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Join us on our annual Evening Ridge Runner train ride. As the sun sets over beautiful Chattanooga, enjoy this experience onboard authentic 1940s, 50s, and 60s passenger cars pulled by steam star – 120-year old #630 steam engine.
Your ride includes passage through a pre-civil war era Missionary Ridge tunnel and crosses multiple bridges. Once at our East Chattanooga Depot enjoy a turntable demonstration. The whole experience is just around an hour.
Be sure to check out add on options: Charcuterie box and Sweet Treats Dessert Box.
Clarification on Evening Ridge Runner Trips: Not Suitable for Stargazing
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- 15 minute trip to East Chattanooga Depot – 3 miles
- 25 minutes for turntable demonstration (left side of map)
- 15 minute return trip to Grand Junction – 3 miles
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- A 6-mile roundtrip ride
- A tour guide who will discuss local history and railroad operations
- Crossing of the Chickamauga Creek bridge
- Pass through our pre-Civil War tunnel, completed in 1858
- A demonstration of our turntable, turning the locomotive around for the return trip
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Join our engineer in the cab of the locomotive for the ultimate train ride experience!
Steam locomotive: $60 for one-way ride and $90 round trip ride. Limit two riders per trip; age: 12-14 accompanied with an adult, 15 and up unaccompanied.
**All cab riders are required to wear pants and close-toed shoes. Protective eyewear and earplugs will be available at check-in.
All cab ride tickets are first come first served at the ticket window. Cab riders without pants and close-toed shoes will not be permitted to ride in the cab.
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Join us on our first ever Evening Ridge Runner train ride. As the sun sets over beautiful Chattanooga, enjoy this experience onboard authentic 1940s, 50s, and 60s passenger cars pulled by one of our steam engines – 120-Â year old #630 steam engine.
Your ride includes passage through a pre-civil war era Missionary Ridge tunnel and crosses multiple bridges. Once at our East Chattanooga Depot watch a turntable demonstration as we turn the engine around for the return trip to Grand Junction. The whole experience is just around an hour.
Be sure to check out add on options: Sweet Treats Dessert Box.
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Historic rail cars and stations were built before the advent of accommodations for individuals with special needs. Our passenger cars and Summerville station were not designed to safely accommodate wheelchairs. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes the limitations of such historic rail equipment and expressly exempts trains and stations of this type from accessibility requirements. Though we cannot accommodate wheelchair use or access within our historical passenger cars, all persons who are able to board the train themselves and occupy a standard passenger seat are welcomed and encouraged to ride.
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TVRM reserves the right to substitute equipment or motive power and to alter published fares, times of operation, and destination as mechanical or operating conditions require, without notice.
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