Tickets still available for Iowa City steam train trips (The Gazette)Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:07:58 GMT
Tickets are still available for the Iowa Interstate Railroad's steam-powered Rail Ride for Flood Relief Oct. 18 and 19.The Cedar Rapids-based railroad will operate its two Chinese QJ-class locomotives, among the world's last revenue steam engines, on excursion trips aboard vintage passenger cars between Rock Island and Walcott and Rock Island and Silvis, Ill., the afternoon of Oct. 18. A ...