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2014 Holiday Trains from Our December Issue, the Trains You Can Ride, and Those That May Visit Your Area 2014 Holiday Trains From our December issue, the trains you can ride, and those that may visit your area The Map of the Month on pages 36-37 of the December 2014 TRAINS pinpoints the location of Santa Trains and other holiday train rides across the country, as well as the route of exhibition and gift-giving trains operated by a number of railroad. Here’s the list of participating rail- roads, tourist lines and museums, as well as their websites for more information. ALABAMA 1. Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum Calera hodrrm.org 2. North Alabama Railroad Museum Huntsville northalabamarailroadmuseum.com ARIZONA 3. Grand Canyon Williams thetrain.com ARKANSAS 4. Arkansas & Missouri Springdale amrailroad.com 53. Kansas City Southern Holiday Express kcsouthern.com CALIFORNIA 5. California State Railroad Museum Sacramento csrmf.org 6. Fillmore & Western Fillmore fwry-blog.com 7. Irvine Park Railroad Orange irvineparkrailroad.com 8. Napa Valley Wine Train Napa winetrain.com 9. Niles Canyon Ry. Sunol ncry.org 10. Orange Empire Ry. Museum Perris www.oerm.org 11. Pacific Southwest Ry. Museum Campo www.psrm.org 12. Railtown 1897 State Park Jamestown railtown1897.org 13. Roaring Camp Railroads Felton roaringcamp.com 14. Sacramento River Train Woodland sacramentorivertrain.com 15. Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Watsonville traintochristmastown.com 16. Sierra Railroad Oakdale sierrarailroad.com 17. Skunk Train Fort Bragg skunktrain.com 18. South Coast Railroad Museum Goleta goletadepot.org 19. Western Pacific Railroad Museum Portola wplives.org COLORADO 20. Colorado Railroad Museum Golden coloradorailroadmuseum.org 21. Durango & Silverton Durango durangotrain.com 22. Georgetown Loop Georgetown georgetownlooprr.com 23. Pikes Peak Cog Railway Manitou Springs cograilway.com 24. Rio Grande Scenic Alamosa traintochristmastown.com 25. Royal Gorge Route Cañon City royalgorgeroute.com CONNECTICUT 26. Danbury Ry. Museum Danbury danbury.org/drm 27. Essex Steam Train Essex essexsteamtrain.com 28. Railroad Museum of New England Thomaston rmne.org 29. Shore Line Trolley Museum East Haven shorelinetrolley.com DELAWARE 30. Wilmington & Western Wilmington wwrr.com FLORIDA 31. Florida East Coast fecrwy.com 32. Orange Blossom Cannonball Tavares orangeblossomcannonball.com 33. Florida Railroad Museum Parrish frrm.org 34. Seminole Gulf Railway Fort Myers semgulf.com GEORGIA 35. SAM Shortline Train Cordele samshortline.com 36. Stone Mountain Park Stone Mountain stonemountainpark.com IDAHO 37. Thunder Mountain Line Horseshoe Bend thundermountainline.com © 2014 Kalmbach Publishing Co. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. www.TrainsMag.com ILLINOIS 38. Chicago Transit Authority Chicago transitchicago.com/holidaytrain 39. Canadian National Santa Train www.cliftonillinois.com 40. Canadian Pacific Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 41. Fox River Trolley Museum South Elgin foxtrolley.org 42. Illinois Railroad Museum Union irm.org 151. Keokuk Junction pioneer-railcorp.com 43. Monticello Ry. Museum Monticello mrym.org INDIANA 44. Hesston Steam Museum Hesston hesston.org 45. Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum North Judson hoosiervalley.org 46. Indiana Rail Road inrd.com/santa_train.aspx 47. French Lick Scenic French Lick indianarailwaymuseum.org 48. Indiana Transportation Museum Noblesville itm.org 49. Whitewater Valley Railroad Connersville whitewatervalleyrr.org IOWA 50. Boone & Scenic Valley Boone scenic-valleyrr.com 40. CP Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 51. Midwest Central Mount Pleasant mcrr.org KANSAS 52. Abilene & Smoky Valley Abilene asvrr.org 53. Kansas City Southern Holiday Express kcsouthern.com 54. Midland Ry. Historical Assoc. Baldwin City midlandrailway.org KENTUCKY 55. Big South Fork Scenic Stearns bsfsry.com 56. Bluegrass Scenic Railroad Versailles bgrm.org 57. CSX Transportation Santa Train teamsantatrain.org 58. Kentucky Railway Museum New Haven kyrail.org 59. Old Kentucky Dinner Train Bardstown kydinnertrain.com LOUISIANA 53. Kansas City Southern Holiday Express kcsouthern.com MAINE 60. Maine Eastern Railroad Museum Rockland, Bath maineeasternrailroad.com 61. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Portland mainenarrowgauge.org 62. Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport trolleymuseum.org 63. Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Alna wwfry.org MARYLAND 64. Walkersville Southern Walkersville wsrr.org 65. Western Maryland Scenic Cumberland wmsr.com MASSACHUSETTS 66. Cape Cod Central Hyannis traintochristmastown.com 67. Edaville USA Carver edaville.com MICHIGAN 68. Coopersville & Marne Coopersville coopersvilleandmarne.org 69. Little River Railroad Coldwater littleriverrailroad.com 70. Steam Railroading Institute Owosso michigansteamtrain.com MINNESOTA 40. CP Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 71. Minnesota Streetcar Museum Minneapolis trolleyride.org 72. North Shore Scenic Duluth northshorescenicrailroad.org MISSISSIPPI 53. KCS Holiday Express kcsouthern.com MISSOURI 73. Branson Scenic Branson bransontrain.com 74. Columbia Star Dinner Train Columbia dinnertrain.com 53. Kansas City Southern Holiday Express kcsouthern.com 75. