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Midwest Central Railroad No. 9 in 2007. The Midwest Central Railroad is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad operating within the confines of Mount Pleasant, Iowa's McMillan Park, site of the Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion. The railroad is a registered, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
The Midwest Electric Railway (initialized MERA, reporting mark MERA [1] [nb 1]) is a non-profit trolley operation located on the grounds of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It is home to 10 pieces of trolley history that are regularly operated on a 2.5 mile loop surrounding the organization's campgrounds.
The train was moved to Mount Pleasant in September 1962, where it was kept at the Old Thresher's Reunion site in McMillan Park. Hayes encouraged the Midwest Central Railroad, which was part of Old Threshers Reunion, to construct a standard gauge loop track so the train could be put into service as a regional tourist attraction. [7] [8]
It currently operates on the Midwest Central Railroad in Mount Pleasant, a heritage railroad. In 1882, thirty-two narrow-gauge logging railroads were constructed in Michigan, and by 1889 there were eighty-nine such logging railroads in operation, totaling almost 450 miles (720 km) of track. [4]
Wabash Railroad: Mount Pleasant and Keokuk Railroad: CB&Q: 1889 1889 St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad: Moville Extension Railway: CNW: 1901 1901 Sioux City and Pacific Railroad: Murray and Creston Railroad: CB&Q: 1900 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railroad: RI: 1916 1925
Mount Pleasant is in central Henry County at the intersection of US Routes 218 and 34. [14]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.53 square miles (22.09 km 2), of which, 8.51 square miles (22.04 km 2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2) is water.
Operable at Midwest Midwest Central Railroad, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Lettered for West Side Lumber Company. Trucked to Silver Plume, CO, arrived February 2, 2011. Colorado Historical Society will rebuild 9 to operate on Georgetown Loop Railroad - estimated completion 2012. The 12, a Baldwin 2-6-2, will go to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, after #9 enters ...
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museums: Mount Pleasant: Henry: East: Open air: Includes Midwest Electric Railway, rural life period displays, agriculture tools and equipment, dolls, printing presses, theater museum, steam and gas engines and more Midwest Central Railroad: Mount Pleasant: Henry: East: Railroad: website, heritage railway Mills ...