Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions is a

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originating in Stettler, Alberta. The train runs between Stettler and Big Valley. The trips last five to six hours, with a stopover (all

excursion An excursion is a trip, usually made for leisure, education, or Physical exercise, physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes. Public transportatio ...

s include a buffet meal). Many trainsSchedule
/ref> are pulled by No. 41, a 1920 Baldwin 2-8-0

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, and sometimes by CN U-1-f No. 6060, a

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4-8-2. On days when the steamers are not running, the railroad operates diesel

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SW-1200 number 1259 and GMD GMD1 number 1118. Until the end of the railroad's 1999 season, it also operated on the 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. When that line became part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco), the locomotive was re-numbered as 77. After performing freight service with the Frisco for years, the engine was sold in 1947 to the

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where it retained the Frisco number. Following several further changes in ownership, the locomotive was acquired by Alberta Prairie and renumbered back to 41.

References

External links

Railway's website
Heritage railways in Alberta County of Stettler No. 6 Stettler, Alberta {{Alberta-transport-stub

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