Steam Engine Flagg Coal #75 Coming to Metamora August 30, 2008
Metamora, Indiana 47030
Steam Engine Flagg Coal #75 is coming back to town for two weekends this year! If you were here last year you know this is an exciting event. Come see and ride the rails with this amazing steam engine. Climb in the engine and check it out. Watch the steam fly as it takes off and the chug, chug sound of the steam powering it down the tracks. The Whitewater Valley Railroad is hosting Flagg Coal #75. This steam engine is a 40 ton saddle tank locomotive built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1930. Running Aug 30, 31, Sept 1, Sept 6, Sept 7.
Six mile trips will be run throughout the day. The fares are $16 for adults and $8 for children ages 2-12. Each trip will last about one hour. Departure times: 11:00 a.m., 1:10 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Call the Whitewater Valley Railroad at (765)825-2054 for more details.
Official Website: http://www.whitewatervalleyrr.org/steamtickets/
Added by metamora on August 11, 2008
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It is rare that you can see a real steam engine. Even more rare is to get in the locamotive and check it out. You can watch as it is loaded with coal. Then when it is time for the train to leave you'll see and hear the amazing sound and sight of the steam as it shoots out the sides. Then it starts to roll and you hear that wonderful sound of the steam - chug, chug, chug. This is a piece of history that is fun for everyone and it is in the most historic place in Indiana - Metamora the 1838 Canal town.