Steam Power Returns to Grand Canyon Railway Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Built in 1923 by Baldwin, no. 4960 is a 2-8-0 that burns recycled vegetable oil. Grand Canyon Railway/Scott Temme photo.
Grand Canyon Railway steam locomotive no. 4960 will return to the rails hauling excursion trains this year.
The 1923 Baldwin Locomotive Works-built locomotive will operate on eight dates the first Saturday of each month from April through September and on Earth Day (April 24) and Sept. 18, the 210th anniversary of the Grand Canyon Railway hauling the 9:30 a.m. departure from Williams, Ariz., to the Historic Village inside Grand Canyon National Park. Ticket prices are the same as for trains hauled by diesel locomotives.
Arizona history Feb. 21-27
On this date in 1881, the Flagstaff Post Office was established.
On this date in 1908, representatives of the Kickapoo Indian tribe were in Douglas negotiating for the purchase of 200,000 acres (809 square kilometers) of land 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Douglas for a permanent home for the tribe.
On this date in 1930, Arizona hanged a woman for the first time for murder when Eva Dugan died on the scaffold at State Prison for killing A.J. Mathis, Tucson rancher.
On this date in 2008, Evan Mecham, a firebrand conservative who served 15 months as governor of Arizona before an impeachment trial removed him from office in 1988, dies at age 83 in Phoenix.
Have you ever fished Lees Ferry? This might be the time to go.
Lees Ferry is certainly at the top of my list of the prettiest places that I have fished. The walk-in area is easily accessible and provides magnificent vistas of a more open section of the canyon, but fishing upriver where the walls close in and tower over the river is my favorite place to fish.
The boat trip up and back to the fishing locations gives you a chance to take in the canyonâs beauty; and catching trout with this backdrop canât be beaten. The Lees Ferry blue ribbon rainbow trout fishery is a treasure.
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