Newport Dinner Train ,Rhode Island

Rhode Island (RI) offers railfans two heritage railway and the first one is Newport Dinner Train.

They offers a 22 miles trip which takes app. 2 hours and 30 minutes time.Dinner is Servered on train.Rates are less than 55$ per person on each trip.

Very close to people living in Boston,New Bedford / Cape Cod / Eastern Massachusetts,New York

Excellent Menu in Dinner

Visit www.newportdinnertrain.com fir more details

Iceland Railway and Trains

Iceland Does not seems to have any Public railway network OR any Heritage railway line as on 2009 through some talks are there about a proposed Reykjavík to Keflavík airport railway line.

In past there existed 3 railway lines in Iceland.
Reykjavik Harbour Railway - Operated in early last century and You can see its preserved locomotives at Árbaer open air museum,Reykjavík.

Kárahnjúkar hydropower project railway - Operated for few years in early of this century.Closed now

Korpúlfsstaðir Farm Railway - Very Few information is available on this railway which seems to be operated in early 1930's

Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad

ANother Heritage railway in Duluth(Minnesota) popularly knolwn as LSMR runs between Twin Cities and Downtown Duluth passing through St. Louis River estuary,Spirit Lake and Mud Lake.

Days of Operation: Only on weekends.Saturday & Sunday only
10:30 AM and 1:30 PM

Tickets:10.50 USD and 6.50 USD (Its Run on no profit basis)

More info : Visit www.lsmrr.org

Winner of 'Best Train Ride' award by the Paul Pioneer Press

North Shore Scenic Railroad - Minnesota

North Shore Scenic Railroad popularly Known as NSSR is a heritage railroad in Duluth,Lake Superior.
Its very Popular railway line with over 50000 visitors reported to take the ride in 2007.
Season : The trains operates during only may 23rd to October 17th each year.

NSSR Train Route:It Departs from Union Depot,passing trough Owens,downtown Duluth, Canal Park,Two Harbors through Lake Superior shore.Its appx. 26 miles route

Different Trains:

• Lester River Train
• Two Harbors Train
• Pizza Train

A train also operates on the day of Grandma's Marathon along the route of Marathon.


North Shore Scenic rail fares:Very fair ,Less than 25.00 USD on all trains and around half for Kids,School special and Group discounts available.

Rail Bookings and Reservation:
call Customer care at 218-722-1273 or 1-800-423-1273 Or visit www.northshorescenicrailroad.org

Nearby Railway related Places To see :
Lake Superior Railroad Museum - Collection of steam engines,Diesel engines and other railway heritages.

St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center Union Depot(Duluth)
- One of the places on national register of historic places.It houses 4 Museum including LSRM above

More Information at www.duluthdepot.org

Other Places:

• Arrowhead Chorale
• The Duluth Art Institute
• The Duluth Playhouse
• Minnesota Ballet
• St. Louis County Historical Society:

City Events:
North Shore Inline Marathon,Duluth's annual sled dog race,Duluth Curling Club and Duluth Yacht Club.

How to reach duluth:Duluth International Airport connect the city with neary by towns.Direct flight are available from Las Vegas and Minneapolis,St. Paul, Detroit etc...

Minnesota Passenger Train and Rail Road Services

Minnesota lacks major railway services for passengers,Only few existing passengers services are found:

1)The Empire Builder which is operated by Amtrak which covers following stations in the state

• Winona
• Red Wing
• St. Paul
• St. Cloud
• Staples
• Detroit Lakes

2)Hiawatha Line - Operates in Hennepin County between Minneapolis to Bloomington
Major Stations:

• St. Paul International Airport
• Mall of America

For Route map and schedule see www.metrotransit.org/images/routes/055.pdf

3)North Shore Scenic Railroad(Heritage Rail line)

4)Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad(Heritage Rail line)

5)Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway(Heritage Rail line)

1880 Train and Passenger Train Services in South dakota

South Dakota(SD) does not have any major passenger Railroad System.Last Known major passenger train in the state was in 1971.Only Trains services I found is 1880 Train.The 1880Train is run by Blackhills central railroad company and run regular trains between keystone and Hill city in Western SD.They operate a two hour and fifteen minute round trip(preserved steam locomotives) through the beautiful Black Hills and is very famous among Tourist as it give very comfortable round trip to beauty of SD.
South dakota is only couple of main land USA which is not covered by amtrak.

They also operate special tours like wine express,Holiday express,Fright Train etc...

Round Fare for 1880Train is $22.00 only.You can found more info ,train reservation,1880 train timings at www.1880train.com
Customer Care Number of The 1800 railway:605-574-2222

Other carriers that operates (Freight) in SD are :

• Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
• BNSF Railway (BNSF)
• Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW)
• Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC)
• Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR)
• Sunflour Railroad (SNR)
• Ellis and Eastern (EE)
• Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR)
• DME (Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad)
• D and I Railroad (DAIR)

About Hill City, South Dakota :
A very small town with population less than 1000 near RapidCity is a base Town for Black Hills.