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| Author: | Jim Tighe [ Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oldest operating tourist railroad |
> This question came up on another list awhile > back.......Surprisingly hard to make a > definitive answer. Cretainly the White Pass > is among the oldest surviving, and they've > been hauling tourists (although not > exclusively) almost since the beginning. > But for the oldest continously operated > tourist hauler, my vote goes to an unlikely > and virtually unknown line in Northern > Michigan; the Toonerville Trolley. Speaking > off the cuff here, as I don't have > references at hand, but IRRC it's been in > operation since 1925 under same-family > ownership. I've a picture of a train on the > line in the 1930's, pulled by a little > Fordson or Brookeville critter, two open-air > cars so overloaded that folks are riding on > the roof and hanging off the lokie. Today > it's considered the oldest and longest 2-ft > ga. RR in the U.S. > regards, > J Could some one tell us more about this Northern Michigan operation?? justighe@bright.net |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Raymond, NH Plymouth question |
Is the little Plymouth at Raymond, New Hampshire the onetime Stewartstown No. 6, which later worked on the Wolfeboro RR? ryarger@rypn.org |
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