According to Wikipedia, they use 4 steam and 4 diesel engines. It doesn't say how they power the steam engines, wood or coal. Given the area, I would guess there is a lot of wood burned there.joe817 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 10:59 pmWow! That's a shocker.Oldgringo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 9:16 pm Mrs. Oldgringo was the Main Street Manager of Rusk until her retirement in 2004. She has hosted the train ride with past governors, judges and other state visitors on many occasions. That was back when the train was part of the state park system. Unlike the Cumbres and Toltec or the Durango and Silver City trains in Colorado, the Texas state train is not coal-fired.
Come on up, ride the train!how is it powered? Surely not diesel. Is it steam powered?
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