Grandsons do the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (8/4/2016)

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Some rain was predicted today, so we went to ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR), starting from the Rockside station in Valley View, OH.

Car in the parking lot, with pink eyelashes

Rockside Station

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) logo

HZRX #3134 locomotive (1968), formerly of Southwestern Railroad;
(the locomotive at the other end of the train was in CVSR livery)

Passenger coach #165, formerly of Maryland Area Regional Commuter
(MARC) trains, originally built as a sleeper for
the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), now named Salem Inn

Former Rail Diesel Car (RDC), now the wheelchair lift car #105

The only tickets available were in First Class, which meant walking to the beginning of the 14-car train. The train departed at 12:55 on the dot.

Grandpa and Pete; it was snack time until the hot dogs were ready

Being in First Class, we were offered water, coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, and a snack item. Later we were given a CVSR pin.
We were traveling in the former Silver Bronco dome car (#1105, built 1948) from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. The dome was reserved for a private party.

Trying to peek in the dome

Mural (by Mary Lawser) from when the car was part of the
California Zephyr, then the Rio Grande Zephyr train 

Cascade Locks in Akron, the train
follows the former Ohio & Erie Canal route

Statue (2001, by Peter Jones) of a First Nations
member carrying his canoe at the north end of the
8-mile portage path, bypassing the section of the
Cuyahoga River that required the canal to have
21 locks, including the five at Cascade Locks

Cuyahoga River

Rte 82 Bridge; it was supposed to be reflected in the river (KSS)

Pete and Dylan, at the end of a three-hour trip! (KSS)

Next: Preston's HOPE Playground Park.