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The railroad owns and uses historic rolling stock to offer scenic rides up the Hocking River valley. It sometimes hosts specialty excursions, such as wine-tasting trips, Easter Bunny, robbery trains, and the "Santa Trains." It was named one of the world's best family train trips by the Travel Channel in 2013. [8]
The 4-6-2 designation indicates that there are four wheels in the pilot truck, six driving wheels, and two wheels in the trailing truck. The term "Pacific" was given to this wheel arrangement because it was first used on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The E2a locomotives were first used for mainline passenger service and later for branch line ...
The earliest predecessor of the Hocking Valley was the Mineral Railroad, incorporated in April 1864 to build from Athens in the rich Hocking Valley to Columbus. [2] The company changed its name to the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in June 1867, shortly after construction began at Columbus, [3] and the line opened for business from Columbus to Lancaster on January 20, 1869, Logan on ...
You can also step back through time and see antique Christmas decorations dating back to the 1800s. The NaturePlay area is lit with sparkling lights. ... The Polar Express Train Ride: Nov. 10-Dec. 16.
During World War II, the original Hocking Valley Railroad ran 138 steam locomotives, 70 passenger cars and 15,000 freight cars along 340 route-miles of track. Today, the trains of the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway again pull out of Nelsonville, for pleasure this time, to take passengers on leisurely glides through beautiful, Southeastern Ohio.
Operates South Charleston Railroad, West Central Ohio Port Authority; Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) (Watco) Lake Terminal Railroad (LT) Lorain Northern Railroad (LNOR) Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY) (owned by GWI) Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad (NDW), (Pioneer Lines) Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR)
The Columbus Interurban Terminal One of two remaining Columbus streetcars, operated 1926–1948, and now at the Ohio Railway Museum. The first public transit in the city was the horse-drawn omnibus, utilized in 1852 to transport passengers to and from the city's first train station, and in 1853, between Columbus, Franklinton, Worthington, and Canal Winchester.
A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico. This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota. Visitors aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia