in Central of Georgia shop complex. www.chsgeorgia.org/GSRM Trains You See and Ride in Monticello IL Okefenokee Heritage Center. 1460 N. Augusta Ave., Waycross, 31503 Phone: 912-285-4260 Tues.-Sat., 10-4:30, Operating Every Weekend May-October except major holidays. Museum with locomotive display. Featuring Vintage Diesels or Southern Railway www.okefenokeeheritagecenter.com SAM Shortline. 105 E. 9th Ave., Cordele, 31015 Phone: Steamer No. 401 one weekend each month. 877-427-2457 March-Dec., Mon., Fri., Sat., & two hurs. a month, departs at 9:30. Excursion train. Complete schedules and fares at www.samshortline.com MRYM.org. Exhibit cars, picnic Southeastern Railway Museum. 3595 Buford Hwy., Duluth, 30096 Phone: 770-476-2013 Museum open 10-5, grove, special events each month. hurs.-Sat., Jan.-Feb.; Wed.-Sat., March-May & Aug.-Dec.; Best Western next door. Tues.-Sat., June & July. Train ride schedule varies seasonally. www.southeasternrailwaymuseum.org Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. 2829 Cherokee St., Kennesaw, 30144 Phone: 770- I-72 at Exit No. 166 427-2117 Mon.-hurs., 9:30-5; Sun., 11-6. Closed New Year’s Monticello, IL Day, Easter, hanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas WRITE NO. 19 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD Day. Museum featuring Civil War locomotive, the General. www.southernmuseum.org St. Marys Railroad. 1000 Osborne St., St. Marys, 31558 Phone: 912-200-5235 Ride the St. Marys Express. Visit Whitewater Valley Railroad website for schedule. www.stmarysrailroad.com Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad. Hwy. 78 East, Stone Indiana’s Most Scenic Railroad Mountain, 30086 Phone: 800-401-2407 Sept.-May, 10-5. Memorial Day-Labor Day, 10-8. Diesel train ride. Special Events and Excursions Throughout The Year www.stonemountainpark.com Thronateeska Heritage Center. 100 W. Roosevelt Ave., Albany, 31701 Phone: 229-432-6955 hurs.-Sat., 10-4. Static exhibit, history museum. www.heritagecenter.org Hawaii Hawaiian Railway. 91-1001 Renton Rd., P.O. Box 60369, Ewa Station, Ewa Beach, 96706 Phone: 808-681-5461 Saturday ride, 3 p.m., Sun., 1 & 3. Train rides. 3 p.m. rides are “Ice Cream Rides.” Weekday rides vary, based on charters. www.hawaiianrailway.com Kauai Plantation Railway. 3-2087 Kaumualii Hwy., Lihue, 96766 Phone: 808-245-7245 Narrow gauge train ride. www.kauaiplantationrailway.com Lahaina Kaanapali Railroad. 17 Kaka’alaneo Dr., Home to the Only Operating Lahaina, 96761 Phone: 808-661-0080 Narrow gauge steam 765-825-2054 tourist railroad. www.sugarcanetrain.com LIMA-Hamilton Diesel, 455 Market Street Laupahoehoe Train Museum. 36-2377 Mamalahoa Connersville, IN 46130 Hwy., Laupahoehoe, 96764 Phone: 808-962-6300 EX Cincinnati Union Terminal #25 www.thetrainmuseum.com www.whitewatervalleyrr.org

WRITE NO. 20 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-6 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN Pineapple Express. Dole Plantation, 64-1550 Rochelle Railroad Park. 124 N. 9th St., Rochelle, 61068 Iowa Kamehameha Hwy., Wahiawa, 96786 Phone: 808-621-8408 Phone: 815-562-7031 Park overlooking the junction of www.doleplantation.com two busy main lines. Open 24 hours a day. Git shop, April BOONE & SCENIC VALLEY RAILROAD & 1-Oct. 31, 10-5; Nov. 1-March 31, 11-4. Closed Tues. MUSEUM. 225 10th St., Boone, 50036 Phone: 800-626- Idaho www.rochellerailroadpark.org 0319 Train rides daily, Memorial Day weekend through Oct. 31. Special events throughout the year. James H. Andrew Canyon County Historical Museum. 1200 Front St., Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad. 2954 S. Walnut Railroad Museum open year-round (excluding holidays). Nampa, 83651 Phone: 208-467-7611 Year-round, Tues.-Fri., Rd., Freeport, 61032 Phone: 815-232-2306 Call for schedule. Dinner, dessert, or picnic trains, and basic excursions. 1-5. Nov.-April, Sat., 11-3; May-Oct., Sat., 10-3. Depot Occasional steam train rides. www.thefreeportshow.com Steam, diesel, and electric. www.bsvrr.com museum. www.canyoncountyhistory.com Stonefort Depot Museum. 1082 Wilson St., Stonefort, [See our ad on page R-9] Northern Paciﬁc Railroad Depot Museum. 219 62987 Phone: 618-252-5112 April 1-Dec. 1, Tues., hurs., Delmar Depot Museum. 414 Lincoln Ave., Delmar, Sixth St., P.O. Box 469, Wallace, 83873 Phone: 208-752- & Sat.; 1-4:30; Sun., 1:30-4:30. he depot was built by the 52037 Phone: 563-574-4256 Sat. & Sun., 1-4 or by 0111 Call for dates and times. Pictorial exhibits & railroad Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway in 1890. appointment. Depot museum. artifacts. Hands-on exhibits in the Railway Express Agency his is really three museums in one. When you preserve Oice. Bells to ring and buttons to push in many exhibits. history, you preserve your own roots to take root again for Hobo Foundation. 52 Main Ave., South Britt, 50423 www.npdepot.org all of our future to be enriched! See you soon at the depot. Phone: 641-843-9104 June 1-Aug. 15, or by appt. One-of- a-kind museum illed with hobo artifacts. Newest display is Silverwood Central Railway/Theme Park. N. 26225 www.heritech.com/stonefort_depot Steamtrain Maury’s complete collection. www.hobo.com Hwy. 95, Athol, 83801 Phone: 208-683-3400 Trolley Car 36. 324 N. Madison St., Rockford, 61107 www.silverwood4fun.com Phone: 815-987-8894 June-Sept., hurs., Sat., & Sun., 12-4. Iowa Trolley Park. 3429 Main Ave., Clear Lake, 50428 Trolley ride. www.rockfordparkdistrict.org/trolley Phone: 641-357-7433 Open weekends, June, July, & Aug., Illinois 10-5. Museum with Mason City & Clear Lake Electric Union Depot Railroad Museum. P.O. Box 433, 683 Railroad trailer car No. 27, V&T Lyon steam locomotive, Amboy Depot Museum. Main Street, two blocks west of Main St., Mendota, 61342-0433 Phone: 815-539-3373 old Benton & Bodie Tender Tank, a Soo Line caboose, and a U.S. 52, Amboy, 61310 Phone: 815-857-4700 Wed., hurs., Memorial Day-Labor Day, Wed.-Sun., 12-5. Labor Day- PCC car. Diesel rides in a Plymouth 25-ton switch engine. Sun., & holidays, 1-4; Fri. & Sat., 10-4. Depot museum. Memorial Day, Sat.-Sun., 12-5. Museum with static displays www.amboydepotmuseum.org and interactive layouts. www.mendotamuseums.org Midwest Central Railroad. 403 E. hreshers Rd., Mt. Pleasant, 52641 Phone: 319-385-2912 Sept. 1-5, in conjunc- Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum. Waterman & Western Railroad. Adams & Birch in tion with the Midwest Old hreshers Reunion; Ghost train, 111 E. Myrtle St., Elizabeth, 61028 Phone: 815-858-2343 Lions Club Park, Waterman, 60556 Phone: 630-710-1023 Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, & 29; North Pole Express, Dec. 2, 3, 4, Open weekends, May-Oct., or year-round by appointment. www.petestrain.com 10, & 11. Narrow gauge train ride. www.mcrr.org Depot museum. www.elizabethhistoricalsociety.com Wheels O’ Time Museum. 1710 W. Woodside Dr., Dun- RailsWest Railroad Museum. 16th Ave. and South Chicago History Museum. 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago, lap, 61525 Phone: 309-243-9020 May-Oct., Wed.-Sun., 12-5. Main St., Council Blufs, 51503 Phone: 712-323-2509 60614 Phone: 312-642-4600 he Chicago History Museum Museum with static displays. www.wheelsotime.org www.thehistoricalsociety.org/museums/railswest.html traces rail’s importance in the development of Chicago through exhibits that feature the irst L car, the Pioneer Indiana Sioux City Railroad Museum. 3400 Sioux River Rd., Sioux City, 51109 Phone: 712-233-6996 he museum sits locomotive, and the history of the Union Stock Yard, among Hesston Steam Museum. 1201 E. 1000 N, La Porte, on 31 acres of retired Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Paciic others. www.chicagohistory.org 46350 Phone: 219-872-5055 Summer weekends, 12-5. locomotive terminal & railcar maintenance facility built in Depot Railroad Museum. E. Benton St., Rossville, 60963 Museum and train ride. www.hesston.org 1917. Seven of 22 historical structures are restored & feature Phone: 217-446-5711 Memorial Day-Sept., Sat. & Sun., 12-4. Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. P.O. Box 75, 507 a 29-seat theater, large model railroad exhibits, a 6-stall C&EI depot museum. www.danvillejct.org Mulberry St., North Judson, 46366 Phone: 574-896-3950 roundhouse with locomotives, & railcars you can climb up Fox River Trolley Museum. 365 S. LaFox St., South Train rides, May-Oct., and special events. Open Saturdays, in & explore. Guided tours or explore on your own. Elgin, 60177 Phone: 847-697-4676 See website for schedule. year-round, 9-4. Museum is free. www.hoosiervalley.org siouxcityrailroadmuseum.org Museum and trolley ride. www.foxtrolley.org Indiana Railway Museum. 1 Monon St., French Lick, Trainland U.S.A. 3135 Highway 117 N., Colfax, 50054- Galesburg Railroad Museum. 211 S. Seminary St., 47432 Phone: 800-748-7246 Museum with train ride. 7534 Phone: 515-674-3813 Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily, Galesburg, 61401 Phone: 309-342-9400 April-Nov., Tues.- www.frenchlickscenicrailway.org 10-6. Operating O-gauge layout. It is an operating toy train Sat., 10-4; Sun., 12-4. Galesburg Railroad Days on last Indiana Transportation Museum. 701 Cicero Rd., museum depicting railroad development across the USA. weekend of June. Rolling stock display. Noblesville, 46061 Phone: 317-773-6000 April-Oct., It represents three eras of time: frontier, steam, and diesel. www.visitgalesburg.com/attractions.html weekends, 10-4. Museum, equipment displays, & train rides. Lionel trains and approximately 60 operating accessories are Historic Greenup Depot. 204 W. Cumberland St., www.itm.org featured. Visit an original, 150-year-old CNW Depot from Calamus, Iowa. www.trainlandusa.com Greenup, 62428 Phone: 217-923-9306 hur.-Sat., 11-3. Linden Depot Museum. 520 North Main St., P.O. Box Free admission, donations accepted. 1870 Victorian depot, 154, Linden, 47955 Phone: 765-339-7245 Historic 1908 Trains on the Farm. 30215 170th St., Clarksville, 50619 HO-scale layout. www.cumberlandcountyhistory.org Junction depot that served the Monon and Nickel Plate Phone: 319-278-4847 Train tours and museum. Historic Pullman Foundation. 11141 S. Cottage Grove railroads. Open Fri., Sat., and Sun., April through Oct., 12-5. www.trainsonthefarm.com Ave., Chicago, 60628 Phone: 773-785-8901 Tues.-Sun., 11-3. Admission: $4 for adults and $1 for children, 12 and under. Union Paciﬁc Railroad Museum. 200 Pearl St., Closed Monday & major holidays. Museum in George Pull- Christmas Open House, Fri., Sat., and Sun., 10-6, from the Council Blufs, 51503 Phone: 712-329-8307 hurs.-Sat., man’s industrial town built in 1880. www.pullmanil.org Friday before hanksgiving through the Sunday ater Christ- 10-4. First Friday of every month, open until 7 p.m. Illinois Railway Museum. 7000 Olson Rd., Union, mas. Check website for additional information and news of Railroad artifacts and interactive exhibits chronicle the 60180 Phone: 800-244-7245 April, Sun., only; May-Oct., Sat. special events. www.LindenDepotMuseum.org history of Union Paciic. www.uprrmuseum.org & Sun.; Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily. Comprehensive Madison Railroad Station. 615 W. First St., Madison, Kansas museum with over 450 pieces of equipment representing 47250 Phone: 812-265-2335 May-Oct., Mon.-Sat., 10-4:30, diferent types of rail transportation equipment in one Sun., 1-4; Nov.-April, weekdays only. Depot museum. ABILENE & SMOKY VALLEY RAILROAD. 200 S.E. location. Home of the Nebraska Zephyr streamliner, Russian www.jchshc.org Fith St., P.O. Box 744, Abilene, 67410 Phone: 888-426-6687 Decapod steam locomotive, and Chicago’s red streetcars National New York Central Railroad Museum. Memorial Day-Labor Day, Wed.-Sun.; May & Sept.-Oct., that you can ride on select dates. See website for schedule 721 S. Main St., Elkhart, 46516 Phone: 574-294-3001 weekends. Train ride and railroad museum. of operations and fares. www.irm.org Year-round. Tue.-Sat., 10-5; Sun. 12-4. Closed Mondays and www.asvrr.org [See our ad on page R-6] Kankakee Railroad Museum. 197 S. East Ave., major holidays. Museum. www.nycrrmuseum.org Great Overland Station. 701 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kankakee, 60901 Phone: 815-929-9320 Fri., Sat., & Sun., 12- TrainTown. 15808 Edgerton Rd., New Haven, 46774 66608 Phone: 785-232-5533 Museum. Santa Fe and Union 4. Depot museum. www.kankakeerrmuseum.com Phone: 260-493-0765 Write or call for information. Museum Paciic exhibits. www.greatoverlandstation.com MONTICELLO RAILWAY MUSEUM. 992 Iron Horse with mainline steam locomotive. www.765.org Great Plains Transportation Museum. 700 E. Pl., Monticello, 61856 Phone: 877-762-9011 May-Oct., Sat. Wabash Valley Railroader Museum. 1316 Plum Douglas Ave., Wichita, 67202 Phone: 316-263-0944 Year- and Sun. only. Train rides and museum. Steam train one St., Terre Haute, 47804 Phone: 812-238-9958 Open on round, Sat., 9-4; April-Oct., Sun., 1-4. Museum with displays weekend per month. For steam schedule and special event weekends, May through Oct., 12-4. Features two functional of locomotive rolling stock and artifacts. www.gptm.us calendar, see website. www.mrym.org interlocking towers, PRR cabin car, Pullman Troop Sleeper Heart of the Heartlands. 6769 N.W. 20th St., P.O. Box [See our ad on page R-6] and Vandalia depot, and a viewing platform adjacent to 211, Scammon, 66773 Phone: 620-396-8594 Seasonal, walk- Museum of Science and Industry. 57th St. and Lake CSX’s main lines. www.wvrrm.org through of outdoor exhibits available at any time. Call or Shore Dr., Chicago, 60637 Phone: 800-468-6674 Mon.-Sat., WHITEWATER VALLEY RAILROAD. 455 Market St., check website. Restored depots. Museum. Occasional train 9:30-4; Sun., 11-4, except Dec. 25. Museum with static Connersville, 47331 Phone: 765-825-2054 May-Oct. rides. www.heartlandstrainclub.org displays. www.msichicago.org Excursions, Train to Dinner, special events (Feb.-Dec.). Liberal Rock Island Depot. 2 and 4 Rock Island Rd., www.whitewatervalleyrr.org [See our ad on page R-6] P.O. Box 676, Liberal, 67905 Phone: 620-624-3855 Museum.

trainsmag.com R-7 MIDLAND RAILWAY. 1515 W. High St., P.O. Box 5, DOWNEAST SCENIC RAILROAD. 245 Main St., Western Maryland Railway Historical Society Inc. Baldwin City, 66006 Phone: 913-721-1211 hurs., Sat., & Ellsworth, 04605 Phone: 866-449-7245 41 N. Main St., Union Bridge, 21791 Phone: 410-775-0150 Sun., June through Oct. Excursion train. www.downeastscenicrail.org [See our ad on page R-9] Year-round, Sun., 1-4; Wed., 9-12 & 1-3, or by appointment; www.midlandrailway.org [See our ad on page R-6] Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum. 58 Fore except Easter, Christmas, & New Year’s. Museum. westernmarylandrhs.com Kentucky St., Portland, 04101 Phone: 207-828-0814 Year-round, except hanksgiving & Christmas. Schedule varies. Museum Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. 13 Canal St., Big South Fork Scenic Railway. 66 Henderson St., with train rides. www.mngrr.org Cumberland, 21502 Phone: 800-872-4650 May-Dec. Steam Suite A, Stearns, 42647 Phone: 800-462-5664 April-Dec. Oakﬁeld Railroad Museum. 40 Station St., Oakield, train rides. www.wmsr.com Train rides. bigsouthforkrailway.com/trains 04763 Phone: 207-267-5882 Memorial Day weekend-Labor Massachusetts BLUEGRASS SCENIC RAILROAD. 175 Beasley Rd., Day. Sat. & Sun., 1-4, or by appointment. Museum. Versailles, 40383 Phone: 800-755-2476 Weekends, early www.oakieldmuseum.org Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum. 10 Willow Creek May-Oct. 90-minute train rides through thoroughbred Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. P.O. Box Rd., Lenox, 01240 Phone: 413-637-2210 June-Oct. See horse country. Special events, museum, model trains, & git B, 128 Bridge St., Phillips, 04966 Phone: 207-778-3621 website for information. www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org shop. www.BluegrassRailroad.com [See our ad on page R-9] Schedule varies. Museum & train ride. www.srrl-rr.org Cape Cod Central Railroad. 252 Main St., Hyannis, Historic RailPark & Train Museum. 401 Kentucky St., Seashore Trolley Museum. 195 Log Cabin Rd., Ken- 02601 Phone: 888-797-7325 End of May-Oct., see website Bowling Green, 42101 Phone: 270-745-7317 Self-guided nebunkport, 04046 Phone: 207-967-2800 Memorial Day- for schedule. Excursion and dinner train rides. interactive museum, theater, and model train exhibit. Columbus Day, daily, 10-5. Rest of May and Oct., weekends www.capetrain.com Guided tour of vintage static railcar display. Open Tues.-Sat., only. Museum and trolley rides. www.trolleymuseum.org Chatham Railroad Museum. 153 Depot Rd., Chatham, 9-5, Sun., 1-4. Open Mon., April-Sept. 02659 Phone: 508-945-5100 June 11-Sept. 13, Tues.-Sat., 10- www.historicrailpark.com Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway. 97 Cross Rd., Alna, 04535 Phone: 207-882-4193 Trains run 4. Depot museum. www.chathamrailroadmuseum.com Kentucky Railway Museum. 136 S. Main St., New weekends, 10-3, May 26 to Oct. 7; Sat., during the remainder Edaville USA. 7 Eda Ave., South Carver, 02336 Phone: Haven, 40051 Phone: 800-272-0152 Mon.-Sat., 10-4:30; Sun., of May & Oct. Ten minutes north of Rte. 1 in Midcoast 877-332-8455 Call for dates and times. Train ride. 12-4:30. Jan.-March, closed Sun.-Mon., hurs. Museum, Maine, the WW&F is an authentic 2-foot-gauge railway irst www.edaville.com dinner trains, mystery theatre, Day Out with homas, train opened in 1894. Enjoy a 50-minute journey on the restored Lowell National Historical Park. 67 Kirk St., Lowell, robberies, Pumpkin Patch Express, Santa Trains, and much railway (steam, July-Sept., & events), ride a handcar or more! www.kyrail.org 01852 Phone: 978-970-5000 Schedule changes seasonally. Model T railcar, & explore the railway. See our website or Museum with trolley ride. www.nps.gov/lowe My Old Kentucky Dinner Train. 602 N. 3rd St., Bard- call for events & information. www.wwfry.org stown, 40004 Phone: 502-348-7300 Join us on board one of Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum. 2 Water our restored 1940s dining cars for an experience that you’ll Maryland St., P.O. Box 3455, Fall River, 02722-3455 Phone: 508-674- 9340 Call for schedule. Unique museum located in four rail- never forget! We ofer lunch and dinner excursions featuring Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum. 901 W. Pratt St., gourmet meals prepared and served by our talented culinary road cars. New Haven Railroad Budd-built RDC-1 No. 42 Baltimore, 21223 Phone: 410-752-2490 Daily, except major “Firestone,” New Haven boxcar, New York Central caboose, team. While dining, guests are able to enjoy one-of-a-kind holidays. Museum with train rides. www.borail.org views of Kentucky’s scenic countryside right outside their and Pennsylvania P-70 coach converted to house displays. window. We look forward to serving you soon! Baltimore Streetcar Museum. 1901 Falls Rd., www.facebook.com/oldcolonyandFRrailroadmuseum www.kydinnertrain.com Baltimore, 21211 Phone: 410-547-0264 Open June-Oct., Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum. 14 Depot St., weekends; March-May, Sunday; 12-5. Closed Jan. and Feb. Shelburne Falls, 01370 Phone: 413-625-9443 Sat., Sun., Nostalgia Station. 279 Depot St., Versailles, 40383 Museum with streetcar rides, displays, tours, and museum Phone: 859-873-2497 & holidays, 11-5, late May through Oct.; also Mon., 1-5, store. Collection spans 104-year street railway history of July & Aug. Ride one of the oldest operating trolley cars in Paducah Railroad Museum. 200 Washington St., Pa- Baltimore, from an 1859 horsecar to a 1944 PCC, the last the country. No. 10 was built in 1896 and is one of the few ducah, 42003 Phone: 270-908-6451 Wed., hurs., Fri., 12-4; car to operate, which made its inal run Nov. 3, 1963. wooden trolleys to still be running on the tracks it irst ran Sat. 10-4, or by appointment. Museum. www.paducahrr.org www.baltimorestreetcar.org on 100 years ago. SFTM also has an antique pump car that Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati. 315 W. BOWIE RAILROAD STATION MUSEUM. Chestnut you can ride, a caboose to explore, and model and toy trains Southern Ave., Covington, 41015 Sat., 10-4. Museum with Ave. & 11th St., Old Bowie, 20715 Phone: 301-809-3089 to play with. www.stm.org rolling stock displays. www.cincirailmuseum.org Tues.-Sun., 10-4. Depot & interlocking tower. Walker Transportation Collection, Beverly www.cityobowie.org/museum [See our ad on page R-9] Louisiana Historical Society & Museum. 117 Cabot St., Beverly, Brunswick Museum. 40 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, 01915 Phone: 978-922-1186 Wed., 7-10. Museum. DeQuincy Railroad Museum. 400 Lake Charles Ave., 21716 Phone: 301-834-7100 Fri., 10-2; Sat., 10-5; Sun., 1-4. www.walkertrans.org DeQuincy, 70633 Phone: 337-786-2823 Open Tues.-Sat., Closed in January. Museum and layout. 10-5; closed Sun., Mon., and major holidays. www.brunswickmuseum.org Michigan Old Hickory Railroad. 3406 College St., Jackson, 70748 Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum. 4155 Mears Bluewater Michigan Chapter, NRHS. P.O. Box 296, Phone: 225-634-7397 Mid-March to mid-Nov., Sat. & Sun., Ave., Chesapeake Beach, 20732 Phone: 410-257-3892 Royal Oak, 48068 Phone: (248) 541-1000 See website for departures at 3. Park steam train ride. March & Nov., weekends only, 1-4; April-Oct., weekdays & schedule of events. www.bluewaternrhs.org www.louisianasteamtrain.com weekends, 1-4. Special summer weekend hours: June, July, & Capac Community Museum. 401 E. Kempf Ct., Capac, Southern Forest Heritage Museum. 71 Longleaf Rd., Aug., 11-5. Depot museum. www.cbrm.org 48014 Phone: 810-395-2859 First Sun. in June-last Sun. in Longleaf, 71448 Phone: 318-748-8404 Tues.-Sat. 9-4, Sun. Ellicott City Station. 2711 Maryland Ave., Ellicott Sept., 1-4. Depot museum. 1-4, except Easter, hanksgiving, & Christmas. Closed in City, 21043 Phone: 410-461-1945 Schedule varies, call for Clinton Northern Railway Center. 107 E. Railroad St., January. Runs Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf 1936 motor M-4 information. Depot museum. www.ecborail.org. St. Johns, 48879 Phone: 989-224-6134 Museum hours: Sun., in passenger service on museum grounds, and by request on Gaithersburg Community Museum. 9 S. Summit 1-3, May-Oct. Also upon request. Exhibits include historic the restored Red River & Gulf Railroad to Sandersville, La. Ave., Gaithersburg, 20877 Phone: 301-258-6160 hurs., Fri., depot, four restored railcars from early 1900s, and large HO www.forestheritagemuseum.org & Sat., 10-2. Museum in 1884 depot, RDC-2 (Budd Car) layout. www.clintonnorthernrailway.org Maine No. 1951, and C&O caboose No. 904145. Also on display Coopersville & Marne Railway. 311 Danforth St., 1918 Bufalo Creek & Gauley steam locomotive No. 14. Coopersville, 49404 Phone: 616-997-7000 May-Oct., Wed. & Boothbay Railway Village. 586 Wiscasset Rd., P.O. Box www.gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/museums Sat.; March, April, Nov., & Dec., Sat. only. Closed Jan. & Feb. 123, Boothbay, 04537 Phone: 207-633-4727 Open Memorial Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. 296 S. Burhans Train ride. www.coopersvilleandmarne.org Day-mid. Oct., 10-5 daily. Travel back in time to vintage Blvd., Hagerstown, 21741 Phone: 301-739-4665 Year-round, Vacationland. Nowhere else in New England can you ride Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad. Fri.-Sat., 1-5. Museum with locomotive display. 6140 Bray Rd., Flint, 48505 Phone: 810-736-7100 Crossroads the rails surrounded by historic Maine buildings preserved www.roundhouse.org in a recreated village, and view a superb collection of more Village is an authentic Great Lakes town from the late 1800s, than 60 antique automobiles. World-class model railroad National Capital Trolley Museum. 1313 Bonifant with over 34 historic structures and a thriving community to also on site. Check our website for special events. Call to Rd., Colesville, 20905 Phone: 301-384-6088 Jan. 2-Dec. 23, welcome you. Ride the Huckleberry Railroad, catch a show conirm train schedule. www.railwayvillage.org weekends, 12-5. Experience early 20th-century transit as you at the Colwell Opera House, or learn a trade from one of our travel 2 miles aboard a Washington streetcar, an American cratspeople. It’s a place out of history where you can make a Brooks Preservation Society. 31 Veterans Hwy., trolley, or a European tram. Tour Street Car Hall with a little history of your own. geneseecountyparks.org Brooks, 04841 Phone: 207-722-3899 Belfast & Moosehead docent. See the Rock Creek Railway model and Street Cars Lake trains depart Belfast, Upper Bridge Station, 11 & 2, Sat. Durand Union Station - Michigan Railroad Go to the Movies in Main Hall. Enjoy interactive exhibits, History Museum. 200 Railroad St., Durand, 48429 & Sun. during season. Charters welcomed. ilm programs, and the Museum Shop. www.dctrolley.org brookspreservation.org Phone: 989-288-3561 See website for hours. Amtrak station. Walkersville Southern Railroad. 34 W. Pennsylvania www.durandstation.org Cole Land Transportation Museum. 405 Perry Rd., Ave., Walkersville, 21793 Phone: 877-363-9777 May-Oct.: Flushing Area Museum. 431 W. Main St., Flushing, Bangor, 04401 Phone: 207-990-3600 Daily, May-Nov. 11, Sat. departures at 11 & 2. Sept. & Oct.: Sun. departures at 11 9-5. Rolling stock displays. www.colemuseum.org 48433 Phone: 810-487-0814 Tues., mid-Jan. to mid-Dec., & 2. Excursion and dinner trains. Call for details. 10-1; Sun., 1-4, May to second Sun. in Dec. Closed holidays. www.wsrr.org

R-8 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN Lionel trains in operation irst hurs. & Fri. in Dec. & following two Sun. Call for hours. www.lushinghistorical.org Greenﬁeld Village at the Henry Ford. 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, 48124 Phone: 313-982-6001 Outdoor museum and daily train operations from April 15- Oct. 31. In Nov. the museum is open Fri., Sat., and Sun. only. www.thehenryford.org Houghton County Historical Museum. 53102 Hwy. M-26, P.O. Box 127, Lake Linden, 49945 Phone: 906-296- 4121 June-early Oct., Sat. & Sun., 12-4. Steam trains Sun. and special events. Museum with steam train ride. www.houghtonhistory.org Iron Mountain Iron Mine. US-2, Vulcan, 49892 Phone: 906-563-8077 June 1-Oct. 15, daily, 9-5. Underground mine tour by train. www.ironmountainironmine.com Little River Railroad. 29 W. Park Ave., Coldwater, 49036 Phone: 260-316-0529 Weekends. Steam train rides. WRITE NO. 21 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD www.littleriverrailroad.com Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad. 230 S. Abbe Rd., Fairview, 48621 Phone: 989-848-2229 (recording) Weekends only, 10-5, Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day weekend, plus irst two weekends of Oct. Quarter-scale train ride. www.michiganausablevalleyrailroad.com Michigan Transit Museum. 200 Grand Ave., Mount Clemens, 48043 Phone: 586-463-1863 Historic 1859 Grand Trunk Railway depot where homas Edison learned telegra- phy, with artifacts from both mass transit and the GTW in Michigan. Open Sat. & Sun., 1-4, except holidays. Admission free. Train rides in former traction cars pulled by our vintage Shop for books, DVDs, downloads, diesel depart from Joy Park (24001 Joy Blvd., Clinton Twp., 48036) every Sun., June-Oct. at 1, 2, 3, & 4, rain or shine. gear and other products related We’re on Facebook! www.michigantransitmuseum.com to your favorite hobby. Old Road Dinner Train - Adrian & Blissﬁeld Rail Road. 301 E. Adrian St., Blissield, 49228 Phone: 888-467- 2451 he longest continuously operating dinner train in Visit North America, with year-round service since 1991. During KalmbachHobbyStore.com the 3-hour experience, the train travels along rails that were P27901 irst laid in 1836, before Michigan gained its statehood. Our WRITE NO. 22 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD vintage dining cars date from the 1930s, reminiscent of a bygone era of elegant travel and dining. Our guests are involved in the murder mystery dinner show. www.oldroaddinnertrain.com Bowie Train Station Museum Old Road Dinner Train - Charlotte Southern Railroad. 451 N. Cochrane St., Charlotte, 48813 Phone: • Restored 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad 888-467-2451 Year-round. Murder mystery dinner train. www.oldroaddinnertrain.com Station and Interlocking Tower Saginaw Railway Museum. 900 Maple St., P.O. Box 1714, Saginaw, 48602 Phone: 989-790-7994 First & third Sat., • Chessie Caboose May-Nov., irst Sat. only. Open 1-4. Closed holiday weekends or if severe weather. Admission: free, donations asked, $20 • Alongside Amtrak/MARC Rail Lines donation = 1 year individual membership. www.saginawrailwaymuseum.org 8614 Chestnut Avenue, Southern Michigan Railroad Society. P.O. Box A, in historic Old Bowie, Maryland. Clinton, 49236 Phone: 517-456-7677 May-Dec., train Open Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free admission. excursions aboard antique equipment. Museum building with displays. www.southernmichiganrailroad.com Groups of 10 or more by appointment at other times. SS City of Milwaukee. 99 Arthur St., Manistee, 49660 301-809-3089 • www.cityofbowie.org/museum Phone: 231-723-3587 Tours, May-Sept. Traditional Great Lakes railroad carferry. Onboard bed & breakfast during WRITE NO. 23 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD summer. www.carferry.com Steam Railroading Institute. 405 S. Washington St., Owosso, 48867 Phone: 989-725-9464 Rolling stock display with train rides. www.michigansteamtrain.com Tahquamenon Falls Tours and Toonerville Trolley/ Wilderness Train Ride. 7195 County Rd. 381, Soo Junction, Phone: 888-778-7246 Open mid-June through irst weekend in October. Tour No. 1: a 6½-hour train and riverboat tour to the Upper Tahquamenon Falls. Ride the longest 24-inch-gauge railroad in the country. Departs at 10:30 and returns at 5. Tour No. 2: a 1¾-hour Toonerville Trolley Wilderness train ride to the riverside park and return. Departs at 12:30 and returns at 2:15. Family owned and operated since 1927. www.trainandboattours.com Thomas Edison Depot Museum. 510 Edison Pkwy., Port Huron, 48060 Phone: 810-982-0891 For public hours, please refer to website. Edison museum in 1858 Grand Trunk depot. www.phmuseum.org

