Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday, March 25
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
South Carolina Railroad Museum
110 Industrial Park Rd, Winnsboro, SC
Departure location
Starbucks in Fountain Inn, 9:00am
COST: $18.00 per person. 1 hr. 20 min. train ride. Snacks allowed on train.
Pace: Leisurely
This is a leisurely run led by Rosalyn Western. This amazing museum is in Fairfield County SC and features historic trains of the Rockton, Rion and Western Railroads. Museum and Train Ride.
The South Carolina Railroad Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a member of Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce, S.C. Federation of Museums, Confederation of S.C. Local Historical Societies, Heritage Rail Alliance, National Railway Historical Society, and the Rail Heritage Alliance.
The museum has accumulated many pieces of rolling stock by way of gifts from the Charleston chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. The equipment includes various types of freight and passenger cars as well as a steam locomotive #44, which once belonged to the Hampton and Branchville Railroad. More equipment has been acquired including cabooses, freight cars, and diesel engines from CSX, Norfolk Southern, the Lancaster and Chester, and other railroads.
The museum exhibits a wide variety of equipment, displays, running scale model trains, and related items while visitors can purchase rail and museum-themed gifts and souvenirs in the gift shop.
We’ll also be able to take a charter train ride while we’re there!
Lunch at Laura’s Tea Room in Ridgeway
This was the first Surprise and Delight destination on MTTS 2016. So they will be so happy to see the MINIs again.
Please pay for your train ride using this link to our secure Square Checkout page:
Trains and MINIs payment
After payment, please RSVP below to give us a count of attendees. Your RSVP will be approved after your Square payment is confirmed.
Location
Starbucks - Fountain Inn
250 McCarter Rd
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
RSVP Here
Bookings are closed for this event.
Total number of RSVPs, Members + Guests = 26
Members with Bookings / RSVPs:
- Crystal Mitchell
- Skip Smith
- Stefan Bauch
- Jeff Goodman
- Bill Hightower
- Cathleen Coggins
- Mark Petersen
- Rosalyn Western
- Jairo Martinez
- Richard Marencin
- Geno Bury
- Tammy Smith
- Frances Ray
- Sammie Grant
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