
Here’s our March 3rd, 2019 email update for members, including updates on our six restoration projects.
Here’s our March 3rd, 2019 email update for members, including updates on our six restoration projects.
Kelly Lynch has seen thousands of children walk into Santa’s workshop, the last stop before boarding the Santa Train. The vice president of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society estimated that nine in 10 kids react the same way: “They say, ‘Wow!’”
And that’s even before meeting the guy in red.
This marks the 17th year the volunteer organization has welcomed families to the countryside east of New Haven to meet Santa Claus, share their wish lists and pose for photos during a short train trip.
About 6,000 people made the journey this year over three weekends, Lynch said. Today is the last day for the event, which has been sold out for weeks. Read More
Member presales for the Santa Train are now available and this email contains your special presale code!
Here’s how to order:
– Click here for the ticketing page
– Select your desired date and time.
– Click “Get Tickets”
– Enter the presale code “santa2018.”
– Questions? Click here.
Here’s our August 26th, 2018 email update for members, including information on Headwaters Junction, the 2018 Open House and a special addition to The Joliet Rocket.
The Journal Gazette covers our 2018 Open House…
Crowds gathered as the historic steam locomotive No. 765 let out a whistle as it sat on the tracks during the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s open house on Saturday.
The glossy black engine, which was the first locomotive to make its way across Fort Wayne’s elevated railroads, had coals stacked high as conductors climbed aboard.
In its seventeenth year, the open house event in New Haven was expected to attract 4,000 to 5,000 visitors over the weekend.