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Scenic railroad is engineering a record year
Polar Express, other special events fueling boom in ridership. 2010 attendance of 180,000 expected
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Nov 22, 2010
Ridership on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is on track for a record year.
Through Oct. 31, the popular tourist railroad through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park had recorded 143,561 passengers for the year.
That number will surge in coming weeks, as about 32,000 passengers are expected on the Polar Express, the popular holiday-themed trains, from Akron, Canton and Independence into the Cuyahoga Valley.
That means the railroad is looking at a new attendance record of about 180,000 passengersin its 38th year.
Full story & graphics at: http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/109814494.html
Polar Express, other special events fueling boom in ridership. 2010 attendance of 180,000 expected
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Nov 22, 2010
Ridership on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is on track for a record year.
Through Oct. 31, the popular tourist railroad through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park had recorded 143,561 passengers for the year.
That number will surge in coming weeks, as about 32,000 passengers are expected on the Polar Express, the popular holiday-themed trains, from Akron, Canton and Independence into the Cuyahoga Valley.
That means the railroad is looking at a new attendance record of about 180,000 passengersin its 38th year.
Full story & graphics at: http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/109814494.html
KJP note: The following sidebar article was just as impressive to a capital investment guy like me. Since 1990, CVSR has benefited from $30 million in federal funds. A big reason why CVSR carries more passengers in Ohio than Amtrak is because it gets much more federal capital improvement funding than Amtrak does here in Ohio....
Rockside project next on improvement list
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Nov 22, 2010
...Since 2006, the park service has spent nearly $9 million on capital improvements for the railroad.
The list includes $2.1 million to upgrade signals, $1.1 million for improvements at the Rockside Station in Independence (a project that will get under way in January), $437,000 for an excavator-mower, $373,000 for a handicapped-accessible car and $333,456 for a new audio tour available on the trains.
About $994,000 is earmarked for replacing a trestle over Sand Run in Northwest Akron. Design work is under way.
That $9 million total includes federal stimulus funds funneled through the park. It provided $2.4 million to convert nine miles of jointed rail to smoother-riding welded rail, plus another $440,000 to replace aging ties between the rails.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.ohio.com/news/first/109814579.html
Rockside project next on improvement list
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Nov 22, 2010
...Since 2006, the park service has spent nearly $9 million on capital improvements for the railroad.
The list includes $2.1 million to upgrade signals, $1.1 million for improvements at the Rockside Station in Independence (a project that will get under way in January), $437,000 for an excavator-mower, $373,000 for a handicapped-accessible car and $333,456 for a new audio tour available on the trains.
About $994,000 is earmarked for replacing a trestle over Sand Run in Northwest Akron. Design work is under way.
That $9 million total includes federal stimulus funds funneled through the park. It provided $2.4 million to convert nine miles of jointed rail to smoother-riding welded rail, plus another $440,000 to replace aging ties between the rails.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.ohio.com/news/first/109814579.html
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
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kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
