Scenic route
Agawa Canyon Tour Train
Sault Ste. Marie → Agawa Canyon · Canada
A 10-hour day trip 114 miles north into a wilderness canyon whose blazing autumn colours inspired Canada’s Group of Seven painters.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11094105 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Agawa Canyon Tour Train?
The Agawa Canyon Tour Train runs 183 km from Sault Ste. Marie to Agawa Canyon.
How long does the Agawa Canyon Tour Train take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 10 h for the 183 km. That is an average of 18 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 64 km/h.
Who runs the Agawa Canyon Tour Train?
Agawa Canyon Railroad (Watco), with GP38 diesel, coaches.
How old is the Agawa Canyon Tour Train?
The line has been in service since 1964. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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