steam locomotive: Steam Train Excursions

steam train excursions

Where, then, can one still go to recapture the nostalgia of decades past on the rails? The answer: Ride one of the steam-powered special railroad excursion trains. These trips have never been advertised nationally outside of the pages of rail fan magazines Nickel Plate 765, a steam engine from the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, last ran near Toledo in 2012, but trips were closed to public. Enlarge Norfolk Southern Corp.’s revival of excursion passenger trains powered by steam locomotives returns last week to discuss details for the 2014 Tri-State Rail Excursion that is planned for April 12-13. Officials said the steam train journey will begin in Grundy, Va., and pass through Pike County and Devon, W.Va. Pike County director of Energy and Community Steam-train excursions operated by Steamtown National Historic Site begin this week in Scranton. The three-hour round trips will go between Scranton and Kingsley in Susquehanna County. Highlights include going through a 3,629-foot tunnel and crossing SCRANTON — Beginning on National Train Day, May 9, the Steamtown National Historic Site will host several special excursions. A trip to Carbondale will carry guests along a portion of the former Delaware and Hudson Railroad mainline through the ASHTABULA — An historic steam train will make its way to Ashtabula this summer. Nickel Plate Road 765, a 1944 steam locomotive, will take passengers on round-trip excursions July 25-26 from Youngstown to Ashtabula as part of Norfolk Southern’s 21st .

Lindsay's boyhood excursions on steam locomotives eventually led to summer "When I started, there were lot of fellows who knew the ins and outs of steam trains. I benefited from working with them," said Lindsay. It's a different story today. Old Sacramento State Historic Park is one of the first destinations out of the proverbial warmer-days-are-here-again gate with its annual kick-off of weekend train rides. The excursions have A vintage steam locomotive is at the lead, and there shall It’s the sound of a steam train’s whistle. For me or Casey Jones at the throttle of the Cannonball Express, or school excursions to Puffing Billy in the Dandenongs. In fact, that whistle is a forgotten symbol of progress, of the industrial Reading & Northern Company rail line announced that when the train travels from Duryea to Jim Thorpe on Sept. 28, it will be pulled by a fully restored steam locomotive. The annual rain excursion benefits Pittston Memorial Library, the Greater Pittston .

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