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Operations and excursions of the railroad are overseen by the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Museum (CCRM). The museum lost its liability insurance coverage in 2022 to operate the "excursion stream train" due to financial losses stemming from two collision accidents. [7] The museum reopened in 2023 and made repairs to the tracks and the train engine.
Mar. 5—The Chehalis Centralia Railroad and Museum on Saturday announced it would suspend all passenger operations until further notice. "Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Chehalis ...
The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Museum (CCRM) is located south of the veteran's museum and hosts the Chehalis–Centralia Railroad which offers an 18.0-mile (29.0 km) passenger train ride that traverses through the Twin City corridor and the Chehalis River Valley. [164]
Centralia is named for the Illinois Central Railroad, built in 1853. The city was founded where the two original branches of the railroad converged. Centralia was first chartered as a city in 1859. [2] Now Canadian National owns the line. The intersection of the Third Principal Meridian and its baseline is in the southern city limits.
Chehalis-Centralia Railroad and Museum President Mary Kay Nelson said Thursday that 51 volunteers — including conductors, stewards and freighthoppers — spent 4,000 hours preparing for the ...
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Located in Centralia's Fairview Park are two memorials to the area's railroad heritage. Locomotive 2500 is an Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotive, one of 76 built within the railroad's Paducah, Kentucky shops between 1937 and 1943.
Centralia Commercial Historic District: March 7, 2012 126 W. Broadway to 331 E. Broadway ... Illinois Central Railroad Water Tower and Pump House: November 12, 1998