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Edaville Railroad (also branded Edaville USA and Edaville Family Theme Park) is a heritage railroad and amusement park in South Carver, Massachusetts. Originally ...
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The Flying Yankee is a diesel-electric streamliner built in 1935 for the Boston and Maine Railroad by Budd Company and with mechanical and electrical equipment from Electro-Motive Corporation. It was the third streamliner train in North America. [1] That train ceased passenger service in 1957 and is stored at the Conway Scenic Railroad in New ...
Acquiring the narrow-gauge Edaville Railroad in Carver, Massachusetts in 1955, he began amassing one of the largest collections of antique steam locomotives in the United States. In addition to the Edaville Railroad, Blount also ran excursions at Pleasure Island in Wakefield, Massachusetts and Freedomland U.S.A. in New York City.
Blount used some of the money that he made in the seafood industry to purchase the narrow gauge Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts, in the mid-1950s.The Edaville Railroad had narrow gauge engines from Maine, but Blount soon began acquiring standard gauge steam locomotives and cars, in part to save a vanishing technological heritage.
An additional 2 ft (610 mm) gauge replica operated at the Edaville Railroad until 2022, though it returned to Edaville for a limited time in 2024. While in transit between events, Thomas' face is covered to prevent it from getting damaged or dirtied. The dummy units are transported from location to location via flatbed truck.
A sign for Edaville Railroad along Route 58. Carver is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 11,645 at the 2020 census. [1] It is named for John Carver, the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.
Edaville Family Theme Park reopens with its Festival of Lights. “It’s got to go back to its local brand, local theme and be more family-oriented.”