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The French Lick Scenic Railway is located in French Lick, Indiana, United States.
History
The Indiana Railway Museum was founded in 1961 in the Decatur County town of Westport with one locomotive and three passenger cars. The museum relocated to Greensburg and then in 1978 to French Lick after the Southern Railway deeded a total of sixteen miles of right of way stretching from West Baden, Indiana, approximately one mile north of French
Lick, to a small village named Dubois, to the south. The museum eventually removed all artifacts and became a gift shop and ticket pick up area for the French Lick Scenic Railway which still operates today.
Collection
There is no longer a museum at the French Lick Scenic Railway, but its collection included more than 65 pieces of rolling stock and locomotives. The museum had three steam locomotives on display that are not operational and three operational diesel locomotives.
You can still ride the rails to this day! Excursions are typically powered by a diesel locomotive. The train could consist of an ALCO RS-1 or EMD GP16 pulling 3 ex Chicago and North Western Railroad bi-level commuter cars, a concession car, 4 ex Rock Island passenger cars, an ex Northern Pacific Budd dome car, and an ex Illinois Central caboose.
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IRM #4 - ALCO RS-1 - Ex Algers, Winslow and Western Railway #4, Built as Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic #103
IRM #6 - GE 80 Ton - Ex US Navy #65-00356
IRM #78 - ALCO S-2 - Ex Michigan Southern #78
IRM #97 - Baldwin 2-6-0 - Built as Mobile and Gulf #97
IRM 101 - ALCO S-4 - Ex Algers, Winslow and Western Railway #1
IRM 208 - Baldwin 2-6-0, built as Angelina and Neches River Railroad #208
IRM 1813 - EMD GP16 - Ex INRD 1813, built as Seaboard Air Line #1810
IRM 703, 704, 705, and 706 - Colorado Railcar DMU - Ex Tri Rail acquired and delivered in 2024 along with unpowered cars 7001-7002.
Excursions
The museum operates the 10-mile stretch of the line between French Lick and Gradman station as a heritage railroad known as French Lick Scenic Railway.
Scenic excursions consist of a 20-mile round trip throughout the Hoosier National Forest lasting approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. A highlight of the trip is passing through the 2,000 foot long Burton Tunnel.
Other special events are run year round. There is the dinosaur adventure train, the Easter bunny express, and the award winning Polar express.
There are also tasting trains for ages 21+. Wine, beer, tequila, and chocolate are a few of these tasting trains.
See also
List of heritage railroads in the United States
List of museums in Indiana
References
External links
French Lick Scenic Railway - operated by the Indiana Railway Museum
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Freight Railroads Operating in Indiana by Class (2000)
Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors: Railroad List
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