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In 1983, an 11-mile (18 km) section of the line was purchased by the Boone Railroad Historical Society, and its 2254 charter members, for $50,000. The stretch of track winds through the Des Moines River Valley and across a 156-foot (47.5 m) tall bridge spanning Bass Point Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River.
Bellevue and Cascade Railroad: 1933 1936 N/A Boone County Railway: CNW: 1899 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway: Boone Valley Coal and Railway Company: CNW: 1893 1899 Marshalltown and Dakota Railway: Boyer Valley Railway: CNW: 1898 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway: Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway: CB&Q: 1872 1901 Chicago ...
For scenic gravity railroads, an early terminology, see roller coasters A scenic railroad or scenic railway is a train service operating leisure tours of sights such as mountain scenery and foliage tours.
One of the railroad's former steam engines, 2-8-0 #17, is most widely known for holding the historic title as the last operating common carrier steam locomotive in America. [2] [4] [15] It currently sits on display at the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Boone, Iowa and is still painted with the CO&E's classic pyramid logo. [16]
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad; M. Midwest Central Railroad; Midwest Electric Railway This page was last edited on 17 December 2016, at 02:43 (UTC). Text is ...
By the mid-1950s, traffic on the bridge was limited to one train at a time. [5] In 1986, some of the bridge towers were damaged in a wind storm. [5] Union Pacific Railroad is the current owner of the bridge, and starting in 2001, they undertook an inspection and repair program; this resulted in both tracks being opened again, but with a 25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) slow order.
Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum are other points of interest. The B&SVRR allows visitors to view Boone and the Boone river valley area via train, riding behind various historic train equipment. Thomas the Tank Engine makes annual visits to B&SVRR, at the Day Out with Thomas event, usually in September. [29]
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad; Boone Speedway This page was last edited on 17 December 2016, at 02:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...