WRITE NO. 24 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-9 Tri-Cities Historical Museum. 200 Washington Ave., Milwaukee Road 261. 401 Harrison St. NE, Minneapo- Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion. Grand Haven, 49417 Phone: 616-842-0700 Summer hours lis, 55413 Phone: 651-765-9812 Day-long, steam-powered Rollag, Phone: 701-212-2034 Every Labor Day weekend, until 7:30. Museum with steam locomotive display. Restored excursions over various Class I railroads. www.261.com Fri.-Mon. Free train ride with admission to showground Grand Trunk Depot and N-gauge model railroad of Grand Minnehaha Depot. 4926 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis, (children under 15 free). 1920 Alco Soo Line steam engine. Haven. Free admission. www.tri-citiesmuseum.org 55404 Phone: 651-228-0263 Memorial Day-Labor Day, Sun. www.rollag.com Minnesota & holidays. Depot museum. www.mtmuseum.org Mississippi Minnesota Discovery Center. 1005 Discovery Dr., Duluth & Iron Range Depot Museum. 520 South Chisholm, 55719 Phone: 800-372-6437 Memorial Day- Friends of Amory Regional Museum Inc. 125 North Ave., Two Harbors, 55616 Phone: 218-834-4898 Open Labor Day. Trolley ride. www.mndiscoverycenter.com Main St., Amory, 38821 Phone: 662-256-2761 he largest weekends in May, then daily starting Memorial Day. Depot N-scale model railroad in Mississippi. Hours vary by season. museum. lakecountyhistoricalsociety.org Minnesota Streetcar Museum. 2330 W. 42nd St., Please call for hours. Free admission. Minneapolis, 55410 Phone: 952-922-1096 May to Memorial www.cityofamoryms.com End-O-Line Railroad Park & Museum. 440 N. Mill Day, weekends only. Memorial Day to Labor Day, daily. St., Currie, 56123 Phone: 507-763-3708 Open Memorial Sept., ater Labor Day-Oct., weekends. Museum with trolley McComb City Railroad Depot Museum. 108 Railroad Day-Labor Day, Wed.-Sun., 10-5, and by special appoint- ride. www.trolleyride.org Blvd., P.O. Box 7220, McComb, 39649 Phone: 601-684-2291 ment. Original depot, hand-operated turntable, section Open Mon. through Sat., 12-4. Housed in 1903 depot. foreman’s house, Baldwin steam engine, two cabooses, Minnesota Streetcar Museum, Excelsior Display includes IC Mountain-type steam locomotive, only thousands of railroad artifacts, and more! Check our website Streetcar Line. Water St., between hird and George IC refrigerator car made, and a caboose. An 1883 IC oice or contact us for more information. www.endoline.com streets, Excelsior, 55331 Phone: 952-922-1096 May-mid- car and a 1914 rail postal car added to our rolling stock in Sept.: Sat., 10-4; Sun., 1-4. May-Oct.: hurs., 3-6. Trolley November 2012. We also have a wrecking derrick. Kandiyohi County Historical Society. 610 Hwy. 71 rides. www.trolleyride.org NE, Willmar, 56201 Phone: 320-235-1881 Housed in an old www.mcrrmuseum.com Great Northern Depot and proudly displays Great Northern Minnesota Transportation Museum. 193 Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. Railway steam engine No. 2523 on its grounds. Pennsylvania Ave. E, St. Paul, 55130 Phone: 651-228-0263 1150 Lakeland Dr., Jackson, 39216 Phone: 601-432-4500 www.kandiyohicountyhistory.com Open year-round, Wed. & Sat., and by appointment. Mon.-Sat., 9-5. HO- and two O-gauge operating model Caboose rides, turntable, operating roundhouse, and railroad layouts. www.msagmuseum.org Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad. Grand Ave. & restoration shops. www.transportationmuseum.org Freemont St., Duluth, 55816 Phone: 218-624-7549 Mid-June Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum. 105 through mid-Oct., Sat. and Sun. only. Departures at 10:30 & North Shore Scenic Railroad. 506 W. Michigan St., Railroad Ave., Water Valley, 38965 Phone: 662-473-1154 1:30. Historic & scenic train rides. See our website for loca- Duluth, 55802 Phone: 800-423-1273 Memorial Day to Tues., hurs., Fri., & Sat. Museum. tion, description, photos, and more! www.lsmrr.org mid-Oct. Museum and train rides. Rides include: Live steam www.caseyjonesmuseum.com engine D&NE No. 28, Elegant Dinner Trains, Pizza Trains, LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD MUSEUM. 506 W. Murder Mystery Trains, and the unique Christmas City Missouri Michigan St., Duluth, 55802 Phone: 218-727-8025 Year- Express. Rides vary in length, but run between Duluth and round for museum, summer tourist season for scenic rail- American Association of Railroaders. 9600 Tesson Two Harbors along the shore of Lake Superior and through road. Combo tickets for museum with train rides available Ferry Rd., St. Louis, 63123 Phone: 314-631-3131 Forty the majestic Northwoods for 32 miles. Excursions feature at a discount. USA Today voted the museum as the “Best excursions/tours annually in North America. Send SASE for open window and AC coaches. www.duluthtrains.com Transportation Museum in America.” Indoor and covered current activities. www.aar-therailroaders.org The Depot Visitors Center and Railroad Museum. displays, eight steam locomotives, steam-powered crane, American Railway Caboose Historical Educational 100 Aldrich Ave. SW, Wadena, 56482 Phone: 218-632-5999 rotary plow, diesel engines, elegant coaches, maintenance-of- Society Inc. P.O. Box 4343, St. Louis, 63123 Phone: Open Wed.-Sun., 12-5, Memorial Day-Sept. Museum. way equipment, and historic railroad displays. 314-631-3131 Sponsors caboose-related activities including www.thedepotwadena.org www.lsrm.org [See our ad on page R-10] chartered caboose excursions several times a year. Send SASE for current activities. www.arches.org Belton Grandview & Kansas City Railroad. 502 E. Walnut St., Belton, 64012 Phone: 816-331-0630 May-Oct., Sat. & Sun. Train rides. www.beltonrailroad.org BRANSON SCENIC RAILWAY. 206 E. Main St., Branson, 65616 Phone: 800-287-2462 April-mid-Dec. Train rides. www.bransontrain.com [See our ad on page R-11] Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot. 318 W. Paciic Ave., Independence, 64050 Phone: 816-325-7955 Mon. & hurs.- Sat., 9:30-4:30; Sun., 12:30-4:30, April 1 through Oct. 31. Depot museum. www.chicagoalton1879depot.org Kansas City Northern Railroad. Frank Vaydik Line Creek Park, 6060 NW Waukomis Dr., Kansas City, 64151 Phone: 816-746-5663 May through Sept., Sat., 10-6, Sun., 12-6. 16-inch-gauge train ride. www.kcnrr.com Magic City Line Mini Train. Rothwell Park, Moberly, 65270 Spring to fall. 1-foot-gauge train ride. www.MoberlyMiniTrain.com Missouri - Illinois Rail Passenger Association. P. O. Box 4343, St. Louis, 63123 Phone: 314-631-3131 Advocates for passenger trains in Missouri and Illinois. Inaugural and rare mileage excursions. Send SASE for current activities. Museum of Transportation. 3015 Barrett Station Rd., St. Louis, 63122 Phone: 314-615-8MOT Winter: hurs.-Sat., 9-4; Sun., 11-4; Summer: Mon.-Sat., 9-4; Sun., 11-4. Fall and spring: Tues.-Sat., 9-4; Sun., 11-4. Call for holiday schedule. Museum with extensive railroad and streetcar collections as well as aviation, maritime, and automotive collections. www.transportmuseumassociation.org Patee House Museum. 1202 Penn St., St. Joseph, 64503 Phone: 816-232-8206 April-Oct., Mon.-Sat., 10-5; Sun., 1-5. Nov.-March, Sat., 10-4, Sun., 1-4, weekends only. Museum. www.ponyexpressjessejames.com Railroad Historical Museum Inc. Grant Beach Park, 1300 N. Grant St., Springield, 65802 (museum); 3327 N. Fremont Ave., Springield 65803, (mailing) Phone: 417-833- 0994 May-Oct., free admission, Sat., 2-4. Museum with rolling stock & displays. Private birthday parties, Sat., noon- 2. Private tours year-round by appointment. Volunteers needed. www.rrhistoricalmuseum.zoomshare.com

WRITE NO. 25 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-10 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN Silver Dollar City Theme Park. 399 Indian Pt. Rd., Izaak Walton Inn. 290 Izaak Walton Inn Rd., Essex, Nevada Branson, 65616 Phone: 800-952-6626 59916 Phone: 406-888-5700 Year-round, daily. Historic www.silverdollarcity.com railroad hotel on southern tip of Glacier National Park, Eureka & Palisade Railroad. 820 S. 7th St., Suite A, Las Vegas, 89101 Phone: 702-383-3327 Six Flags St. Louis. P.O. Box 60, Eureka, 63025 Phone: Montana. www.izaakwaltoninn.com 636-938-5300 www.sixlags.com/stlouis NEVADA NORTHERN RAILWAY. 1100 Ave. A, East Nebraska Ely, 89315 Phone: 866-407-8326 Historic railroad shops, St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway. Hwy. yard with steam- and diesel-powered excursion trains and 61 at Hwy. 25, Jackson, 63755 Phone: 800-455-7245 Call for Durham Museum. 801 S. 10th St., Omaha, 68108 Phone: museum. www.nnry.com [See our ad on page R-12] schedule. Excursion and dinner train. www.slimrr.com 402-444-5071 Tues., 10-8; Wed.-Sat., 10-5; & Sun., 1-5. Also open June-Aug., & Dec., Mon., 10-5. Nevada State Railroad Museum-Boulder City. Wabash, Frisco & Paciﬁc Steam Railway. 199 www.durhammuseum.org 600 Yucca St., Boulder City, 89005 Phone: 702-486-5933 Grand Ave., Glencoe, 63038 Phone: 636-587-3538 May-Oct., Museum and excursion train rides every Sat. and Sun., Feb.- Sun., 11-4. 1-foot-gauge steam railway. www.wfprr.com GOLDEN SPIKE TOWER. 1249 N. Homestead Rd., North Platte, 69101 Phone: 308-532-9920 Open daily. Dec. NevadaCulture.org www.NevadaSouthern.com Walt Disney Hometown Museum. 120 E. Santa Fe Attraction. www.goldenspiketower.com Nevada State Railroad Museum-Carson City. 2180 Ave., Marceline, 64658 Phone: 660-376-3343 May-Oct., [See our ad on page R-24] S. Carson St., Carson City, 89701 Phone: 775-687-6953 Tues.-Sat., 10-4; Sun., 1-4. Depot museum. Features exhibits and a collection of 19th-century rolling www.waltdisneymuseum.org Historic Chicago and North Western Depot Museum. 101 E. 1st St., Wakeield, 68784 Phone: 402-287- stock from Nevada railroads. See the award-winning restora- Webster Groves Frisco Depot. 8833 Big Bend Blvd., 2355 Sat., 10-noon; or by appt. Depot museum. tion of the 1875-built Glenbrook on display. Steam train and Webster Groves, 63119 Phone: 314-968-6847 Big Bend Rail- www.wakeieldheritage.org motor car rides, May to Oct. he museum store sells books, road Club is the oldest model railroad club in St. Louis area. toys, and souvenirs. Open hurs.-Mon., 9-4:30. Closed Nebraska Railroad Museum. P.O. Box 642, Fremont, Located in Frisco Railroad depot since 1938 and owner since Tues. and Wed., New Year’s Day, hanksgiving Day, and 68026 www.nebraskarailroadmuseum.com 1994, we have always modeled O-scale, 2-rail. Members Christmas Day. carsonrailroadmuseum.org meet every Tuesday evening with the Public Open House on Omaha Zoo Railroad. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Washington and F irst Tuesday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. and extra days Aquarium, 3701 S. 10th St., Omaha, 68107 Phone: 402-733- streets, Virginia City, 89440 Phone: 775-847-0380 May 28- in December. Call or email for schedule or information or 8401 Steam road 30-inch-gauge, main line 1½ miles long, Oct. 31, daily. Steam train ride. www.virginiatruckee.com ind us on the Web or Facebook. www.bigbendrrclub.org two steam locomotives; 1890 Krauss 0-6-2T, 1968 Crown, 11 coaches, one caboose, one Plymouth 1957 diesel. Steam New Hampshire Montana operations all weekends, April 1 through Oct. 31, weekdays, Andover Historical Society. 105 Depot St., P.O. Box Alder Gulch Short Line. 300 West Wallace St., Virginia Memorial Day through Labor Day. Two train operations 167, Andover, 03216 May 23-Oct. 12: Sat., 10-3, Sun., City, 59755 Phone: 406-843-5247 www.virginiacitymt.com during summer weekends, Memorial Day through Labor Day. www.omahazoo.com 12:30-3. Depot museum. www.andoverhistory.org Charlie Russell Chew-Choo Dinner Train. 408 N.E. Ashland Railroad Station Museum. 69 Depot St., Main St., Lewistown, 59457 Phone: 406-535-5436 May-Oct., Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer. 3133 W. Hwy. Ashland, 03217 Phone: 603-968-7716 July & Aug., Sat., 1-4. Sat., train ride is 4 to 4½ hours. 34, Grand Island, 68801 Phone: 308-385-5316 Mon.-Sat., Depot museum. Passenger station built c. 1869 by Boston, www.montanadinnertrain.com 9-5, & Sun., 12-5. Museum with static displays. www.stuhrmuseum.org Concord & Montreal Railroad. Remodeled 1891 by Concord Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. South Ave., & Montreal Railroad. Now a railroad museum operated by Trails & Rails Museum. 710 W. 11th St., Kearney, 68845 Missoula, 59804 Phone: 406-728-3476 Summer: Mon.-Sat., the Ashland Historical Society. Phone: 308-234-3041 June-Aug., Mon.-Sat., 10-6; Sun., 1-5. 10-5; Sun., 12-5. Winter: Tues.-Sun., 12-5. Museum. www.aannh.org/heritage/graton/ashland.php www.fortmissoulamuseum.org Museum with static displays and locomotives. www.bchs.us

WRITE NO. 26 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-11 Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train. Route 112, North 12-14; 10-4:30. Steam train rides. Visit our website for New Jersey Museum of Transportation. 4265 Hwy. Woodstock, 03262 Phone: 603-745-3500 Mid-May-Oct. special events. www.clarkstradingpost.com 524, Farmingdale, 07727 Phone: 732-938-5524 July-Aug., Dinner train. www.cafelafayettedinnertrain.com Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad. 154 Main St., daily, 12-4:30. Museum with train rides. www.njmt.org Conway Scenic Railroad. 38 Norcross Circle, North Meredith, 03253 Phone: 603-745-2135 Seasonal scenic Old Station Museum and Caboose. 1781 Old Station Conway, 03860 Phone: 800-232-5251 hree excursion routes excursions, lunch & dining service. www.hoborr.com Lane, Mahwah, 07430 Phone: 201-512-0099 A subsidiary of with dining cars. www.conwayscenic.com New Jersey the Mahwah Museum Society. Gorham Rail Station Museum. 25 Railroad St., Phillipsburg Railroad Historians. 10 Pine Alley, Gorham, 03581 Phone: 603-466-5338 Memorial Day-mid- Black River & Western Railroad. 80 Stangl Rd., Phillipsburg, 08865 Phone: 908-859-1146 Sun., May 19, Oct., weekends, 1-5. Depot museum with rolling stock. Flemington, 08822 Phone: 908-782-6622 Family friendly 10-4; Sun., Aug. 25, 10-4; Sun., Oct. 6, 10-4; Sun., Dec. 1, www.aannh.org/heritage/coos/gorhamhist.php trains and events operate year-round. Ride in our antique 1-4. Admission & train rides are free, donations requested. Hartmann Model Railroad Ltd. 15 Town Hall Rd., passenger coaches pulled by a historic diesel locomotive or Museum with miniature train ride. www.prrh.org Intervale, 03845 Phone: 603-356-9922 steam locomotive No. 60. www.blackriverrailroad.com Whippany Railway Museum. 1 Railroad Plaza, www.hartmannrr.com Cape May Seashore Lines. Reading Ave. and Mill Whippany, 07981-0016 Phone: 973-887-8177 April-Oct., Hobo Railroad. P.O. Box 9, 64 Railroad St., Lincoln, Rd., Tuckahoe, 08270 Travel on the former Reading Co.’s Sun., 12-4. Museum with train ride. 03251 Phone: 603-745-2135 Scenic excursions, lunch & Steel Speedway to the Shore in southern New Jersey! We www.whippanyrailwaymuseum.net dining service. www.hoborr.com operate round-trip passenger service between Tuckahoe and Richland. he Santa Express runs during the Christmas New Mexico Klickety-Klack Model Railroad. 8 Elm St., P.O. Box season. Additional passenger trains throughout the year. CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD. 500 205, Wolfeboro Falls, 03896 Phone: 603-569-5384 Over 70 www.capemayseashorelines.org buttons to operate trains, lights, sounds, and action. Terrace Ave., Chama, 87520 Phone: 888-286-2737 Memorial Delaware River Railroad. klicketyklackrailroad.com 100 Elizabeth St., Day weekend-mid-Oct. Daily train rides at 10 a.m. Phillipsburg, 08865 Phone: 877-872-7433 Steam train ride. www.cumbrestoltec.com [See our ad on page R-4] MOUNT WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY. Base Rd., www.nyswths.org Bretton Woods, 03589 Phone: 800-922-8825 Year-round. New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Maywood Station Museum. Cog railway. www.thecog.com [See our ad on page R-13] 269 Maywood Ave., Historical Society. 1833 Eighth St. NW, Albuquerque, Maywood, 07607 Museum in the 1872-built Maywood 87102 Phone: 505-246-2926 See the ongoing restoration and Raymond Historical Society. One Depot Rd., P.O. Box Station, featuring a diverse collection of railroad artifacts and testing of steam locomotive ATSF No. 2926 between 9-3 94, Raymond, 03077 Phone: 603-895-2866 photographs. On display is restored New York, Susquehanna on Wed. and Sat. Bring your camera and take the hard hat www.raymondhistoricalsociety.org & Western Alco S-2 locomotive No. 206 and a restored tour as the volunteers of the NMSL&RHS work to bring this Sandown Depot Museum. 6 Depot Rd., Sandown, caboose featuring an operating model train layout and Baldwin-built 4-8-4 back to life. Tours are free. Donations 03873 Open May 15-Oct. 15, Sat. & Sun., 1-5. Admission additional artifacts inside. he museum is open on a limited accepted. More details on our website. www.2926.us is by donation. Museum artifacts include two former 1914 schedule, April to Dec. Check our website for additional Toy Train Depot. 1991 N. White Sands Blvd., Maine Central Railroad langer cars, an 1880s velocipede, a information. www.maywoodstation.com Alamogordo, 88310 Phone: 575-437-2855 Fri. through restored 1958 Fairmont M-19 track motorcar (speeder), and National Railway Historical Society. c/o John K. Mon., 10-4. Toy & model museum, layouts, and park train miscellaneous railroad memorabilia on display in the former Fiorilla Esq., P.O. Box 5016, Mt. Laurel, 08054 Phone: 215- ride; operating model layouts and historic train toys/models 1874 Worcester, Nashua & Portland Railroad depot. 557-6606 Railroad historical group dedicated to preserving located in a historic Southern Paciic Depot. Great train- White Mountain Central Railroad. 110 Daniel railroad history with many local chapters and members watching on the Union Paciic main line 100 feet from the Webster Hwy., Lincoln, 03251 Phone: 603-745-8913 May located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Sponsors museum. toytraindepot.org 25-27, June 1-2, 8-9, & 15-16, 10-4:30. June 21-Sept. 2, daily, grants for preservation of railroad-related items and holds 9:30-5:30. Sept. 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, & 28-29; Oct. 5-6, & an annual convention. We also hold two RailCamps for young adults. www.nrhs.com

