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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 opened in 1947, it is one of the oldest heritage railroad operations in the United States.
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. The town features two popular tourist attractions: Edaville USA theme park and King Richard's Faire, the largest and longest-running renaissance fair 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.
South Carver is a village in the town of Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. South Carver is the location of the main entrance to the Myles Standish State Forest and of the Edaville Railroad and King Richard's Faire. [1] [2] The cultivation and processing of cranberries is the predominant economic activity in South Carver. [3]
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.
1911 Walker Electric truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa. A 1914 Walker Electric Truck used by the Dwinell-Wright Coffee Co. displayed at Edaville Railroad in Carver, Massachusetts circa 1966 1918 Walker Electric truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.
A list of 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Railroads. State/territory ... Edaville Railroad (operating) Old Smokey Railroad Line ...
The railroad donated the trainset to the Edaville Railroad tourist/museum operation in Carver, Massachusetts, in 1957. The train remained on static display there until it was moved in 1993 to Glen, New Hampshire , after being purchased by Bob Morrell, then-owner of Story Land .