Are there any excursion/tourist rail rides in the Western US or elsewhere that last 4 hours or longer (one way)? If so, who is the typical rider? Rail fans? Families? Retirees?
Thanks in advvance for your help!
Posted by atsf3751 (Member # 1538) on :
The Grand Canyon Railway, based out of Williams, AZ, offers a round trip ride that if around four hours. The only one way trips that I can think of right now that near four hours one way are the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec, former D&RGW narrow gauge lines in Colorado and New Mexico, respectively.
Posted by MPALMER (Member # 125) on :
As for your other question...the typical riders were families, on the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec. (I have never been on the Grand Canyon line).
MP
Posted by dilly (Member # 1427) on :
The Adirondack Scenic Railroad, in upstate New York, is restoring the line that starts in Utica and runs north through Adirondack State Park to Lake Placid.
Only about a third of the full route seems to be operational right now. At the moment, their trains travel about two and a half hours up the line from Utica's Union Station (where the Lake Shore Limited and several other Amtrak trains stop).
Their fairly extensive roster includes a number of restored CN/VIA coaches, along with an F7 that once belonged to the Alaska Railroad.
The engine was still painted in full Alaska colors when the Adirondack began using it to haul trains through the eastern forests of New York. A very bizarre sight, but very cool.