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All Aboard This Historic Train in Iowa Where You Can Soak up the Scenery

There’s something about a train ride in the autumn, isn’t there? Rail tracks often pass through places that cars can’t reach, ...
Yahoo

When is the Boone Santa Express? What to know about the holiday train ride

Iowa has its own version of the Polar Express. Instead of traveling thousands of miles to the North Pole to meet Santa, he joins you during the hour-and-a-half train ride. Boone and Scenic Valley ...
Omaha.com

How you can ride to Boone, Iowa, on an old-fashioned steam engine

Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in 1941. This summer, it will take passengers on a trip from Omaha to Boone, Iowa. Union Pacific's historic steam locomotive Living ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Addition planned for Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad

BOONE, Iowa (AP) -- Officials with the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad are planning to build a $2 million museum and library addition near the Boone depot. Fenner Stevenson, general manager of the ...
KCCI Des Moines

Jay Leno hitches ride on 'Big Boy' steam engine as the locomotive crosses Iowa

INVESTIGATES TAB ON OUR WEBSITE OR MOBILE APP. THE WORLD’S LARGEST STEAM ENGINE IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS IOWA THIS WEEK. RIGHT NOW, THE BIG BOY LOCOMOTIVE IS STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT AT THE RAIL YARD IN ...