Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
	Alberta Prairie Railway steam engine
Locale	Alberta
Terminus	Stettler, Alberta
Coordinates	52°19′18″N 112°42′01″W / 52.3216°N 112.7002°W
Commercial operations
Built by	Canadian Northern Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Owned by	Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
Operated by	Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
Reporting mark	APXX
Stations	2
Length	21.2 miles (34 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	1990
Preservation history
Headquarters	Stettler, Alberta
Website
	http://www.absteamtrain.com/

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions is a heritage railway originating in Stettler, Alberta.

The train runs between Stettler and Big Valley. The trips last five to six hours, with a stopover (all excursions include a buffet meal). Many trains^[1] are pulled by No. 41, a 1920 Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotive, and sometimes by CN U-1-f No. 6060, a Montreal Locomotive Works 4-8-2. On days when the steamers are not running, the railroad operates diesel switcher SW-1200 number 1259 and GMD GMD1 number 1118. Until the end of the railroad's 1999 season, it also operated on the 60-mile (97 km) route to Coronation, Alberta, which is now abandoned.

Equipment

No. 41 was built in December, 1920 for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad, and was there assigned the "41" number.^[2] When that line became part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco), the locomotive was re-numbered as 77.^[2] After performing freight service with the Frisco for years, the engine was sold in 1947 to the Mississippian Railway where it retained the Frisco number.^[2] Following several further changes in ownership, the locomotive was acquired by Alberta Prairie and renumbered back to 41.^[3]

References

^ Schedule
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Frisco Survivors" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, November, 1987 (accessed on CondrenRails.com). Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "Mississippian #77". HawkinsRails. Retrieved January 23, 2021.