The annual Day Out With Thomas is a huge hit! Kids get to ride a train pulled by their favorite steamie, have their photo taken with Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt, play with lots of Thomas toys, bounce to their heart’s content and generally come home tired and happy.īut there’s more to the Northwest Railway Museum than just the friendly tank engine. If you’ve got train crazy kids, then you’ve probably been here before. This, of course, is Thomas the Tank Engine’s home away from home when he visits the Pacific Northwest. There is a substantial amount of gravel in Mineral (wheelchairs should be kept to the sidewalks to avoid getting stuck). There are wheelchair lifts at both Elbe and Mineral. Then, the whistle will blow, the conductor will call “all aboard” and it’s time to head back to Elbe.ĪDA: One of the train cars is wheelchair accessible and there is an accessible restroom on the train. And you can see the engine sheds and chat with volunteers working on restoring the old engines. There are great old engines to look at in Mineral too – kids can climb in the cab and ring the bell. You’ll also have a chance to see the living quarters and some of the amazing tools used. When you reach Mineral, you’ll have 40 minutes to explore this historic mining town and show your mini conductor what life was like in a logging camp during the 19th century. The Engineer will be sure to blow the whistle when you’re coming up on a great view (Psst… there’s a wonderful view of the mountain at one point, but of course, it’s not guaranteed to be “out”). During the excursion, traingoers will enjoy a 40 minute ride through the forested foothills of Mt. Plan to arrive a bit early to grab a bite to eat and look around the gift shop or allow time to do that afterwards. The number 17 leaves from the Elbe depot three times a day on weekends. Then, head back to Elbe for lunch at the Pizza Express. Rainier Scenic Railroad for Mineral. Enjoy the trip over trestles and bridges, check out the old logging camp in Mineral and grab a snack in the café car. Rainier Railroad Dining Company and board the Mt. Stay in a converted rail car at the Hobo Inn, have breakfast at the Mt. Educational trips and group excursions are also available along the Yosemite railroad.The small town of Elbe is heaven on earth for steam train buffs and it’s where families can easily spend a whole railroad-themed weekend. The Melodrama Evening is similar except instead of a campfire, an outdoor play takes place.
Running for almost forty years, the Moonlight Special kicks off with a BBQ and live music and then takes everyone aboard the Logger Steam Train for a moonlit ride, stopping in a canyon for a fun campfire. Several special events aboard the Yosemite Sugar Pine Mountain railroad are big California attractions. With daily rides from March to October, and limited journey’s in January and February, visitors can catch a ride at any time of year. There is a schedule for the Jenny Cars (narrated, 30-minute trips) and a separate one for the Logger Steam Train (a narrated, one-hour journey).
It’s these cars that are put to use during the off season. Several Model A train cars, also called Jenny’s, can carry more than a dozen passengers at once. Logging trucks have been transformed into comfortable passenger cars operating daily in the summer. The second, built in 1927, weighs over 80 tons and is the heaviest and largest of all the Shay, narrow gauge locomotives that have survived the years.
One car was built back in 1912 and totals more than 55 tons. Two shay steam trains, both vintage and reminiscent of twentieth-century technology, were donated and renovated, offering an authentic mode of power for the cars. Parts of the old rail bed have been restored using identical techniques used during the nineteenth century. The current Yosemite train is fully restored to transcend the old Madera Sugar Pine narrow gauge railroad. The company’s old sawmill is still located in Sugar Pine, California, an area sitting in a southerly direction from the modern-day Yosemite Sugar Pine Mountain Railroad. The route was once used by the twentieth-century Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company, hauling massive logs, harvested by lumberjacks up in the mountains, down to the valley below for processing. Since 1961, a railroad track saturated in history was looked upon as an ideal opportunity to create a tourist line running through some of California’s most rugged and beautiful attractions.
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