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Jackson slimrr.com MONTANA 76. Charlie Russell Chew Choo Lewistown montanadinnertrain.com NEVADA 77. Nevada Northern Ely nnry.com 78. Virginia & Truckee Virginia City virginiatruckee.com NEW HAMPSHIRE 79. Conway Scenic Ry. North Conway polarexpress.org 80. Hobo Railroad Lincoln santatrains.com 81. Mount Washington Cog Ry. Bretton Woods thecog.com NEW JERSEY 82. Black River & Western Flemington newjerseytrain.org 83. Jersey Central Chapter NRHS Raritan, Westfield jcrhs.org 84. New Jersey Museum of Transp. Wall Township njmt.org 85. Morristown & Erie Whippany whippanyrailwaymuseum.net 86. Toys for Tots Train toysfortotsnj.com NEW YORK 87. Adirondack Scenic Thendara, Utica adirondackrr.com 88. Arcade & Attica Arcade arcadeandatticarr.com 89. Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Milford lrhs.com 40. Canadian Pacific Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 90. Medina Railroad Museum Medina railroadmuseum.net 91. New York City MTA web.mta.info/metrocard/promos/Vintagetrain 92. Saratoga & North Creek Saratoga Springs sncrr.com NORTH CAROLINA 93. Great Smoky Mountains, Bryson City gsmr.com 94. New Hope Valley Ry. New Hill triangletrain.com 95. North Carolina Transp. Museum Spencer nctrans.org NORTH DAKOTA 40. Canadian Pacific Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train OHIO 96. Cuyahoga Valley Akron, Independence cvsr.com 97. Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Dennison dennisondepot.org 98. Hocking Valley Scenic Nelsonville hvsry.org 99. Lebanon Mason Monroe Lebanon lebanonrr.com 100. Orrville Railroad Orrville orrvillerailroad.com OKLAHOMA 53. KCS Holiday Express kcsouthern.com 101. Oklahoma Railway Museum Oklahoma City oklahomarailwaymuseum.org 102. Stillwater Central Bristow easternflyerpolarexpressride.com OREGON 103. Mount Hood Hood River mthoodrr.com 104. Oregon Coast Scenic Garibaldi oregoncoastscenic.org 105. Sumpter Valley Sumpter, McEwen sumptervalleyrailroad.org PENNSYLVANIA 106. Bellefonte Hist. Railroad Society Bellefonte bellefontetrain.org 40. Canadian Pacific Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 107. Kiski Junction Schenley kiskijunction.com 108. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Jim Thorpe lgsry.com 109. Middletown & Hummelstown Middletown mhrailroad.com 110. New Hope & Ivyland New Hope newhoperailroad.com 111. North Shore Railroad Northumberland nshr.com 112. Oil Creek & Titusville Titusville octrr.org 113. Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Washington pa-trolley.org 114. Rockhill Trolley Museum Rockhill Furnace rockhilltrolley.org 115. Strasburg Rail Road Strasburg strasburgrailroad.com 116. Steam into History New Freedom steamintohistory.com 117. Tioga Central Wellsboro tiogacentral.com 118. Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern Kempton kemptontrain.com 119. West Chester Railroad West Chester westchesterrr.net RHODE ISLAND 120. Newport Dinner Train Newport newportdinnertrain.com 121. Providence & Worcester Woonsocket tourblackstone.com SOUTH CAROLINA 122. South Carolina Railroad Museum Winnsboro scrm.org SOUTH DAKOTA 123. Black Hills Central Hill City www.1880train.com TENNESSEE 57. CSX Santa Train teamsantatrain.org 124. Secret City Scenic Train Oak Ridge secretcityrailroad.com 125. Tennessee Central Ry. Museum Nashville tcry.org 126. Tennessee Valley Chattanooga tvrail.com 127. Three Rivers Rambler Knoxville threeriversrambler.com TEXAS 128. Austin Steam Train Cedar Park austinsteamtrain.org 129. Grapevine Vintage Railroad Grapevine grapevinetexasusa.com 130. Historic Jefferson Railway Jefferson jeffersonrailway.com 53. Kansas City Southern Holiday Express kcsouthern.com 131. Texas State Railroad Palestine texasstaterr.com 132. Texas Transportation Museum San Antonio txtransportationmuseum.org 133. West Texas & Lubbock Wolfforth westtexaspolarexpressride.com UTAH 134. Heber Valley Railroad Heber Valley hebervalleyrr.org VERMONT 135. Vermont Rail System rails-vt.com/christmas-train VIRGINIA 57. CSX Santa Train teamsantatrain.org 136. Old Dominion Chapter NRHS Dillwyn odcnrhs.org 137. Virginia Railway Express vre.org/seasonal/santa-trains.html WASHINGTON 138. Alki Tours Seattle alkitours.com/tourdetails/1607.html 139. Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Chehalis steamtrainride.com 140. Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Yacolt bycx.com 141. Lake Whatcom Ry. Wickersham lakewhatcomrailway.com 142. Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad Elbe mrsr.com 143. Northern Pacific Ry. Museum Toppenish www.nprymuseum.org 144. Northwest Railroad Museum Snoqualmie trainmuseum.org 145. Yakima Valley Trolleys Yakima yakimavalleytrolleys.org WEST VIRGINIA 146. Durbin & Greenbrier Elkins Mtn-Rail.com WISCONSIN 40. CP Holiday Train www.cpr.ca/en/community/holiday-train 147. East Troy Electric East Troy easttroyrr.org 148. Mid-Continent Ry. Museum North Freedom midcontinent.org 149. National Railroad Museum Green Bay nationalrrmuseum.org 150. Wisconsin Great Northern Spooner spoonertrainride.com.
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