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Steam train events in US and Canada

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Credit to John Biehn for some of the details included below.

Diary for 2023

November 2023

November 11 Sugar Express. No. 148 will carry passengers from Lake Placid to Clewiston for a layover at the beloved Market on Bond Street featuring local farmers, fresh food, entertainment, and welcoming neighbors in downtown Clewiston.
For schedule and order tickets, go to https://sugarexpress.com/trips-and-events/

November 18 onwards Owosso Michigan. Locomotive no. 1225 2-8-4 is expected to power this year’s North Pole Express. Trip dates in November: 18, 19, 24, 25, 26. December dates: 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17. November 24 is a Friday with a departure at 2:00 p.m. All other departures are at 10:00 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.
For schedule and tickets go to: https://michigansteamtrain.com/

November 19-22, 24, 26, 29, 30 Great Smoky Mountains RR. 2-8-0 #1702. Tuckasegee River trips. Details: https://www.gsmr.com/steam/

November 24, 25, 26 Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Holiday Express with Poulson 2-8-2 #2. Details: https://orhf.org/

November 25 Sugar Express. Departing Clewiston for Lake Placid, guests will enjoy a high-stepping passenger train ride behind Sugar Express steam locomotive No. 148 as it slips through the sugarcane fields and arrives for a two-hour layover in the historic town of Lake Placid.
For schedule and order tickets, go to https://sugarexpress.com/trips-and-events/

November 26 Sugar Express. Two-hour train rides with No. 148 between Clewiston and Moore Haven.
For schedule and order tickets, go to https://sugarexpress.com/trips-and-events/

November 26 Three Rivers Rambler, Knoxville TN. Christmas Lantern trips scheduled to be steam. Details: https://www.threeriversrambler.com/

December 2023

December 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 18-22, 26-31 Great Smoky Mountains RR. 2-8-0 #1702. Tuckasegee River trips. Details: https://www.gsmr.com/steam/

December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Holiday Express with Poulson 2-8-2 #2. Details: https://orhf.org/

December 2 onwards Owosso Michigan. Locomotive no. 1225 2-8-4 is expected to power this year’s North Pole Express. December dates: 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17. Departures are at 10:00 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.
For schedule and tickets go to: https://michigansteamtrain.com/

December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, Three Rivers Rambler, Knoxville TN. Christmas Lantern trips scheduled to be steam. Details: https://www.threeriversrambler.com/

December 2 and 3, 9 and 10 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. 2023 Holiday Express. Steam powered trains run 4 times daily from Chama NM on December 2, 3 and from Antonito CO on December 9 and 10.
For schedule and tickets go to: https://cumbrestoltec.com/events/2023-holiday-express-train/

December 8th, 9th, 10th, & 18th - 24th Western Maryland Scenic Railroad 'Polar Express' trains scheduled for #1309 2-6-6-2 between Cumberland and Frostburg.
For details : https://wmsr.com/

December 9 and 10 Minersville PA. Central Railroad of New Jersey no. 113 is scheduled to operate December 9 and 10, departing the Minersville, Pennsylvania depot at 10:30 a.m. , 1:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. The heavy 0-6-0 switcher is in its centennial year, having been built in 1923 by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York. Each round trip, running on the Reading & Northern Railroad, lasts about one hour. For ticket information, please call 570- 544-8300
For details go to: https://www.rrproject113.org/

December 23, 24, 31 Great Smoky Mountains RR. 2-8-0 #1702. Polar Express trips. Details: https://www.gsmr.com/steam/

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