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WRITE NO. 27 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-12 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN New York change. Donations accepted. Large scale train club. Oyster Bay Railroad Museum. 102 Audrey Ave., www.longislandlivesteamers.org Oyster Bay, 11771 Phone: 516-558-7036 Call for hours of Adirondack Scenic Railroad. 321 Main St., Utica, Martisco Station Museum. 5085 Martisco Rd., operation as they change with the seasons. Visitors Center, 13501 Phone: 800-819-2291 April-Dec. Train ride. Marcellus, 13108 Phone: 315-488-8208 May 30-Oct. 1, Sun., President heodore Roosevelt’s home railroad station (circa www.adirondackrr.com 2-5. Depot museum. www.cnynrhs.org/Martisco.html 1900), and display yard with rolling stock and turntable. Alco Brooks Railroad Display. www.obrm.org 1089 Central Ave. Maybrook Railroad Historical Society Museum. (display site), 513 Washington Ave. (mailing address & Village of Maybrook, Municipal Hall, 111 Schipps Ln., Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern Railroad Co. museum), Dunkirk, 14048 Phone: 716-366-3797 Restored Maybrook, 12543 Phone: 845-778-7016 Open April-Oct., Historical Society Museum. Allegany County Fair- 1916 B&M 0-6-0 steam locomotive No. 444 built in weekends only, 1-4. grounds, P.O. Box 222, Angelica, 14709 Phone: 607-566- Dunkirk, 1907 D&H boxcar with displays and sales, 1905 9598 to make an appointment. By appointment only. Medina Railroad Museum. NYC caboose. Located at Chautauqua County Fairgrounds. 530 West Ave., Medina, www.psnrrhs.org or www.shawmutline.org Display open during fair events and by appointment. Free 14103 Phone: 585-798-6106 Year-round, Tues.-Sun., 11-5. Railroad Museum of Long Island, Greenport admission. www.dunkirkhistoricalmuseum.org/brooksalco Museum, some train rides. Largest known collection of railroad artifacts and memorabilia. www.medinarailroad.com Museum. 440 Fourth St., Greenport, 11944-0726 Phone: Arcade & Attica Railroad. 278 Main St., Arcade, 14009 631-477-0439 Weekends, May-Oct., 11-4. Museum with New York Museum of Transportation. Phone: 585-492-3100 Memorial Day weekend-Dec. Train 6393 E. River model train layout and rolling stock displays. www.rmli.org ride. arcadeandatticarr.com Rd., West Henrietta, 14586 Phone: 585-533-1113 Open year-round, Sundays only, 11-5. Interurban trolley rides Railroad Museum of Long Island, Riverhead Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Depot Museum. mid-May through Oct., and Christmas time. Rides feature Visitor’s Center. 416 Griing Ave., Riverhead, 11901- 395 South Lincoln Ave., Orchard Park, 14127 Phone: 716- ex-Philadelphia & Western “Straford” cars 161 and 168. 0787 Phone: 631-727-7920 Weekends: April-Nov., 10-4. 662-7002 9-12, Wed., Sat., May through Oct. Other hours Museum exhibits include interurban trolleys, streetcars, Restoration site with park train ride, model train layout, by appointment. Restored 1910 depot and rail equipment. large operating model railroads, and photos depicting area and rolling stock displays. www.rmli.org www.wnyrhs.org transportation history. Weekday group visits can be arranged Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier. 111 Catskill Mountain Railroad. 5408 NYS Route 28, by appointment. See website for special events. Oliver St., North Tonawanda, 14120 Phone: 716-694-9588 Mt. Tremper, 12457 Phone: 845-688-7400 May 25-Dec. 29, www.nymtmuseum.org Sat., 1-4, June through Aug. Museum with rolling stock. weekends & holidays. Scenic train rides & special events. New York Transit Museum. 99 Schermerhorn St., www.nfcnrhs.com www.catskillmtrailroad.com Brooklyn, 11201 Phone: 718-694-1600 Open Tues.-Fri., 10- Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. Central Square Station Museum. 132 Railroad St., 4; Sat.-Sun., 11-5; and closed Mon. Largest museum in the 282 Rush-Scottsville Rd., Rush, 14543 Phone: 585-533-1431 Central Square, 13036 Phone: 315-676-7582 May-Oct., Sun., U.S. devoted to urban public transportation history. Housed Train rides ofered select weekends, April-Oct., 10-5, plus 12-5. Depot museum. www.cnynrhs.org/CentralSq.html in an authentic 1936 subway station in downtown Brooklyn, Santa Trains in December. Tour our restored 1909 Erie Chester Historical Society. 1915 Erie Railroad Station, the Transit Museum’s working platform level is home to a Railroad depot, indoor and outdoor exhibits, restoration 19 Winkler Pl., Chester, 10918 Phone: 845-469-2591 Help rotating selection of 20 vintage subway and elevated cars shop, and the largest collection of historic trains in New York us celebrate the 1915 Erie Station; Saturdays, May through dating back to 1907. www.nytransitmuseum.org State. Ride restored cabooses pulled by a variety of vintage October. www.chesterhistoricalsociety.com North Creek Railway Depot Museum. 5 Railroad diesel locomotives. Weekday group tours available by appt. RochesterTrainRides.com Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. 136 East Pl., North Creek, 12853 Phone: 518-251-5842 Open Main St., Milford, 13807 Phone: 607-432-2429 Museum with Memorial Day to Columbus Day: May & June, Sat.-Sun., Roscoe O&W Railway Museum. 7 Railroad Ave., train ride. www.lrhs.com 12-4; July-Oct., Fri.-Tues., 12-4. Please call or check website Roscoe, 12776 Phone: 607-498-4346 Memorial Day for updates, changes, and special events. Restored 1872 weekend-Columbus Day, Sat. & Sun., 11-3. Museum. DELAWARE & ULSTER RAILROAD. 43510 State depot focusing on the Delaware & Hudson Railway, Teddy www.nyow.org/museum.html Highway 28, Arkville, 12406 Phone: 845-586-3877 Scenic Roosevelt, and regional history. train rides. An adventure everyone will enjoy in New York’s www.northcreekdepotmuseum.com spectacular Catskill Mountains. Open Memorial Day weekend through the end of October. Dates for luncheon trains and special events are available on our website. Adults $18; seniors $15; children 3-12, $12. Children under 3 ride for free. www.durr.org [See our ad on page R-14] The Mount Washington Empire State Railway Museum. 70 Lower High St., Phoenicia, 12464 Phone: 845-688-7501 Enjoy self-guided A NATIONAL tours of our restored 1899 Ulster & Delaware Railroad HISTORIC train station in the heart of the Catskills. Static equipment ENGINEERING displays. Open weekends and holidays, Memorial Day, LANDMARK Columbus Day, 11-4. www.esrm.com Finger Lakes Railway Corp. 68 Border City Rd., P.O. Box 1099, Geneva, 14456 Phone: 315-781-1234 www.ingerlakesrail.com Heritage Discovery Center Museum. 100 Lee St., Bufalo, 14210 Phone: 716-821-9360 11-3, Tues., hurs., & Sat. Other hours by appointment. Railroad equipment and artifacts. www.wnyrhs.org Hyde Park Railroad Station. 34 River Rd., P.O. Box 135, Hyde Park, 12538-0135 Phone: 845-229-2338 Mid-June to mid-Sept., Sat. & Sun., 12-5. Year-round, Mon. nights, 5-9. By appointment year-round. www.hydeparkstation.com Jamestown Gateway Erie Train Station. 211-217 W. Second St., Jamestown, 14701 Phone: 716-483-3041 Fully restored architectural gem in Art Deco style that stands as a reminder of the economic impact the railroad had on Jamestown. he station is architecturally and historically signiicant for the role it played in Jamestown’s growth and development. www.jamestowntrainstation.com Lehigh Valley Historic Site. 86 South Long St., Williamsville, 14221 Phone: 716-633-7002 1-4, Sun., May through Oct. Other hours by appointment. 90-percent restored 1896 depot. Restored 1937 irst all-steel Lehigh What An Amazing Trip! Valley caboose. www.wnyrhs.org Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society. 8 E. High St., Shortsville, 14548 Phone: 585-289-9149 www.lvrrhs.org Long Island Live Steamers. Southaven County Park, 175 Gerard Rd., Yaphank, 11980 Phone: 631-345-0499 We BASE STATION RD, MARSHFIELD STATION, NH run public on two Sun. a month from May through Oct., usually the second and last Sun. of the month, but can ( 3 HRS NORTH OF BOSTON, IN BRETTON WOODS, NH) BOOK IN ADVANCE 603.278.5404 THECOG.COM WRITE NO. 28 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-13 Salamanca Rail Museum. 170 Main St., Salamanca, NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION North Dakota State Railroad Museum. 3102 37th St. 14779 Phone: 716-945-3133 April-Dec., Tues.-Sun., 10-5; MUSEUM. 411 S. Salisbury Ave., Spencer, 28159 Phone: NW, P.O. Box 1001, Mandan, 58554 Phone: 701-663-9322 closed Jan.-March. Museum with rolling stock. 877-628-6386 April-Oct., daily; Nov.-March, Tues.-Sun. Nonproit museum dedicated to preserving railroad history Saratoga & North Creek Railway. 3 Railroad Pl., Museum with train rides. www.nctrans.org within the state of North Dakota. www.ndsrm.org North Creek, 12853 Phone: 877-726-7245 www.sncrr.com [See our ad on page R-15] Old Soo Depot Transportation Museum. 15 N. Trolley Museum of New York. 89 E. Strand St., Old Rock School Railway Museum. Piedmont & Main St., Minot, 58701 Phone: 701-852-2234 Weekdays. Kingston, 12401 Phone: 845-331-3399 Operating season, Western Railroad Club, 400 W. Main St., P.O. Box 513, Depot museum. Memorial Day-Columbus Day, weekends & holidays. Open Valdese, 28690 Phone: 828-879-2129 9-5, weekdays. Railroad Museum of Minot. 19 First St. NE, Minot, 12-5. Historic trolley rides. View our varied collection of Museum. Layout tours by appointment. www.pwrr.org 58703 Phone: 701-852-7091 trolley and subway cars. See the PATH PA-1 subway car that Smoky Mountain Trains. 100 Greenlee St., Bryson City, is a survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade 28713 Phone: 800-872-4681 ext. 7051 March-Dec., Mon.- Ohio Center building site. Special events. See the oicial museum Sat., 8:30-5:30. Model railroad museum. AC&J Scenic Line. P.O. Box 517 Jeferson, 44047-0517 website for additional information. Volunteers wanted. www.gsmr.com/smoky-mountain-trains-museum Phone: 440-576-6346 Boarding site adjacent 161 E. Jeferson www.tmny.org Tweetsie Railroad. 300 Tweetsie Railroad Ln., Blowing St. Train ride. Utica Union Station. 321 Main St., Utica, 13501 Rock, 28605 Phone: 800-526-5740 May-Oct., 9-6. Wild AuGlaize Village. P.O. Box 801, Deiance, 43512 Phone: Depot museum. West theme park with narrow gauge train ride. 419-784-0107 www.auglaizevillage.com www.tweetsie.com North Carolina Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum. 200 N. Miami Ave., Wilmington Railroad Museum. 505 Nutt St., 501 E. Main St., BF Tower, Bradford, 45308 Phone: 937- Charlotte Trolley. 1507 Camden Rd., Charlotte, 28203 Wilmington, 28401 Phone: 910-763-2634 Year-round. 552-2196 Open April-Oct. BF Tower & museum: Sat., 10-4. Phone: 704-375-0850 Museum with trolley rides. Museum with layout. www.wrrm.org www.bradfordrrmuseum.org www.charlottetrolley.org North Dakota Carillon Historical Park. 1000 Carillon Blvd., Dayton, Cherryville Railroad Museum/Cherryville Model 45409 Phone: 937-293-2841 Mon.-Sat., 9:30-5; Sun., 12-5. Railroad Club. 105 N. Depot St., Cherryville, 28021 Bonanzaville USA. 1351 W. Main Ave., West Fargo, Closed Jan. 1, hanksgiving, Dec. 24, 25, & 31. Rolling stock Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. 225 Everett St., 58078 Phone: 701-282-2822 May-Sept.: Mon.-Sat., 10-5. exhibits. Scale train rides select dates, April-Oct. Bryson City, 28713 Phone: 800-872-4681 Year-round, Sun., noon-5. Oct.: Sat. & Sun., 10-5. Nov.-April: Closed, www.cprss.org www.daytonhistory.org schedule varies. Diesel train rides. www.gsmr.com except for special events. Bonanzaville is a pioneer village with 43 historic buildings and over 400,000 artifacts. Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad. 1 Cedar Point Dr., National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame. 120 www.bonanzaville.org Sandusky, 44870 Phone: 419-627-2350 Early May-late Oct. Spring St., P.O. Box 1583, Hamlet, 28345 Phone: 910-582- Train ride. www.cedarpoint.com Fort Lincoln Trolley. 2000 hird St. SE, Mandan, 58554 3555 Sat. 11-4, Sun. 1-4; weekdays by appt. Museum. Cincinnati Dinner Train. 11013 Kenwood Rd., Cincin- www.facebook.com/nationalrrmuseumhof Phone: 701-663-9018 Daily departures on the hour, 1-5, and returns from Fort Lincoln on the half hour. June through nati, 45242 Phone: 513-791-7245 he Cincinnati Dinner New Hope Valley Railway. 5121 Daisey St., Bonsal, Labor Day. Trolley rides. Train operates a 3-hour dinner excursion every Saturday 27562 Phone: 919-362-5416 Sunday train rides, Friday www.ndtourism.com/mandan/forts/fort-lincoln-trolley departing at 6. Reservations are required and tickets are sold group excursions, Saturday Operate-a-Loco, and last Satur- in advance. www.cincinnatidinnertrain.com day events, April-Nov. Track or Treat for Halloween, last two Midland Continental Railroad Transportation Museum. 401 Railway St., Wimbledon, 58492 Phone: 701- Cincinnati Scenic Railway - LM&M Railroad. 127 Saturdays in October, and Ride the Rails with Santa, irst two South Mechanic St., Lebanon, 45036 Phone: 513-933-8022 December weekends. Charters and cab rides available. 435-2875 1-4, daily, Memorial Day to Labor Day. Anytime by appointment. www.midlandcontinentaldepot.com hemed family train rides ofered throughout the year. www.triangletrain.com www.lebanonrr.com Conneaut Railroad Museum. 363 Depot St., Conneaut, 44030 Phone: 440-599-7878 Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily. Depot museum. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. P.O. Box 158, Peninsula, 44264 Phone: 800-468-4070 Train ride. www.cvsr.com Dennison Railroad Depot Museum. P.O. Box 11, 400 Center St., Dennison, 44621 Phone: 877-278-8020 Year-round, except Mon. Depot museum. Polar Express train rides, 1873 depot, restaurant, and rolling stock. www.dennisondepot.org ENTERTRAINMENT JUNCTION. 7379 Squire Ct., West Chester, 45069 Phone: 513-898-8000 Mon.-Sat., 10-6; Sun., 12-6. Open daily, except Easter, hanksgiving, Christ- mas, and Wed., Jan.-March. World’s largest indoor G-scale model train display. www.entertrainmentjunction.com [See our ad on page R-16] Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. 33 Canal St., Nelsonville, 45764 Phone: 800-967-7834 Weekends, mid- May through Dec. Museum with train rides. www.hvsry.org Jefferson Depot Village. 147 East Jeferson St., P.O. Box 22, Jeferson, 44047 Phone: 440-576-0496 June, July, Aug., Sept. to Oct. 15; Sat. & Sun., 1-4; Mon. & hurs., 10-4. Group tours anytime by appointment. 1890 guided tours through the “living history village” museum - 1872 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station, 1918 Pennsylvania caboose, and 14 more restored historic buildings. Free parking on E. Walnut St. www.jefersondepotvillage.org Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad. 127 S. Mechanic St., Lebanon, 45036 Phone: 513-933-8022 he LM&M Rail- road ofers many family friendly events. his includes Day Out with homas and our North Pole Express. Trains depart from historic downtown Lebanon and feature scenic rides through southwestern Ohio. he railroad’s location grants visitors the ability to experience the splendor of a charming tourist town. Lebanon is conveniently located halfway between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. www.lebanonrr.com Lorain & West Virginia Railway. Hwy. 18, Wellington, 44090 Phone: 440-647-6660 July-Oct., weekends and selected weekdays. Train ride. www.lsra.org

WRITE NO. 29 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-14 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN Lucas County-Maumee Valley Historical Society. Railroad Museum of Oklahoma. 702 N. Washington Oregon Coast Historical Railway. 766 S. First St., 1031 River Rd., Maumee, 43537 Phone: 419-893-9602 St., Enid, 73701 Phone: 580-233-3051 Museum with Coos Bay, 97420 Phone: 541-297-6130 Memorial Day www.wolcotthouse.org excursions. Admittance by donation. weekend-Labor Day, Wed. & Sat., 9-3. Museum includes a Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum. 253 Southwest www.railroadmuseumofoklahoma.com 1922 Baldwin logging Mike, a 1949 Alco S2 diesel switcher, St., Bellevue, 44811 Phone: 419-483-2222 Memorial Science Museum Oklahoma. 2020 Remington Pl., cabooses, plus rail and logging artifacts. www.orcorail.org Day-Labor Day, daily, 12-4; May, Sept., & Oct., weekends. Oklahoma City, 73111 Phone: 405-602-6664 Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad. Hwy. 101, Garibaldi, Museum. www.madrivermuseum.org www.sciencemuseumok.org 97141 Phone: 503-842-7972 Steam train rides and Sunset Marion Union Station. 532 W. Center St., Marion, 43302 Waynoka Air-Rail Museum. 1386 Cleveland St., Dinner excursions. www.oregoncoastscenic.org Phone: 740-383-3768 Tues. and hurs., 10-2; other times by Waynoka, 73860 Phone: 580-824-1886 Depot museum Oregon Rail Heritage Center. 2250 S.E. Water Ave., appointment for tours and events. with locomotive display. Transportation complex & air-rail Portland, 97214 Phone: 503-233-1156 hurs.-Fri., 1-5. Northern Ohio Railway Museum. 5515 Buham Rd., museum in restored Harvey House. Restaurant, git shop. Sat.-Sun., 12-5. Working rail museum with three steam Seville, 44273 Phone: 330-769-5501 Sat., May 7-Oct. 29, Free admission. www.waynoka.org locomotives, machine shop, & vintage rolling stock. Will be 10-4. Take a walking tour to learn about trolleys, interur- Yukon’s Best Railroad Museum. hird and Main installing working turntable from Portland’s historic Brook- bans, and rapid transit from Ohio, including a visit to the streets, Yukon, 73099 Phone: 405-354-5079 lyn Yard. Birthday party space, Sat. train rides on the Oregon restoration shop. See how these grand treasures of our past Paciic Railroad, Holiday Express trains, & larger excursions. are restored to like-new condition by skilled cratsmen and Oregon Be awestruck with the famous SP 4449, SP&S 700, & OR&N 197. Private group tours available. www.orhf.org women. Admission is free, contributions gratefully accepted. Canby Depot Museum. 888 N.E. Fourth Ave., P.O. Box Coming soon, demonstration trolley rides. 160, Canby, 97013 Phone: 503-266-6712 Phoenix & Holly Railroad, Inc. 2512 N. Holly St., northernohiorailwaymuseum.org www.canbyhistoricalsociety.org Canby, 97013-9118 Phone: 503-266-3581 Miniature train. www.lowerfarmer.com Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Inc. 12505 EAGLE CAP EXCURSION TRAIN. 300 Depot St., County Rd. 99, Findlay, 45840 Phone: 419-423-2995 Elgin, 97837 Phone: 800-323-7330 Ride a train in scenic Sumpter Valley Railroad. Hwy. 7, Sumpter, 97814 Quarter-scale steam & diesel train rides, museum, HO/ northeast Oregon. Towering mountains and basalt clifs Phone: 866-894-2268 Steam train rides. www.svry.com Lionel layouts. Open most weekends, April-Dec., plus hug the track as you wind along the shores of the tumbling Washington Park and Zoo Railway. 4001 S.W. special events: Train Show-March, Tracks to the Past-Sept., Grande Ronde and Wallowa rivers. Wildlife is plentiful. Canyon Rd., Portland, 97221 Phone: 503-226-1561 Pumpkin Train-Oct., Train of Terror-Oct., North Pole Some trips include live music, special themes, or robberies www.oregonzoo.org Express-Dec. www.nworrp.org performed by mounted bandits. he Elgin Depot contains Willamette Shore Trolley. 311 N. State St., Lake Ohio Railway Museum. 990 Proprietors Rd., Worthing- a git shop, Joseph Branch railroad history displays, ample Oswego, 97034 Phone: 503-697-7436 wst.oregontrolley.com ton, 43085 Phone: 614-885-7345 Open May through Dec., restrooms, and bus parking. www.eaglecaptrainrides.com Sun., 12-4. Unique collection of steam, electric, and diesel [See our ad on page R-16] Pennsylvania equipment. Rides are ofered every Sunday in one of the Medford Railroad Park. 2222 Table Rock Rd., Medford, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic interurban cars or our passenger car, and included with 97501 Phone: 541-944-2230 Museum, motorcar rides, admission. Our collection includes N&W No. 578 (the Site. 110 Federal Park Rd., Gallitzin, 16641 Phone: 814- 7½-inch-gauge train rides, and HO & G model railroads. 886-6150 Year-round, daily, 9-5. Exhibits, $4 entrance fee. world’s last N&W 4-6-2 steam locomotive) and ITC www.soc-nrhs.org No. 450 (one of two surviving Illinois Terminal PCC www.nps.gov/alpo streetcars). www.ohiorailwaymuseum.org Mount Hood Railroad. 110 Railroad Ave., Hood River, Bellefonte Historical Railroad. 320 West High St., 97031 Phone: 800-872-4661 Excursion train. Bellefonte, 16823 Phone: 814-355-1053 Tourist railroad Orrville Railroad Heritage Society. 145 Depot St., www.mthoodrr.com P.O. Box 11, Orrville, 44667 Phone: 330-683-2426 Museum operating Budd RDC1 No. 9167 (capacity 80 people) and with train ride. www.orrvillerailroad.com hosting excursions throughout the year. Future plans for private charters. www.bellefontetrain.org Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway and Museum Inc. 14745 Saylor Ln., Grand Rapids, 43522 Phone: 419- 878-2177 May-Oct. Motorcar rides and Bluebird passenger train between Grand Rapids and Waterville, Ohio. Check website for current operating schedules. www.tlew.org Train-O-Rama. 6732 E. Harbor Rd., Route 163 East, Marblehead, 43440 Phone: 419-734-5856 Year-round, Mon.- Sat., 11-5; Sun., 1-5. Layouts. www.trainorama.com Warther Carvings. 331 Karl Ave., Dover, 44622 Phone: 330-343-7513 Daily, 9-5. Ivory, ebony, & walnut carvings showing locomotive history. www.warthers.com Oklahoma Canadian County Historical Museum. 300 S. Grand, El Reno, 73036 Phone: 405-262-5121 Wed.-Sat., 10-5, Sun., 1-5. Museum and rail-based trolley ride. Former Rock Island Railroad depot museum to view and ride on 1924 restored Brill trolley. Rock Island caboose and coal car located on museum grounds. www.elrenotourism.org Farmrail. 1601 West Gary Blvd., Clinton, 73601 Phone: 580-846-9078 Train ride. www.farmrail.com Frisco Depot Museum. 309 N. B St., Hugo, 74743 Phone: 580-326-6630 Tues.-Sat., 10-4. Railroad history, local history, art, model circus, model railroad. www.friscodepot.org Heritage Express Trolley. 300 S. Grand Ave., El Reno, 73036 Phone: 888-535-7366 Wed.-Sat., 10-5; Sun. 1-5. Museum with trolley ride. www.cityofelreno.com/visitors Johnny’s Trains and Garden Railroad. 204 Broadway-Hayward, Covington, 73730 Phone: 580-336- History lives at the N.C. 2823 Daily, 9-5. Museum with layouts. Transportation Museum - the OKLAHOMA RAILWAY MUSEUM. 3400 N.E. Grand Get ‘er into Spencerhome ofon Spencer time! Shops, the Blvd., Oklahoma City, 73111 Phone: 405-424-8222 Sat., 9-4. largest remaining Roundhouse Train ride, irst and third weekends, April-Aug., & Sept., irst weekend-Oct., last weekend. in North America, locomotive www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org restorations, train rides, and so [See our ad on page R-16] much more! Orr Family Farm & RR LLC. 14400 South Western Ave., Oklahoma City, 73170 Phone: 405-799-3276 www.orrfamilyfarm.com Follow us on social media! www.nctrans.org I-85 at Exit 79 - Spencer, NC 704-636-2889 WRITE NO. 30 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-15 Catawissa Railroad Co. 119 Pine St., Catawissa, 17820 Phone: 570-356-2345 caboosenut.com Choo Choo Barn - Traintown U.S.A.® Route 741 East, 226 Gap Rd., Strasburg, 17579 Phone: 717-687- 7911 See Lancaster County in miniature at this gigantic model train layout! With 22 operating trains and 150-plus, hand-built miniature igures, vehicles, and scenes, this 1,700-square-foot train display will amaze all ages. You’ll recognize local landmarks like Dutch Wonderland and the Strasburg Rail Road. Much more than “just trains,” this ever- changing layout is a work of art. www.choochoobarn.com COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD. P.O. Box 492, Boy- ertown, 19512 Phone: 610-367-0200 Completed by soldiers home from the Civil War, the railroad is 8.6 miles long and a century-and-a-half back in time. he Secret Valley Line beckons you to experience for yourself the unexpected treasures of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Operates March WRITE NO. 31 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD through December. Check website for full schedule. www.colebrookdalerailroad.com [See our ad on page R-16] Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park. 2249 Lincoln Hwy. East, Lancaster, 17602 Phone: 866-FunatDW Spring & fall, weekends; Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily. Miniature train ride. www.dutchwonderland.com Electric City Trolley Museum. 300 Clif St., Scranton, 18503 Phone: 570-963-6590 Trolley museum with 10-mile, round-trip excursions. www.ectma.org Franklin Institute Science Museum. 222 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, 19103 Phone: 215-448-1200 Daily, 9:30-5. Exhibits. www.i.edu Friends of the East Broad Top Museum. 550 Main St., Robertsdale, 16674 Phone: 814-635-1288 Historic buildings, exhibits, museum shop. May-Sept., irst and third weekends. Sat., 10-5, Sun., 1-4. www.febt.org Greenville Railroad Museum. 314 Main St., Greenville, 16125 Phone: 724-588-4009 May-Oct. Museum, 0-10-2 Union Railroad steam engine, Bessemer ore car & caboose, Wheeling caboose, Erie latcar, & UP caboose. www.greenvilletrainmuseum.org WRITE NO. 34 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD WRITE NO. 35 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD Harris Switch Tower Museum. 637 Walnut St., Harrisburg, 17101-1924 Phone: 717-232-6221 Open Sat., Trains magazine May through Oct. Watch trains as they pass by right outside Eagle Cap Excursion Train the tower’s windows. Great fun for kids! See local train is available in movements live on the exhibit’s computer displays. Listen to the train crews and dispatchers on a live radio feed. All equipment has been fully restored and tied into a simulation DIGITAL! computer programmed with the actual Pennsylvania Rail- road train schedules from 1943. www.harristower.org Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark. You can read 1300 Ninth Ave., Altoona, 16602 Phone: 888-425-8666 April 1-May 5, 11-4; May 6-Oct. 30, Mon.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11- TRAINS 6; Oct. 31-Nov. 20, weekends only, 11-4, weather permitting. anytime, Historic train-watching venue. www.railroadcity.com Lake Shore Railway Museum. 31 Wall St., North East, anywhere! 16428 Phone: 814-725-1911 Depot museum with rolling Go here cars can’t take you! Follo the stock. www.lakeshorerailway.com scenic Grande Ronde & Walloa Riers in Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway. Susquehanna St., Jim eauul ortheast reon ook online For more information, visit: horpe, 18229 Phone: 570-325-8485 Train rides. ealecatrainridesco http://trn.trains.com/digitaleditions www.lgsry.com Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation WRITE NO. 33 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD Society. P.O. Box 2262, York, 17405-2262 Phone: 717-927- 9565 We operate the Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village and :25/'·6 $PHULFD·V0RVW the remaining segment of the Ma & Pa Railroad. he Village is 31 acres and features a four-story General Store, Post /$5*(6702'(/ $PD]LQJ)DPLO\ Oice, Railroad Ticket Oice, Telephone Exchange, Roller 75$,1',63/$< $WWUDFWLRQ Mill, Grain Elevator, and more. www.maandparailroad.com 64)7 Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad. 136 Brown St., Middletown, 17057 Phone: 717-944-4435 Train ride. 7UDLQ-RXUQH\ www.mhrailroad.com ,PDJLQDWLRQ-XQFWLRQ National Toy Train Museum. 300 Paradise Ln., P.O. $PHULFDQ5DLOURDG0XVHXP Box 248, Strasburg, 17579 Phone: 717-687-8976 Daily: June, ([SR&HQWHU July, & Aug. Fri.-Mon. only: May, Sept., & Oct. Weekends $0D]H1)XQKRXVH only: April, Nov., & Dec. Open 10-5. Five interactive layouts &RQH\,VODQG5HSOLFD and exhibits. www.nttmuseum.org +REE\7R\6KRS ´7UDYHO*HPµ New Hope & Ivyland Railroad. 32 W. Bridge St., New *LIW6KRS $$$ Hope, 18938 Phone: 215-862-2332 Year-round. Train rides. www.newhoperailroad.com 6TXLUH&RXUW :HVW&KHVWHU2+ ZZZ(QWHU7UDLQPHQW-XQFWLRQFRP ² WRITE NO. 32 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-16 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad. 409 S. Perry St., Titus- layout for children. Annual large three-scale Christmas steam train ride through 2,500 acres of picturesque farm- ville, 16354 Phone: 814-676-1733 Ride the OC&T “through layout operates with 10-plus trains at a time. Closed midland. Enjoy the scenery in one of our beautifully restored the valley that changed the world” and you’ll be where oil Jan. to March 1. www.readingrailroad.org train cars being pulled by one of our historic steam engines! history began. he 3-hour, round-trip train ride through Oil Red Run Express - Washington Township. 13013 www.StrasburgRailRoad.com Creek State Park takes you back through time as you hear Welty Rd., Waynesboro, 17268 Phone: 717-762-3128 The Station Inn. 827 Front St., Cresson, 16630 Phone: about the fortune seekers in the world’s irst oil boom. View Memorial Day-Labor Day, Sat. & Sun., 1-4. Miniature 814-886-4757 Year-round. Historic trackside hotel built in the valley from the gondola car. Visit the only operating train ride. www.washtwp-franklin.org 1866. www.stationinnpa.com Railway Post Oice car in the U.S. See website for schedule Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming & special events. www.octrr.org Roadside America. 109 Roadside Dr., Shartlesville, 19554 Phone: 610-488-6241 July-Labor Day, Mon.-Fri., County Historical Society. 858 W. Fourth St., Pennsylvania Trolley Museum. 1 Museum Rd., 9-6:30; Sat. & Sun., 9-7. Layout. Williamsport, 17701 Phone: 570-326-3326 Year-round. Toy Washington, 15301 Phone: 724-228-9256 April 1-Dec. 18, www.roadsideamericainc.com trains. www.tabermuseum.org weekends, 10-5. Memorial Day-Labor Day, Mon.-Fri., 10-4; Rockhill Trolley Museum. Tioga Central Railroad. Sat.-Sun., 10-5. Museum with trolley ride. 430 Meadow St., Rockhill Hwy. 287, Wellsboro, 16901 www.pa-trolley.org Furnace, 17249 Phone: 814-447-9576 Memorial Day Phone: 570-724-0990 Scenic excursions, dining, & theme weekend-Oct., weekends. Special holiday events. Check trains including Fall Foliage & Santa Express. Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train. 19th & website for details. Museum with trolley ride. www.tiogacentral.com Oak streets, Ashland, 17921 Phone: 570-875-3850 April-Oct. www.rockhilltrolley.org Tunnels Park & Museum. Call for hours. Coal mine tour and steam train ride. 411 Convent St., Gallitzin, Steam Into History. www.pioneertunnel.com 2 West Main St., New Freedom, 16641-1295 Phone: 814-886-8871 Tues.-Sun., 11-5. Tunnels 17349 Phone: 717-942-2370 We operate an 1863 authentic Park adjacent to Norfolk Southern main line. Portage Station Museum. 