Throughout the three-day event, visitors can enjoy caboose rides, model railroad displays, historic exhibits, and experience the world-famous operating Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive No. 765. Last year, the event saw well over 4,000 visitors.
Visiting this year is No. 85, a small, industrial tank engine built in 1928 and restored by Gramling Locomotive Works, a father-son team from Ashley, Indi. Jeddo Coal 85
will be operating the event’s regular train rides and for the first time in its history, the organization will have two operating steam locomotives on the property.
Following the open house, the society will operate several excursions between Joliet and Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 15 and 16 and in the Cleveland/Akron region in late
September and early October.
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