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Arkansas - Arkansas Missouri Railroad
Springdale, AR - Arkansas and Missouri Railroad's special passenger train services offer you 'A Window Seat to History' -- an opportunity to travel in the style of a bygone era. You can still enjoy the leisurely elegance of real train travel through the mountains and valleys of Northwest Arkansas.
Over trestles with views for miles and through a quarter mile tunnel, your journey will take you all the way to the top of the scenic Boston Mountains and into the historic Arkansas River Basin.
The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is one of the few commercial lines left in the United States that operates both freight and passenger service. All of our passengers travel the regular working rails in refurbished antique passenger or parlor coaches.
For some, the journey evokes memories of an era long gone. For others, it is the fulfillment of a wish to let their children and grandchildren experience the Golden Age of Travel just as they did when they were young. All enjoy a uniquely memorable experience reminiscent of American traditions in transportation.
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Arkansas - Arkansas Railroad Museum
Pine Bluff, AR - In 1955, the Cotton Belt Railroad donated Steam Locomotive 819 to the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The 819 was the last steam engine built in the Cotton Belt Shops (the same building that now houses the Arkansas Railroad Museum). A group of volunteers, mainly railroad employees, moved the locomotive to Oakland Park where it sat on display for some 25 years.
As time progressed and the restoration effort was underway, many people became interested in the project. This brought many people to the building and many began to bring items to donate to the Cotton Belt Historical Society. It became obvious that the project was going to grow into more than a restored steam engine. The name Arkansas Railroad Museum was adopted and the museum is still operated by the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society, Inc. The building has over 70,000 square feet of floor space, 17 tracks, houses two display rooms and many displays.
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Arkansas - Central Delta Depot Museum
Brinkley, AR - The Central Delta Depot Museum in Brinkley (Monroe County) is an initiative of the Central Delta Historical Society, which was organized in the 1990s to preserve the history and heritage of the central Delta area. The museum's scope covers all of Monroe and parts of Woodruff, St. Francis, Prairie, Lee, Phillips, and Arkansas counties.
In February 2001, Union Pacific deeded the station to the city of Brinkley, which later gave a long-term lease for it to the Central Delta Historical Society. The groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of the depot was held May 4, 2001. Welch Construction Company of Benton (Saline County) had the general contract, and work was completed in 2003. The museum opened in May of that year.
The Central Delta Depot Museum is a museum of general history, with an emphasis on the stories of the Rock Island and Cotton Belt rail lines that crossed at Brinkley. The museum gets some support from the city of Brinkley but otherwise depends on admission charges, donations, fundraisers, and grants to finance its operation.
On the museum grounds is the approximately 100-year-old frame depot that at one time was located at Monroe (Monroe County) on the Missouri Pacific rail line that connected Brinkley to Helena (Phillips County). Still another rail line, the White and Black River Railroad (owned in later years by Rock Island), provided service from Brinkley to Jacksonport (Jackson County).
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Arkansas - Eureka Springs & North Arkansas
Eureka Springs, AR - Step back in time to an earlier age of locomotive transportation and enjoy the Excursion Train or the Dining Car. See our 1940-era diesel locomotive in operation or view our stationary steam locomotive exhibits. Watch our authentic turntable operate as it turns the engine around and discover how a locomotive can also be turned at our end-of-the-line wye. Or dine in luxury as you ride the rails... Enjoy the elegant flavor of the 1920's aboard the Eurekan Dining Car. You dine on specially prepared cuisine as the clickety-clack takes you back. Shop in the Baggage Room gift shop for railroad related gifts.
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Arkansas - Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway
A great railroad show rolls out for you at ES&NA... Step back in time to when steam locomotives ruled the rails.
See a "cabbage head" woodburner or a straight-stack locomotive.Watch our authentic turntable operate to turn the engines around and discover how a locomotive can also be turned on our end-of-the-line "wye." See the locomotive take on water at the tank. Dine in luxury as you ride the rails...
Info: URL: https://www.esnarailway.com/ (Added: 20-May-2001)
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Arkansas - Mammoth Spring Frisco Depot Museum
Mammoth Spring AR - Mammoth Spring, Arkansas's largest spring, flows nine million gallons of water hourly. Forming a scenic 10-acre
lake, it then flows south as the Spring River, a popular trout and float stream.
Near the spring, a beautifully-restored 1886 Frisco depot houses a collection of railroad memorabilia. The baggage room displays local history exhibits, and just outside is a Frisco caboose. The 1886 Frisco Depot will take you back in time to a bustling 1800s train depot. The Mammoth Spring Depot is one of only a few depots in the nation that have been restored as museums dedicated to interpreting their roles as train depots
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California - Angels Flight Railway
Los Angeles, CA - This funicular dates back to 1901, when Bunker Hill was one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in Los Angeles and the cars, Olivet and Sinai, ferried prominent citizens up and down the steep slope between Hill and Olive streets. The beloved landmark was dismantled for urban renewal of the area in 1969. In the early 1990s, the Railway was refurbished and relocated a half-block south, reopening adjacent to California Plaza in 1996. As short as it is (298 feet), Angels Flight® is an essential Los Angeles experience.
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California - Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad
The BJWRR has been in operation at Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park in Los Gatos, California since 1970 and attracts over 100,000 riders a year. The railroad operates from a corner of Oak Meadow Park, passes over Los Gatos Creek on a bridge made from a Southern
Pacific 89 foot piggy back flat car, and on through the adjacent Vasona park in Los Gatos California. The ride is over 1 mile long and includes a scenic view of Los Gatos Creek and Vasona Park.
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California - California State Railroad Museum
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Sacramento, CA - First opened to the public in 1976, the world famous California State Railroad Museum complex is one of Sacramento's largest and most popular visitor destinations, with guests traveling from throughout the world to experience this world-renowned facility.
Take a journey into the past at the California State Railroad Museum
Experience the feats of engineering and ingenuity that have kept the Golden State steaming along for nearly 200 years from immaculately restored engines and cars to exciting events and exhibits that bring the railroad to life.
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