400 Lee St., Portage, 15946 steam train (4-4-0) over a 9.2-mile route that celebrates the www.gallitzin.info Phone: 814-736-9223 Wed. through Sat., 12-4. Train depot rich history of York County while preserving the heritage of Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Railroad. museum with original 1920s Ticket Oice. Huge HO model 42 steam on the Northern Central Railway. Enjoy an imagina- Community Center Dr., P.O. Box 24, Kempton, 19529 train display on second loor that includes local sites like tive experience on the same line that President Abraham Horseshoe Curve and Gallitzin Tunnels. www.portagepa.us Phone: 610-756-6469 May-Oct.: Sun., hourly, 1-4. Santa Lincoln used to deliver the Gettysburg Address. Operates Claus Special irst weekend in December. Special events Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Hwy. 741 E., March through December. Please check website for further throughout the regular season. Diesel train rides. Go to Strasburg, 17579 Phone: 717-687-8628 Year-round, closed details. www.steamintohistory.com our website for more details on our special events. some holidays. Museum with rolling stock displays. Steamtown National Historic Site. Lackawanna Ave. www.kemptontrain.com www.rrmuseumpa.org & Clif St., Scranton, 18503 Phone: 570-340-5200 Museums West Chester Railroad. 230 E. Market St., West Chester, Railroaders Memorial Museum. 1300 Ninth Ave., open year-round and seasonal train excursions. A fully 19380 Phone: 610-430-2233 A tourist railroad along the Altoona, 16602 Phone: 888-425-8666 May 6-Oct. 30, Mon.- operating roundhouse, turntable, locomotive restoration beautiful Chester Creek Valley in Southeastern Pennsyl- Sat., 10-5, Sun., 11-5.; Oct. 31-Dec. 18, Fri., Sat., Sun., 11-4. shop, technology and history museums, full-service visitor’s vania. We ofer a variety of nostalgic 90-minute train trips. Interpretive museum. Closed hanksgiving Day. Closed center, and a state-of-the-art, digital surround sound, 250- hroughout the year, West Chester Railroad ofers many Dec. 19 for the season. www.railroadcity.com seat theater complex serve as the perfect backdrop for daily diferent special events for our riders. Join in the fun! Reading Railroad Heritage Museum. 500 S. hird St., visits and seasonal special events. www.nps.gov/stea www.westchesterrr.com Hamburg, 19526 Phone: 610-562-5513 Sat., 10-4, Sun., 12-4. Strasburg Rail Road. 301 Gap Rd., Ronks, 17572 Phone: Rhode Island Museum. Munchkin Railway rides for children. 70 pieces of 866-725-9666 See world-famous Amish Country in a unique Reading Railroad equipment. Interactive exhibits. Guided way aboard America’s oldest operating railroad! Tucked in Newport Dinner Train. 19 America’s Cup Ave., New- tours of display yard. Video telling how the Reading shaped the heart of beautiful Lancaster County and operating since port, 02840 Phone: 800-398-7427 May-Dec. Dinner train. communities in southeastern Pa. Git shop with Geo Trax 1832, history comes alive on your fully-narrated, 45-minute www.newportdinnertrain.com

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WRITE NO. 36 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-17 Old Colony & Newport Railway. Newport Depot, 19 Dollywood Express Train. 1020 Dollywood Ln., Pigeon New Braunfels Railroad Museum. 302 W. San America’s Cup Ave., Newport, 02840 Phone: 401-849-0546 Forge, 37863 Phone: 800-365-5996 April-Dec., days and Antonio St., New Braunfels, 78131 Phone: 830-627-2447 Sun., 11:45 & 1:45. Open mid-Jan. to mid-Nov. hours vary. Train ride. www.dollywood.com hurs.-Mon., 12-4. Museum. www.ocnrr.com Little River Railroad. 7747 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy., www.newbraunfelsrailroadmuseum.org Rhode Island Railroad Museum. 1 Railroad Ave., P.O. Box 211, Townsend, 37882 Phone: 865-428-0099 June- Railway Museum of San Angelo. 703 S. Chadbourne, West Kingston, 02892 www.kingstation.org Aug., Oct.: daily; April, May, Sept., Nov.: weekends only; San Angelo, 76903 Phone: 325-486-2140 Dec.-March, by appt. Museum with locomotive display. www.railwaymuseumsanangelo.homestead.com South Carolina Telling story of logging & railroads in the Smokies, early Six Flags Over Texas Railroad. 2201 Road to Six Flags Lancaster & Chester Railroad and Museum. 512 S. 1900s. www.littleriverrailroad.org Arlington, 76010 Phone: 817-640-8900 Main St., Second Fl., Lancaster, 29721 Phone: 803-286-2102 Lookout Mountain Incline Railway. 3917 St. Elmo www.sixlags.com/overtexas Museum with luxury railcar charters. Ave., Chattanooga, 37409 Phone: 423-821-4224 Daily, except Square House Museum. 5th St. and Hwy. 207, www.landcrailroad.com hanksgiving & Christmas. Incline railway. Panhandle, 79068 Phone: 806-537-3524 Mon.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., South Carolina Railroad Museum. 110 Industrial www.lookoutmountain.com 1-5. Museum. www.squarehousemuseum.org Park Rd., Winnsboro, 29180 Phone: 803-712-4135 Each Lynnville Railroad Preservation Society. P.O. Box Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum. 315 W. Ave. Sat., June, July, Aug., 10 & 1:30, also Sept. 7 & 21, 10 & 1:30. 156, 162 Mill St., Lynnville, 38472 Phone: 931-478-0880 B, Temple, 76501 Phone: 254-298-5172 Tues.-Sat., 10-4. May 25, For hose Who’ve Served-Veterans Special; Oct. 5, www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/16677 Depot museum. Located in a 1911 Santa Fe depot. Includes Caboose Day; Oct. 29, Pumpkin Patch Trains. Visit website Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Depot and exhibits, rolling stock, and views of active BNSF and Amtrak for more special events and ticketing information. Railroad Museum. 582 S. Royal St., Jackson, 38301 operations. www.ci.temple.tx.us/643/Museums-Tours www.scrm.org Phone: 731-425-8223 Free admission. Mon.-Sat., 10-3. Texas & Paciﬁc Railway Museum. 800 N. Washington The Museum & Railroad Historical Center. 908 S. Collection includes artifacts & memorabilia associated with Ave., Marshall, 75670 Phone: 903-938-9495 Tues.-Sat., 10-4. Main St., Greenwood, 29646 Phone: 864-229-7093 Museum NC&StL, GM&O, and IC railroads and family trees; Depot museum. www.visitmarshalltexas.org with rolling stock displays including P&N, Seaboard, & Erie operating HO-scale model railroad (500-foot-plus track); Lackawanna. www.greenwoodmuseum.org 1947 FEC dining car and two cabooses open for tour. Texas State Railroad. Depot, 535 Park Road 76, Rusk, www.cityoackson.net 75785 Phone: 855-632-7729 Historic train ride through the South Dakota Piney Woods of east Texas. Classes of service range from Southern Appalachia Railway Museum. Hwy. 58, Pullman-style bench seats to the exclusive Presidential Car BLACK HILLS CENTRAL RAILROAD. 222 Railroad Oak Ridge, 37831 Phone: 865-241-2140 Excursion and with champagne, appetizers, and a private viewing platform. Ave., Hill City, 57745 Phone: 605-574-2222 Early May-early dinner trains. www.secretcityrailroad.com he private caboose can be chartered for parties of eight or Oct., daily. Train rides. www.1880train.com Tennessee Central Railway Museum. 220 Willow St., less. Personalized cab rides can be scheduled for either diesel [See our ad on page R-17] Nashville, 37210 Phone: 615-244-9001 Mon.-Fri., 8-4. Sat., or steam excursions. www.texasstaterailroad.net Prairie Village. 45205 SD Hwy. 34, Madison, 57042 9-3. Museum with periodic excursion trains. www.tcry.org Texas Transportation Museum. 11731 Wetmore Rd., Phone: 800-693-3644 Open irst weekend in May through TENNESSEE VALLEY RAILROAD. 4119 Cromwell San Antonio, 78247 Phone: 210-490-3554 Museum: hurs., Labor Day. Train rides Sat. at 2 and during special events. Rd., Chattanooga, 37421 Phone: 423-894-8028 March-Nov. 9-4; Sat.-Sun., 10-5. Train ride: Sat. & Sun. See one of the only remaining chapel cars, 40 historic build- Museum with steam and diesel train rides. www.tvrail.com www.txtransportationmuseum.org ings, and ride an operating steam carousel over 100 years [See our ad on page R-16] old. Large steam threshing event in late August. 294 Wichita Falls Railroad Museum. 500 Ninth St., electrical camping sites. www.prairievillage.org Three Rivers Rambler. Volunteer Landing on Neyland Wichita Falls, 76308 Phone: 940-723-2661 www.wfrrm.com Dr., Knoxville, 37902 Phone: 865-524-9411 Summer: South Dakota State Railroad Museum. 222 Railroad May-Aug., Sat., 11 & 2. Easter, Pumpkin, & Christmas event Utah Ave., Bldg. A, P.O. Box 1070, Hill City, 57745 Phone: 605- trains; 1890 steam engine. www.threeriversrambler.com 574-9000 May 10-Oct. 10, daily, 9-4. Other fall and winter Golden Spike National Historic Site. Promon- seasonal hours and events on website. www.sdsrm.org Texas tory Summit, 32 miles west of Brigham City, via Hwy. 83, Promontory, 84302 Phone: 435-471-2209 Visitor Center Tennessee Austin Steam Train. 401 E. Whitestone Blvd., A103, open 9-5, daily, except hanksgiving, Christmas, and New Cedar Park, 78613 Phone: 512-477-8468 Year-round, Year’s Day. Attractions include the last spike site, two fully A.C. Kalmbach Memorial Library—National Model weekends only. Train rides. www.austinsteamtrain.org functional replica locomotives, a walking trail, and two auto Railroad Association. 4121 Cromwell Rd., Chattanooga, tours. www.nps.gov/gosp 37421 Phone: 423-894-8144 Mon.-Fri., 8-5. Research library Flatonia Rail Park. I-10, halfway between San Antonio of the National Model Railroad Association. and Houston, Flatonia, 78941 Phone: 979-743-5366 Photo Heber Valley Historic Railroad. 450 S. 600 W., Heber www.nmra.org/library pavilion, rail museum, historic switching tower, and City, 84032 Phone: 435-654-5601 Scenic and dinner trains, caboose. www.destinationlatonia.com/attractions outdoor adventures, and special events. Open year-round. Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. 30 Forest Park Miniature Train. 1700 Colonial Parkway, Visit website for event calendar. Advance reservations Casey Jones Ln., Jackson, 38305 Phone: 731-668-1222 9-5, recommended. www.hebervalleyrr.org Mon.-Sat., and 12-5, Sun. he historic Casey Jones Home & Fort Worth, 76101 Phone: 817-336-3328 March-Oct.: Tues.- Railroad Museum serves as a tribute to the legend of Casey Sun., 11-5. Nov.-Feb.: Sat., Sun., & selected holidays, 12-4. Ogden Union Station. 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden, 84401 Jones and to the men and women of the railroad industry. Miniature train ride. www.fpmt.us Phone: 801-393-9886 Year-round, Mon.-Sat., 10-5. Museum he exhibit includes his original 1890s white frame home GALVESTON RAILROAD MUSEUM. 2602 Santa with layouts. www.theunionstation.org and a 1905 Baldwin locomotive. It’s an American treasure Fe Pl., Galveston, 77550 Phone: 409-765-5700 Daily, 10-4. Tooele Railroad Museum. 35 N. Broadway, Tooele, and dedicated not only to Casey Jones, but to railroad men Museum with rolling stock. 84074 Phone: 435-882-2836 (summer) and women everywhere. www.caseyjones.com www.galvestonrrmuseum.com [See our ad on page R-19] Western Mining and Railroad Museum. 294 S. Main Chattanooga Choo-Choo. 1400 Market St., Grapevine Vintage Railroad. 705 South Main St., St., Helper, 84526 Phone: 435-472-3009 May-Sept.: Mon.- Chattanooga, 37402 Phone: 800-872-2529 Year-round. Grapevine, 76051 Phone: 817-410-3185 Trains from Sat., 10-5; Oct.-April 20: Tues.-Sat., 11-4. Museum. Hotel in historic terminal with rolling stock and trolley ride. Grapevine to Fort Worth Stockyards operate mid-Feb. www.wmrrm.com www.choochoo.com until Memorial Day weekend, Sat. and Sun.; Memorial Day Vermont Cookeville Depot Museum. 116 W. Broad St., P.O. Box weekend to Labor Day weekend, Fri., Sat., and Sun.; Labor 998, Cookeville, 38501 Phone: 931-528-8570 Tues.-Sat., 10- Day weekend to mid-Nov., Sat. and Sun. Depot hours vary Green Mountain Railroad. 102 Railroad Row, White 4. Originally built in 1909, the Cookeville Depot Museum is seasonally. www.grapevinetexasusa.com River Junction, 05001 Phone: 800-707-3530 July-Oct., with listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is the Historic Jefferson Railway. 400 E. Austin St., Jeferson, year-round specials. www.rails-vt.com heart of Cookeville’s historic west side district. he museum 75657 Phone: 866-398-2038 www.jefersonrailway.com Shelburne Museum. Hwy. 7, Shelburne, 05482 Phone: houses many Tennessee Central Railway artifacts, as well as History Center. 102 N. Temple Dr., Diboll, 75941 Phone: 802-985-3346 May-Oct., daily, 10-5. Museum. an HO-scale replica of what Cookeville’s west side looked 936-829-3543 Mon.-Fri., 8-5; Sat., 9-1; closed major holi- www.shelburnemuseum.org like in summer 1955. www.cookevilledepot.com days. Exhibits. www.thehistorycenteronline.com Cowan Railroad Museum. Virginia 108 S. Front St., P.O. Box 53, Interurban Railway Museum. 901 E. 15th St., Plano, Cowan, 37318 Phone: 931-967-3078 Depot museum open 75074 Phone: 972-941-2117 Mon.-Fri., 10-2; Sat., 1-5. Appomattox Regional Library System, Carson May-Oct., Mon., hurs., Fri., & Sat., 10-4, Sun., 1-4. Closed Museum. www.interurbanplano.org Branch. 16101 Halligan Park Rd., Carson, 23860 Phone: Tues. & Wed. Hidden gem housed in historic 1904 depot McKinney Avenue Trolley. 3153 Oak Grove Ave., 804-458-6329 Mon.-hurs., 3-7; Fri., 3-6; Wed., 10-12, or by features artifacts, photos, memorabilia, local history, and appt. Museum with static displays. www.arls.org HO-scale layout. Outdoor exhibit includes a 1920 Porter Dallas, 75204 Phone: 214-855-0006 Daily. Trolley rides. locomotive, L&N latcar, NC&StL boxcar, and NC&StL www.mata.org C&O Railway Heritage Center - Clifton Forge. diesel locomotive. Free admission, with donations gladly Museum of the American Railroad. 6299 Cotton 705 Main St., Cliton Forge, 24422 Phone: 540-862-8653 accepted. www.cowanrailroadmuseum.org Gin Rd., Frisco, 75034 Phone: 214-428-0101 Year-round, Mon.-Sat., 10-4; Sun., 1-4. Depot museum with rolling Wed.-Sun., 10-5. Museum. www.historictrains.org stock displays. Git shop & picnic area. 7½-inch-gauge Ride-on-Train. Signal Tower. Gadsby’s Tavern Dining Car. Admission: $8 adults, $5 children under 12, COHS

R-18 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN GALVESTON RAILROAD MUSEUM members & children under 12 free. www.candoheritage.org www.cohs.org Eastern Shore Railway Museum. 18468 Dunne Ave., 2SHQ'DLO\ZZZJDOYHVWRQUUPXVHXPFRP Parksley, 23421 Phone: 757-665-7245 Open April 1-Nov. 30, Wed.-Sat., 12-4. Rolling stock display. HOME OF THE SANTA FE WARBONNETS! www.easternshorerailwaymuseum.com /RFDWLRQRIWKHRULJLQDO*XOI&RORUDGRDQG Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. 11200 Fairfax 6DQWD)H3DVVHQJHU8QLRQ'HSRWLQ'RZQWRZQ Station Rd., Fairfax Station, 22039 Phone: 703-425-9225 Year-round, Sun., 1-4; Labor Day, Sun. & Mon., 12-5. Depot *DOYHVWRQ7H[DV7KHPXVHXPIHDWXUHVILYH museum. www.fairfax-station.org DFUHVLQFOXGLQJSLHFHVRIUROOLQJVWRFNPRGHO Historic Cambria Depot & Scale Cabinetmaker WUDLQVDQGQXPHURXVH[KLELWV Museum. 630 Depot St. NE, Christiansburg, 24073 Phone: 6XPPHU+RXUV PLG0DUFK²2FWREHU 540-382-6431 Depot (Virginia-Tennessee Railroad, c. 1868), 6DQWD)H3ODFH 'DLO\DPWRSP located in Cambria Historic District; includes building tour, :LQWHU+RXUV 1RYHPEHUPLG0DUFK workshop tour, historic documents & photos, & prototype *DOYHVWRQ7H[DV 0RQGD\²)ULGD\DP²SP models from the Scale Cabinetmaker. No admission fee, 6DWXUGD\²6XQGD\DP²SP donations accepted. www.historiccambria.com Historic Manassas Inc. 9431 West St., Manassas, 20110 Phone: 703-361-6599 www.visitmanassas.org Lancaster Antique Train & Toy Collection. Chil- dren’s Museum, 221 High St., Portsmouth, 23704 Phone: 757-393-5397 www.childrensmuseumva.com O. Winston Link Museum. 101 Shenandoah Ave. NE, Roanoke, 24016 Phone: 540-982-5465 Tues.-Sun., 10-5. Museum of Link’s acclaimed 1950s steam-era photography in restored N&W station. www.linkmuseum.org Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Transportation Museum. 51 Commerce St., Pulaski, 24301 Phone: 540- WRITE NO. 38 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD 980-2307 Open Fri., Sat., 11-5; Sun., 1-5, and seasonal hours on Tues. he town of Pulaski grew up around the railroad, but was fueled by diverse economic drivers. he Ratclife celebrates that history, featuring a remarkable 80-by-26-foot layout of Pulaski (circa 1955) with O-scale model trains. www.theratclifemuseum.com Richmond Railroad Museum. 102 Hull St., Richmond, 23224 Phone: 804-233-6237 Year-round, Sat., 11-4, Sun., 1-4. Museum in 1915 station, rolling stock, git shop, model layout. www.richmondrailroadmuseum.org Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum. 326 N. Main St., Sufolk, 23434 Phone: 757-923-4750 Wed.-Sat., 10-4; Sun., 1-4. Depot museum with layout. www.sufolktrainstation.org U.S. Army Transportation Museum. Besson Hall, 300 Washington Blvd., Fort Eustis, 23604 Phone: 757-878-1115 Daily, 9-4:30. Museum with rolling stock displays. Closed Mondays & federal holidays. www.transportation.army.mil Virginia Museum of Transportation. 303 Norfolk Ave. SW, Roanoke, 24016 Phone: 540-342-5670 Mon.-Sat., 10-5; Sun., 1-5. Museum and git shop. www.vmt.org Washington Bellingham Railway Museum. 1320 Commercial St., Bellingham, 98225 Phone: 360-393-7540 Open Tues. through Sat., 12-5. Local railroad history, photos and displays, and model train layouts. www.bellinghamrailwaymuseum.org Cascade Rail Foundation. 801 Milwaukee Ave., South Cle Elum, 98943 Phone: 509-656-4352 he South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center is focused on the history of the Milwaukee Road in Washington and includes an outdoor interpretive trail around the former rail yard, a rehabili- tated depot with a restaurant and indoor exhibits, plus a Milwaukee Road caboose. Depot exhibits are open selected Saturdays, 12-4, May through Sept. See our website for the latest information. www.milwelectric.org Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village. 600 Cotlets Way, Cashmere, 98815 Phone: 509-782-3230 March-Oct., daily, 10:30-4:30. Rolling stock display. www.cashmeremuseum.org Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum. 1101 S.W. Sylvenus St., Chehalis, 98532 Phone: 360-748-9593 Regular operating schedule: Memorial Day weekend-Sept.: Sat., 1, 3, & 5; Sun., 1 & 3. Excursion & dinner trains available. www.steamtrainride.com Chelatchie Prairie Railroad. 207 N. Railroad Ave., WEST VIRGINIA. BY RAIL. Yacolt, 98675; P.O. Box 1271, Battle Ground, 98604 (mailing) Phone: 360-686-3559 We are an all-volunteer excursion Ask us about our railfan photography specials coming up in May 2018! railroad operating May through Dec. www.bycx.com 304.636.9477 Ext. 117 • MTN-RAIL.COM

WRITE NO. 37 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-19 Dayton Historical Depot. 222 E. Commercial St., DURBIN & GREENBRIER VALLEY RAILROAD. and Christmas and Bunny trains. Charters welcome. Just 35 Dayton, 99328 Phone: 509-382-2026 he oldest standing 315 Railroad Ave., Elkins, 26241 Phone: 877-686-7245 April- minutes southwest of Milwaukee. www.easttroyrr.org depot in Washington, the Dayton Historic Depot was built Dec., steam & diesel train excursions, dinner & event trains. [See our ad on page R-21] in 1881 in the Stick/Eastlake style. It was moved to its pres- www.mountainrail.com [See our ad on page R-19] Green County Welcome Center. 2108 6th Ave., ent location in 1899, using roller logs, capstans, and pulled Harpers Ferry Toy Train Museum & Joy Line Monroe, 53566 Phone: 608-325-4636 Depot museum. by horses and mules. Placed on the National Register of Railroad. 937 Bakerton Rd., Harpers Ferry, 25425 www.nationalhistoriccheesemakingcenter.org Historic Places in 1974, opened as a museum in 1981, the Phone: 304-535-2521 April-Oct., 9-4. Toy train museum Historical Village. 900 Montgomery St., New London, train depot is recreated with stationmaster’s living quarters & miniature train ride. upstairs. daytonhistoricdepot.org 54961 Phone: 920-982-5186 June-Aug., irst & third Sun., Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum. 144 Kruger 1-4, or by appt. Depot museum. www.historicalvillage.org Lake Whatcom Railway. NP Rd., Wickersham, 98220 St., Wheeling, 26003 Phone: 304-242-8133 Toy train MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM. E8948 Phone: 360-595-2218 July & Aug., Sat. & Tues. Train ride. museum. www.toyandtrain.com www.lakewhatcomrailway.com Museum Rd., North Freedom, 53951 Phone: 608-522-4261 New River Train Excursions. 1323 - 8th Ave., Train rides: weekends, May to mid-Oct.; daily, June-Aug. Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum. 54124 Huntington, 25701 Phone: 866-639-7487 Historical Society. Special events include Stars & Stripes Special (July), Autumn Mountain Highway East, Elbe, 98330 Phone: 888-783-2611 Museum & train rides. www.newrivertrain.com Color Weekend (Oct.), Pumpkin Special (Oct.), Santa Weekend train excursions, May through Oct. Express (Nov.), Snow Train (Feb.), and more. Onboard www.mtrainierrailroad.com Oglebay Good Zoo. Oglebay Resort, Route 88 N., Wheeling, 26003 Phone: 800-624-6988 Daily, 11-4. Scale dining ofered on select dates. Museum includes exhibits and Northern Paciﬁc Railway Museum. 10 S. Asotin Ave., train rides. www.oglebay-resort.com/goodzoo/train.html dozens of restored cars and locomotives with emphasis on Toppenish, 98948 Phone: 509-865-1911 Tues.-Sat., 10-5; wooden car era. Git shop open on days of train operation. Sun., 12-5. Museum. www.nprymuseum.org Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad. Hwy. 28 N., Romney, www.midcontinent.org [See our ad on page R-21] 26757 Phone: 304-424-0736 Train excursions. Mineral Point Railroad Museum. Northwest Railway Museum. 38625 S.E. King St., www.potomaceagle.info 11 Commerce St., Snoqualmie, 98065 Phone: 425-888-3030 Depot bookstore, Mineral Point, 53565 Phone: 608-987-2695 Open May 1 museum, exhibits, rolling stock, train ride, & tour Train Shed Wisconsin through Oct. 31, hurs.-Sat., 10-4, Sun., 12-4. Museum Exhibit Building. www.trainmuseum.org housed in oldest surviving depot in Wisconsin, built in 1856. Brodhead Historical Society Depot Museum. 1108 www.mineralpointrailroads.com Remlinger Farms’ Tolt River Railroad. 32610 N.E. First Center Ave., Brodhead, 53520 Phone: 608-897-4150 Mining Museum & Rollo Jamison Museum. 32nd St., Carnation, 98014 Phone: 425-333-4135 June 15- Memorial Day-Sept. 30, holidays: Wed., Sat., & Sun., 1-4, or 405 E. Oct., open daily. Miniature train rides. by appointment. Depot museum. www.brodheadhistory.org Main St., Platteville, 53818 Phone: 608-348-3301 he Mining www.remlingerfarms.com and Rollo Jamison Museums pursue excellence in regional CAMP FIVE & LUMBERJACK STEAM TRAIN. and mining history. Visit us to tour the 1845 Bevans Lean Tacoma Railroad Heritage Center. Freighthouse 5068 Hwy. 8, P.O. Box 5, Laona, 54541 Phone: 715-674-3414 Square, 602 East 25th St., P.O. Box 340, Tacoma, 98401 Mine, ride in a 1931 mine train (weather permitting), and June 20-Aug. 19, Mon.-Sat. Train rides. learn about the local history of Platteville and lead and zinc Phone: 253-272-3000 Historical exhibits. www.lumberjacksteamtrain.com [See our ad on page R-21] www.railheritage.org mining of the Upper Mississippi Valley. See website for hours Chippewa Valley Railroad. Carson Park, Eau Claire, and rates. mining.jamison.museum Washington State Railroads Historical Society Phone: 715-831-0900 Quarter-scale, 16-inch-gauge, steam Monticello Depot and Hostel. 310 S. Pratt Rd., P.O. Museum. 122 N. Tacoma Ave., Pasco, 99301 Phone: 509- and diesel train rides, and Interlock Tower tour. 12-5, Sun. 543-4159 hurs. & Fri., 12-4, Sat., 9-3. Museum. Box 147, Monticello, 53570-0147 Phone: 608-938-4383 and holidays, Memorial Day to Labor Day. Rides for all ages, Depot museum. www.vi.monticello.wi.us www.wsrhs.org family oriented. Children under 2 free; 2-12, $2; 13 to adult, NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM. Yakima Valley Trolleys. South hird Ave. at Pine St., $3. chippewavalleyrailroad.org 2285 S. Broadway St., Green Bay, 54304 Phone: 920-437-7623 Museum: Mon.- Yakima, 98902 Phone: 509-249-5962 Two vintage trolley Colfax Railroad Museum. 500 Railroad Ave., Colfax, cars run on weekends during summer months, hourly, 10-3. Sat., 9-5; Sun., 11-5. Narrated train rides: daily, May-Sept. 54730 Phone: 715-962-2076 May 1- Sept. 30, Wed.-Sun., (Closed Mon., Jan.-March). Over 70 pieces of unique rolling Operating season begins on Sat., May 27, and ends on Sun., 11-4. Depot museum. www.colfaxrrmuseum.org Sept. 24. Halloween Trolley on Oct. 28-29. Santa Trolley on stock, 100,000-plus railroading artifacts set in several Dec. 9-10 and Dec. 16-17. www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org EAST TROY RAILROAD MUSEUM. 2002 Church St., museum buildings on 33 acres. nationalrrmuseum.org East Troy, 53120 Phone: 262-642-3263 Take a 15-mile ride [See our ad on page R-20] West Virginia on historic trolleys or interurban cars. Round trip from Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway. 114 Depot Rd., East Troy depot and museum to Indianhead Park in Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. Hwy. 66, Cass, Osceola, 54020 Phone: 715-755-3570 May-Oct., weekends. Mukwonago. Stops at Elegant Farmer store and deli. Regular Diesel train rides. www.transportationmuseum.org 24927 Phone: 800-225-5982 Excursion & dinner train, trains Fri.-Sat.-Sun. in June, July, and Aug. Sat-Sun only in Pinecrest Historical Village. Murder Mystery & Charters. www.cassrailroad.com May, Sept., and Oct. Dinner trains, pizza trains, theme trains, 924 Pinecrest Rd., Mani- towoc, 54220 Phone: 920-684-4445 Outdoor museum interpreting a rural Wisconsin village around the year 1900 with homes, businesses, and train. Open daily from May-Oct. & second weekend in Dec. www.manitowoccountyhistory.org Railroad Memories Museum. P.O. Box 717, 424 N. Front St., in 1902 Omaha/C&NW Depot, Spooner, 54801 Phone: 715-635-3325 Memorial Day-Labor Day, Tues.-Sun., Explore 200 Years of 10-4, and by appt. Museum. www.spoonerrrmuseum.net or washburncounty.com/railroadmuseum Riverside & Great Northern Railway. N115 CRN, Railroad History Wisconsin Dells, 53965 Phone: 608-254-6367 Memorial Day-Labor Day. Museum and miniature train ride. www.randgn.com Whiskey River Railway. 700 E. Main St., Marshall, 53559 Phone: 888-607-7735 Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily; Oct., weekends; Dec., daily. Miniature train rides. www.littleamerricka.com WISCONSIN GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD. N6639 Dilly Lake Rd., Trego, 54888 Phone: 715-635-3200 Diesel excursion and dinner train rides. www.spoonertrainride.com [See our ad on page R-21] Zoofari Express Milwaukee County Zoo. 10001 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, 53226 Phone: 414-771-3040 Union Paciﬁc May-Sept., daily, 10-4. March, April, & Oct., weekends. Big Boy No. 4017 Scale steam train. www.milwaukeezoo.org One of the world’s largest Pennsylvania GG1 steam locomotives Electric locomotive Wyoming Cheyenne Depot Museum. 121 W. 15th St., Cheyenne, Adults and children will discover: 82001 Phone: 307-632-3905 Weekdays, 9-5; Sat., 10-5; Sun., Historic Rolling Stock Inspiring Exhibits 11-5. Depot museum. www.cheyennedepotmuseum.org Dynamic Events Seasonal Train Rides 2285 S. Broadway Green Bay, WI 920.437.7623 nationalrrmuseum.org

WRITE NO. 39 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD R-20 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN MID-CONTINENT Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center & Depot RAILWAY MUSEUM Museum/Douglas Visitor Information Center. 121 ® Brownield Rd., Douglas, 82633 Phone: 877-937-4996 Winter hours: Mon.-Fri., 9-5, Sat.-Sun., 11-4.; summer hours: Mon.-Fri., 9-8, Sat.-Sun., 10-5. www.douglaschamber.com Union Pacific Roundhouse. 1440 Main St., Evanston, 82930 Phone: 307-783-6320 1912-1914 roundhouse and rail- yards, 27-acre site. Includes restored Machine Shop, Super’s oice, visitor center, partially restored roundhouse, working turntable, and several smaller buildings. evanstonwy.org Alberta midcontinent.org (800) 930-1385 North Freedom, Wisconsin Alberta Prairie Railway. 4611 47th Ave., Stettler, T0C 45 miles northwest of Madison 2L0 Phone: 800-282-3994 Weekends and some weekdays, mid-May to Dec. 23. Country dinner, steam and diesel- 75$,15,'(*,)76+23 powered excursion, including onboard live entertainment $:$5':,11,1*5(6725$7,216 and commentary, sightseeing, and train robberies. WRITE NO. 42 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD www.absteamtrain.com Alberta Railway Museum. 24215 34th St. NW, Edmon- Steam into an historic logging museum complex on the ton, T5Y 6B4 Phone: 780-472-6229 May-Sept. Museum LUMBERJACK STEAM TRAIN with train rides. Focus on Canadian National and Northern Alberta Railways. Open weekends. 2018 Schedule June 21-August 18 www.AlbertaRailwayMuseum.com Thursdays - Mondays Edmonton Radial Railway. Fort Edmonton Park & High Level Bridge, Edmonton, T6H 5Y7 Phone: 780-496- Fall Festival: 1464 www.edmonton-radial-railway.ab.ca September 1, 22, 29 Edmonton Radial Railway Society, Bridge Pede Railcars: Division. Strathcona Barn, 84th Ave. & 103rd St., FOUR STEAM August 10 & 11 Edmonton, T6H 5Y1 Phone: 780-437-7221 TRAINS DAILY! Cowboy Reenactment: www.edmonton-radial-railway.ab.ca July 21 & Sept. 29 Trains operate rain or shine Fort Edmonton Park. Southwest corner of Fox Dr. & Whitemud Dr., Edmonton, T5J 2R7 Phone: 780-496-8787 5068 U.S. Hwy 8 & 32, May, long weekend-Aug. 31, daily; Sept., weekends only. Living History museum with steam train ride. Laona, WI 54541 www.fortedmontonpark.ca www.lumberjacksteamtrain.com Galt Historic Railway Park. 65032 Range Rd. 19-4C, phone: 715-674-3414 County of Warner, Stirling, T0K 2E0 Phone: 403-756-2220 June 1 to Aug. 31, Tues. to Sat., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Provides WRITE NO. 43 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD WRITE NO. 40 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD adults and children with a unique ride back into the history of Canada’s largest narrow gauge railway. We ofer speeder rides on special event days. Tours of the Railway Park and Railfan Weekend / Railfest Ride Historic Electrics at East Troy the 1890 International Train Station (Coutts-Sweetgrass) is June 23-24 also included in the admission price. galtrailway.com Family-oriented Pizza Trains & Excursions, Heritage Park Historical Village. 1900 Heritage Dr. browse www.easttroyrr.org for schedule SW, Calgary, T2V 2X3 Phone: 403-268-8500 Gasoline Alley Museum, open year-round, daily: 9:30-4. Historical Village EAST TROY with rides and steam train, open mid-May to Labor Day daily; then weekends and holidays only, until Canadian RAILROAD MUSEUM hanksgiving, 9-5. www.HeritagePark.ca Phone (262) 642-3263 Royal Canadian Pacific. 133 Ninth Ave. SW, Calgary, T2P 2M3 Phone: 877-665-3044 May-Oct. Luxury rail 2002 Church St. cruise through the Canadian Rockies. East Troy, WI 53120 www.royalcanadianpaciic.com British Columbia The only interurban Alberni Pacific Railway. 3100 Kingsway Ave., Port electric dining car Alberni, V9Y 3B1 Phone: 250-723-1376 Late May-mid-Oct. service in North Model building, speeder rides, Train ride. www.alberniheritage.com America face painting, shop tours Bear Creek Park Train. 13750 88th Ave., Surrey, V3W 3L1 Phone: 604-501-1232 Feb.-Dec., daily. 10-dark. Train rides. www.bctrains.com British Columbia Forest Discovery Centre. 2892 Dining Cars 24 and 25 Drinkwater Rd., Duncan, V9L 6C2 Phone: 250-715-1113 he BCFDC chronicles the history of logging in British Columbia, Canada. Its mission is to be British Columbia’s foremost interpreter and presenter of the forest community — past, present, and future. It is a 100-acre site with 2.5 km of operational narrow gauge railway. Open from Easter to the end of September, plus Halloween and Christmas. See website for seasonal hours. bcforestdiscoverycentre.com Fort Steele Heritage Town. 9851 Hwy. 93/95, Fort Steele, V0B 1N0 Phone: 250-417-6000 July 1-Labor Day, plus Father’s Day. Take a giant leap into the 1890s and experience Trains this restored pioneer boomtown. Discover 12 acres of shops, Show us your copy of this issue of , purchase one ticket on a regularly sched- buildings, exhibits, and the people who bring Fort Steele’s uled train and get one ticket of equal or turn of the century heyday to life. Take a ride on our world lesser value FREE, Not good on Excursion, famous 1077 steam train. www.fortsteele.ca View of Lower Phantom Lake from the Dinner Train Pizza, Dinner or Christmas trains.

