Per the SPV Great Lakes East Atlas is is ex PRR. Was in Lake Division. bob gillis Dale Madison wrote: > > Am I remembering my geography right? > > A chance for some rare > >> >> Dinner Train >> >> >> Posted by: "Jim" <mailto:jfrancl_@_lci.kent.edu?Subject= >> Re%3ADinner%20Train>jfrancl_@_lci.kent.edu >> <http://profiles.yahoo.com/northcoastjimbo>northcoastjimbo<http://profiles.yahoo.com/northcoastjimbo> >> >> >> >> Thu Mar 1, 2007 8:50 am (PST) >> >> >> I just stumbled on this article. Anybody else ever hear about this? >> <http://www.fallsnewspress.com/news/article/1584321>http://www.fallsnewspress.com/news/article/1584321 >> >> I posted it here because the site seems to be go down a lot. >> Jim >> Dinner train moves ahead >> >> February 11, 2007 by Laura Freeman Reporter >> >> The residents of Hudson, Stow, Silver Lake Village and Cuyahoga Falls >> will hear a train whistle along a length of tracks, which has been >> silent for at least 10 years. >> >> Gabriel Hall, president and CEO of U.S. Rail Corp., confirmed Feb. 6 >> a dinner theater train will be traveling the rails from Cuyahoga >> Falls through Silver Lake Village and Stow to Hudson beginning this >> fall. >> >> Hall said the U.S. Rail Corp. board of directors decided Jan. 29 to >> go ahead with the project after winning a four-year-old lawsuit filed >> by Silver Lake Village, which attempted to prevent the dinner train >> from traveling through the village. >> >> "The area is a great location to operate the dinner train," Hall >> said. "It is a great opportunity to create jobs, restore rail service >> and increase industrial activities." >> >> Hudson City Manager Anthony Bales did not return phone calls for >> comment by press time. >> >> "I think the dinner train is going to be a great thing for the city," >> Cuyahoga Falls Mayor Don Robart said. "I hope it will arrive here soon." >> >> Robart said he anticipates the Cuyahoga Falls depot will be built in >> the city's downtown area, where riders can take advantage of the >> Sheraton Suites and the summer festivals. >> >> "This will draw not just from the immediate area but from easily 100 >> miles away," Robart said. "I think it will be a great economic >> benefit to the city." >> >> Silver Lake officials took legal action in 2002 to prevent the >> running of the train, but after four years of proceedings and >> rulings, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in November 2006 to allow >> Metro Regional Transit Authority to lease a section of railroad track >> to the Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson Railway Co., a subsidiary of U.S. >> Rail Corp., for operation of a dinner theater train. >> >> Silver Lake Mayor Bernie Hovey said the village is concerned about >> the noise caused by the train and potential traffic congestion on >> Kent and Graham roads, but he hopes U.S. Rail Corp "want(s) to be a >> good neighbor." >> >> Hovey said he hopes village and company officials "can work together >> and make it as palatable to Silver Lake as possible." >> >> Hall said work would begin this spring to rehabilitate the line, >> which has been dormant for 10 years. >> >> The train line will begin near downtown Cuyahoga Falls, the exact >> site yet to be determined, and travel across Front Street, Hudson >> Drive, along Silver Lake Village border, into Stow where it crosses >> Hudson Drive again and up to Barlow Road in Hudson. >> >> "We will remove vegetation, replace cross ties, add ballast, >> rehabilitate crossings and post property signs indicating an active >> railroad," Hall said. >> >> Hall said the company would hire locally for track maintenance and >> recruit employees for the dinner train. A Web site would be created >> in March and be ready by April to advertise for the positions. >> >> "There would be approximately 20 to 30 positions," Hall said. >> >> Hall said U.S. Rail Corp. is planning to buy four or five dining >> railroad cars and a passenger locomotive. >> >> "Initially, we're looking at a capacity of 220 to 260 customers," >> Hall said. >> >> The dinner train would provide dinner anywhere from one to six nights >> a week, depending on demand, Hall said. Entertainment would be >> provided on Friday and Saturday nights. >> >> "Guests could hold parties or gatherings and book an entire train or >> one train car," Hall said. >> >> Planning is still in the preliminary stage, he said, and a budget and >> ticket prices have not been determined. >> >> The company will look at other dinner train prices and do a market >> survey. >> >> "It should be a good thing for the entire area for residents and >> tourists," Hall said. >> >> Hall said the dinner train would be similar to the Cuyahoga Valley >> Scenic Railroad and the company plans to work closely with them. >> >> "We want to be good corporate neighbors," he said. >> >> The company has a director of safety who will visit local elementary >> schools beginning in the fall to promote safety awareness around >> railroads and crossings, Hall said. Field trips will be available for >> schools to teach about trains, he added. >> >> "We've got a lot of work, but we plan to start up this fall," Hall said. >> >> Hall said he would meet with Cuyahoga Falls officials in coming weeks >> to talk about the dinner train and about building a depot. He said he >> would like to meet with Hudson officials next month to discuss the >> possibility of a depot in Hudson in the future. >> >> Four-year battle >> >> The plans for the dinner train were put on hold as soon as they were >> announced in 2002 while the courts sorted out a legal challenge by >> Silver Lake. >> >> Metro Regional Transit Authority entered into a five-year lease >> agreement with Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson Railway Co., a subsidiary of >> U.S. Rail Corp., in December 2002 for operation of a dinner train on >> a 6.5-mile section of railroad track from Cuyahoga Falls to Hudson. >> >> In 2002, Silver Lake Village filed a suit in Summit County Common >> Pleas Court seeking a court order to prevent the establishment of a >> dinner theater train on a rail bordering the village. >> >> In 2004 the Summit County Common Pleas Court ruled against the dinner >> train plan, but that decision was overturned in 2005 by the Ninth >> District Court of Appeals. >> >> In November 2006, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled a dinner train could >> pass along the western border of Silver Lake. >> >> Editor's note: Cuyahoga Falls News-Press reporter Lauren Krupar and >> Falls News-Press editor Phil Keren contributed to this story. >> E-mail: >> <mailto:lfreeman%40recordpub.com>lfreeman_@_recordpub.<mailto:lfreeman%40recordpub.com>com >> >> Phone: 330-688-0088 ext. 3150 > > > > Dale > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org To Unsubscribe: http://lists.elhts.org/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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