Knox and Kane Railroad

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The sound you are hearing is Knox and Kane's #sy58

The Knox and Kane Railroad is located in Marienville, Pennsylvania. Marienville is in

northwest portion of Pa. and tough to find on most maps. This very long and very slow

train ride travels through the Allegheny National Forest and is really quite scenic. However,

the ride and equipment is extremely rickety. More money needs to be spent on their cars

and trackage. Personally, I feel the reason behind this very slow ninety-six mile journey is

because if the train moved any faster, it would probably fall of the tracks. If you have

motion sickness, my recommendation is to take a Dramamine. The journey takes you to

the Kinzua Bridge. The bridge comes in at three-hundred, one feet high and was once

the tallest railroad bridge in the world. The bridge is the turn around point for the trip and

ends-up being about a half hour layover. While the train crew is turning the locomotive,

passengers have the opportunity to detrain, eat lunch, and take a walk out on this

mammoth bridge. The overall trip is nice but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with

children. The trip is a bit long to keep the kids occupied for that amount of time.

Update on the Knox and Kane. Unfortunately, a little over a year ago a tornado came through and wiped out half of the Kinzua Bridge. The cost to repair is too expensive so the train was just running to the edge of the bridge for awhile. They were only using diesel since it is too hard to operate a steam locomotive in reverse for such a long excursion. I recently heard that the railroad has since ceased operations due to a loss in ridership . Having lost such a major draw (steam and the bridge) will spell doom to any tourist railroad.

Marienville Station

On the Kinzua Bridge

Scenes from the train

Scenes from the train

#58 at the bridge before heading back to Marienville


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