WRITE NO. 41 ON THE READER SERVICE CARD trainsmag.com R-21 Kamloops Heritage Railway. #3-510 Lorne St., VIA Rail Canada. 1150 Station St., Suite 300, Vancouver, Nova Scotia Kamloops, V2C 1W3 Phone: 250-374-2141 Late June-late V6A 4C7 Phone: 888-842-7245 Provides passenger rail Aug. Train ride. www.kamrail.com services mandated by the Government of Canada on behalf Sydney & Louisburg Railway Museum. 7330 Main St., Louisbourg, B1C 1P5 Phone: 902-733-2720 Kettle Valley Steam Railway. 18404 Bathville Rd., of Canadians from coast to coast. hese include rapid inter- Summerland, V0H 1Z0 Phone: 877-494-8424 Trains run city services, cross-Canada services, and services to remote Ontario May-Oct. (mainly hurs.-Mon.), closed Tues. & Wed. Train communities. In Western Canada, VIA provides year-round, Canadian times: 10:30 & 1:30. Christmas Trains start mid-Dec. & end all-weather services, including the legendary train Algoma Central Railway. 129 Bay St., Sault Ste. Marie, just before Christmas. Great Train Robberies on selected operating between Toronto and Vancouver. P6A 6Y2 Phone: 800-242-9287 Agawa Canyon tours June- dates. Call for details or visit our website. Bookings can be www.viarail.ca/en mid-Oct., Feb.-mid-March; year-round passenger service, done online for all events. www.kettlevalleyrail.org West Coast Railway Heritage Park. CN Roundhouse camp car rentals, and access to wilderness lodges. www.agawatrain.com Kwinitsa Railway Station Museum. Prince Rupert & Conference Centre, 39645 Government Rd., Squamish, waterfront by Rotary Waterfront Park, P.O. Box 669, Prince V6B 3X2 Phone: 604-898-9336 Year-round, daily, 10-5, Canada Science and Technology Museum. 1867 St. Rupert, V8J 3S1 Phone: 250-624-3207 Open June-Aug., summer; 10-4, winter. www.wcra.org Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, K1G 5A3 Phone: 1-866-442-4416 daily, 9-12, & 1-5. 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R-22 2018 RIDE THIS TRAIN ADVERTISERS Elgin County Railway Museum. 225 Wellington St., York-Durham Heritage Railway. 19 Railway St., The Advertiser Index is provided as a service to TRAINS magazine St. homas, N5R 2S6 Phone: 519-637-6284 Explore railway Uxbridge, L9P 1E5 Phone: 905-852-3696 June-Oct., Sun. readers. The magazine is not responsible for omissions or for typographical errors in names or page numbers. artifact displays, rolling stock equipment, & the History in Additional trips, Sat., Oct., and Santa trains, early Dec. Free Motion Model Railway, located in the historic 1913 MCRR museum at depot in Uxbridge. www.ydhr.ca 1880 Train ...... R-17 locomotive shop. Summer hours: Victoria Day (mid-May)- Labour Day, Tues. to Sun., 10-4. Closed Mon. Fall hours: Prince Edward Island Abilene & Smokey Valley Railroad...... R-6 Sept.-Canadian hanksgiving, Wed. to Sat. 12-4. Of-season Elmira Railway Museum. 457 Elmira Rd., Elmira, C0A hours: mid-Oct. through Victoria Day (mid-May), Sat., 12-4, 1K0 Phone: 902-357-7234 Open part of June, weekdays; Arkansas & Missouri Railroad ...... R-3 or by appointment. ecrm5700.org July-Aug., daily. Open part of Sept., weekdays. Train Depot Fort Erie Railway Museum. 400 Central Ave., Fort Erie, museum with train ride. Miniature train rides, trolley and Bluegrass Scenic Railroad ...... R-9 Phone: 905-894-5322 Steam engine 6218, Ridgeway Railway speed rides, and a strawberry social in July. Great exhibit and Station, B-1 Railway Station, caboose, git shop, and exhibits. great fun for the family! www.peimuseum.com Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad ...... R-9 www.forterie.ca/pages/museum Quebec Halton County Radial Railway. 13629 Guelph Line, Bowie Railway Station Museum ...... R-9 Milton, L0P 1B0 Phone: 519-856-9802 May-Oct., weekends Beauce Railway Museum. 397 rue Jean-Marie and holidays, 10-5. First departure 11. Last departure 4:30. Rousseau, Vallee-Jonction, G0S 3J0 Phone: 418-253-6449 Branson Scenic Railway ...... R-11 July & Aug., weekdays also, 10-4:30. First departure 11. Last June-Oct. Museum relating history of the Quebec Central departure 4. Museum with trolley rides. www.hcry.org Railway. Open Wed. to Sun. from June 24 to Labor Day. Camp 5 Museum Foundation, Inc...... R-21 Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway Society. 88 Please call or write for detailed schedules & reservations. Brunel Rd., Huntsville, P1H 1R1 Phone: 705-789-7576 www.garevalleejonction.ca Colebrookdale Railroad ...... R-16 Mid-May to mid-Oct. Museum, village, train. Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum. 110 St. www.portagelyer.org or www.muskokaheritageplace.org Pierre St., St. Constant, J5A 1G7 Phone: 450-632-2410 Visi- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad ...... R-4 Komoka Railway Museum. 131 Queen St., Komoka, tors will discover the largest collection of railroad equipment N0L 1R0 Phone: 519-657-1912 June-Aug., Fri.-Mon., 9-4; in Canada and will have a truly fantastic experience. hey Delaware & Ulster Railroad ...... R-14 Sept.-May, Sat., 9-12. Museum with rolling stock displays. will be able to climb aboard several of the vehicles on exhibit www.komokarailmuseum.ca and take a ride in a completely restored Montreal streetcar Downeast Scenic Railroad...... R-9 and aboard a miniature train. On Sunday aternoons, the Memory Junction Museum. 60 Maplewood St., public has the opportunity to board the Exporail passenger Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad...... R-19 Brighton, K0K 1H0 Phone: 613-475-0379 May 24-end of train. www.exporail.org June, for booked tours and appt. July-end of Sept., 10-4, Mon., Wed., & Sat. Museum. Hull-Chelsea-Wakeﬁeld Steam Train. 165 Deveault East Troy Electric Railroad ...... R-21 www.memoryjunctionmuseum.ca St., Gatineau, J8Z 1S7 Phone: 800-871-7246 May-Oct. 5. Excursion and dinner train. Eagle Cap Excursion Train...... R-16 Muskoka Heritage Place. 88 Brunel Rd., Huntsville, P1H 1R1 Phone: 705-789-7576 Mid-May-mid-Oct. Saskatchewan Museum, village, train. Diesel locomotive, shoulder seasons. EnterTRAINment Junction...... R-16 Rusty Relics Museum. Steam locomotive, July and Aug. 306 Railway Ave. W., Carlyle, www.muskokaheritageplace.org S0C 0R0 Phone: 306-453-2266 June 10-Labor Day, Mon.- Essex Steam Train ...... R-5 Sat., 9-5. Museum. www.saskmuseums.org/museums Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Saskatchewan Railway Museum. Galveston Railroad Museum ...... R-19 Centre. 26 Bloor St., Capreol, P0M 1H0 Phone: 705-858- Box 21117, 5050 Open May 20-Sept. 3. Nestled along the CN main line. Saskatoon, S7H 5N9 Phone: 306-382-9855 Open 10-5, Fri., he museum sheds light on the history of the railway in Sat., Sun., and statutory holidays from May 19 to Sept. 3. Georgetown Loop ...... R-3 northern Ontario featuring unique rolling stock and Museum with motor car rides. Large collection of rolling highlighted by a pair of historic steam locomotives, CN stock and railway buildings. Call or check website for rates, Lake Superior Railroad Museum ...... R-10 No. 6077 and T&NO No. 219. Admission also grants access tours, and special events. www.saskrailmuseum.org to the museum’s Heritage Centre with an antique ire truck, Western Development Museum. 50 Diefenbaker Dr., Leadville Colorado & Southern Railroad Company ...... R-3 jail, and a great HO-scale layout. normhc.ca Moose Jaw, S6J 1L9 Phone: 306-693-5989 Open daily, 9-5. Polar Bear Express. 200 Railway St., Cochrane, P0L Closed Mondays in Jan., Feb., and March. Museum. Mid-Continent Railway Museum ...... R-21 1C0 Phone: 800-268-9281 End of June-end of Aug. Train www.wdm.ca ride. www.ontarionorthland.ca Yukon Territory Midland Railway ...... R-6 Port Stanley Terminal Rail. 309 Bridge St., Port Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum. Monticello Railway Museum ...... R-6 Stanley, N5L 1C5 Phone: 519-782-3730 Experience the fun Mile 919, of a train ride through the scenic Kettle Creek Valley. Alaska Hwy., Whitehorse, Phone: 867-667-6198 Memorial www.pstr.on.ca Day-Labor Day, 10-5, daily. Diesel mining engine ride & Mount Washington Cog Railway ...... R-13 museum in 20-acre theme park. Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario. 90 William St., www.yukonrails.com/museum National Railroad Museum ...... R-20 P.O. Box 962, Smiths Falls, K7A 5A5 Phone: 613-283-5696 Dawson City Museum & Historical Society. Open daily, mid-May to mid-Oct., 10-5. We ofer visitors an P. O. North Carolina Transportation Museum ...... R-15 interactive experience to connect with our region’s industrial Box 303, Dawson City, Y0B 1G0 Phone: 867-993-5291 heritage. Housed in a 1912 Canadian Northern Railway www.dawsonmuseum.ca Station, we invite you to explore our railcars and changing Waterfront Trolley. Miles Canyon Historic Railway Nebraska Tourism Commission ...... R-24 exhibits. Ride our irst-generation diesel locomotive or Society, 1127 Front St., Whitehorse, Y1A 0G5 Phone: • Alliance Visitor Center spend the night on one of our cabooses. Visit our website for 867-667-6355 May 15-Sept. 15, 10-6. Visitors to downtown schedules and pricing. www.rmeo.org Whitehorse can park and ride the beautifully restored • Golden Spike Tower South Simcoe Railway. Mill St. W., Tottenham, L0G bright yellow 1925 Waterfront Trolley. his interpretive ride • Kearney Visitor Center describes the Whitehorse waterfront’s fascinating history, 1W0 Phone: 905-936-5815 May long weekend to hanksgiv- • Sandhills Journey ing weekend, plus Santa trains, Easter trains, and Halloween including stories about the WP&YR line and the mighty trains. Limited weekday departures in July and August. sternwheelers that plied the Yukon River. Closed in the • Visit Nebraska winter. www.yukonrails.com/trolley Check website for details, fares, and schedules. Washrooms • West Nebraska Visitor Center fully accessible, train has limited accessibility. Call the oice St. Kitts for availability. Oice hours are noon until 3:30 p.m., Eastern Nevada Northern Railway Museum ...... R-12 time. www.southsimcoerailway.ca St. Kitts Scenic Railway Ltd. Needsmust Train Station, P.O. Box 191, Basseterre, Phone: 869-465-7263 St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway. 1440 King Oklahoma Railway Museum ...... R-16 St. North, Building No. 3, St. Jacobs, N0B 2N0 Phone: 519- Built between 1912 and 1926 to transport sugar cane from the island’s sugar plantations to the sugar factory in the 664-3737 Open every weekend, May to Dec., select show Seminole Gulf Railway ...... R-5 dates, Feb. to April. Closed in Jan. O-scale layout. Over 3,000 capital city of Basseterre, the St. Kitts Scenic Railway now square feet, depicting South Western Ontario during the late takes passengers on a 3-hour tour that makes a 30-mile Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ...... R-16 1950s. Famous night scene. stjacobsmodelrailway.com circle around the beautiful Caribbean island, with 18 miles by narrow gauge train and 12 miles on sightseeing buses. Waterloo Central Railway. 50 Isabella St., St. Jacobs, www.stkittsscenicrailway.com Trains Books ...... 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