Central Florida: All aboard! Wizard of Oz fans can take a train ride from Tavares to the Emerald City

By Martin E. Comas, Reporter, Orlando Sentinel; June 7, 2018 Starting Friday, “Wizard of Oz” fans will be able to…

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Polar Express in Texas on a roll after departure of Iowa Pacific Holdings

By Jeff Gerritt, Palestine Herald-Press; March 26, 2018 The Texas State Railroad Authority paid off a $1 million debt to…

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Texas State Railroad ends 2017 on high note

Special to the Progress, Jacksonville Progress; January 6, 2018 Texas State Railroad’s 2017 was a year marked with transition and…

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Chicago Amtrak worker steered $30K from Polar Express ride to wife’s business

By Jon Seidel, Chicago Sun-Times; October 12, 2017 Amtrak calls its annual Polar Express Train Ride a “magical experience.” Now…

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Iowa Pacific in the United States: Polar Express won’t return this winter

By Eric Anderson, Albany Times-Union; October 6, 2017 Rail Events, the Durango, Colo.-based licensor of Polar Express holiday trains, said…

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Iowa Pacific in the UK: Popular Weardale Railway festive train ride The Polar Express replaced as company settles $3m legal dispute over royalties

By Katie MacFarlane, Reporter, The Northern Echo; October 3, 2017 A HERITAGE railway which became embroiled in a $3m legal…

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