By Peter De Keles

Author  Bio Nickel Plate Road 765, a historic steam locomotive out of Fort Wayne, Ind., will pull a special train made up of vintage passenger cars through Geneseo, Atkinson and Annawan on July 22.

Title:	Steam train to ride the rails through Henry County
Publication:	StarCourier.com
Date:	05/04/11
LSOL.com Rating
Category	Open House
Overview	The excursion is part of Train Festival 2011, to be held in Rock Island's Schwiebert Riverfront Park July 21-24.  The festival will feature model trains, railroad-related vendors, ride-on garden sized trains, authentic steam locomotives, vintage diesel locomotives and passenger cars, and Amtrak equipment.  The most popular features of the event are day-long and two-hour train rides, including a steam-pulled excursion to Bureau Junction on July 22.
URL Link	Click for StarCourier.com Story
Click to download the attached file(s): Steam train to ride the rails PDF Copy of Star Courier.com Story(164KB)

---

Top of Page