Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I am hoping to visit railroad museums with rolling stock collections. The South Carolina Railroad Museum, 110 Industrial Park Road, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180-9113, in Fairfield County, is under my consideration.
The South Carolina Railroad Museum has the Rockton, Rion, and Western Railroad, the only passenger heritage train in South Carolina.
Has anyone visited the South Carolina Railroad Museum?
I am hoping to visit railroad museums with rolling stock collections. The South Carolina Railroad Museum, 110 Industrial Park Road, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180-9113, in Fairfield County, is under my consideration.
The South Carolina Railroad Museum has the Rockton, Rion, and Western Railroad, the only passenger heritage train in South Carolina.
Has anyone visited the South Carolina Railroad Museum?
I did decades ago as part of a field trip. I am surprised that it is still open Glad to hear it though. They used to give rail excursions which was cool. I have often wondered why there are periodic excursions on existing lines like from Sumter or Columbia to Charleston. People may be willing to pay good money to ride historic train to Charleston for the day me back especially if they could spend the day there. I suspect NS and CSX are not interested
The irony of the track that SCRM rides on is that it never offered regular passenger trips as it was owned by the Martin Marietta quarry on the line. Liability issues are why railroads don't offer excursions like they used to. In other words, the lawyers got involved. The now defunct Carolina Southern would some until they started derailing freight trains regularly. The Lancaster and Chester did when they were locally owned. Norfolk Southern ran passenger excursions out of the transportation museum in North Carolina behind steam engines from 2011 until last year. No word on this year though a lot of the trips had happened by now previous years.
Call before you go to Winnsboro. I seem to recall them running every other weekend
Yes, it’s a good one. The train ride has a heavyweight Southern Railway dining car and it’s a nice ride. I would visit again. There is also a string of SR heavyweight equipment and maybe some Seaboard cars, too. The NC Transportation Museum near Salisbury has more, but the SC one is still good.
The irony of the track that SCRM rides on is that it never offered regular passenger trips as it was owned by the Martin Marietta quarry on the line. Liability issues are why railroads don't offer excursions like they used to. In other words, the lawyers got involved. The now defunct Carolina Southern would some until they started derailing freight trains regularly. The Lancaster and Chester did when they were locally owned. Norfolk Southern ran passenger excursions out of the transportation museum in North Carolina behind steam engines from 2011 until last year. No word on this year though a lot of the trips had happened by now previous years.
Call before you go to Winnsboro. I seem to recall them running every other weekend
Liability ? Interesting since some of their lines also carry Amtrak service. I wonder if Amtrak could do them if they felt it would be profitable to do so?
Liability ? Interesting since some of their lines also carry Amtrak service. I wonder if Amtrak could do them if they felt it would be profitable to do so?
There are some strange (and secretive) laws around track liability negotiated between Amtrak and the carriers that own the lines. Amtrak is held financially responsible even if the rail line owner is at fault (as with the recent wreck where CSX was a fault for incorrectly switching the line).
There are some strange (and secretive) laws around track liability negotiated between Amtrak and the carriers that own the lines. Amtrak is held financially responsible even if the rail line owner is at fault (as with the recent wreck where CSX was a fault for incorrectly switching the line).
Yeah probably go back to the days of the railroad tycoons and industrial robber barons. There have been calls to nationalize the railroads and have them operate in the same manner as interstate highways or as airlines are regulated in the sky. I would venture to guess that it would be expensive to bring all the tracks up to speed and that is only after all the expensive lawsuits that the railroads and property rights advocates and libertarians would have over wrestling private property away from corporations. If all railroad lines were like the northeast corridor it would improve both commerce and transportation ....no?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
