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was on the brink of declaring bankruptcy, with the last trains running for the 1975 game. The tradition of running excursion trains to the Army-Navy college football game was resurrected in 2005 when philanthropists Bennett and Vivian Levin chartered a special train composed of their own locomotives
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Since 2013, Amtrak has operated the Autumn Express every year during late October or early November. It is an excursion train that runs on lines normally used only for freight. The train originates and ends at the same station. Past trips have included Philadelphia–Harrisburg via the NEC, the port
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from April to October. A second afternoon train also runs from May to mid September but on weekdays only, weekend services running from June to October. A number of Christmas Jacobite's have even started running on select days in December. There are also a number of routes across the UK which are
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in Bethesda, Maryland to the game in Philadelphia. The Army-Navy Game trains ran in 2005–2008, were suspended in 2009 due to a death in the sponsors' family, and again in 2010. The Army-Navy football game is a big enough event in Philadelphia that the local rail transit company
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The Union Pacific Railroad has hosted an excursion program since 1960. The fleet includes two historic steam locomotives and three historic diesel locomotives, accompanied by a fleet of historic passenger cars. Included in the fleet of steam locomotives are
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Tour operators in the UK include: The Railway Touring Company, Steam Dreams, Statesman Rail, Torbay Express, Vintage Trains, Orient-Express, UK Railtours and Saphos Trains. Further details can be found on the Main Line Steam Tours index page.
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and other mainline operating companies, new build steam engines are shown to be as popular as vintage steam engines. The youngest steam engine to run railtours being
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A number of excursion trains are run in the United Kingdom and in some cases there are regular steam worked passenger services over some routes, one such train being
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road branch, and the keystone corridor; Philadelphia–Harrisburg via Reading, and Albany/Schenectady to East Deerfield, Massachusetts via the
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or tourists, and special trains operated by the railway company for employees and prominent customers.
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run for a special event or purpose. Examples are trains to major sporting event, trains run for
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and some donated passenger cars to take recuperating wounded veterans from the
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class locomotives 6988 and 7081 operating a triple-headed excursion train with
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ran special excursion trains from New York City and Washington, D.C. to the
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which operate in winter, with emphasis on weekend service, and the
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that operate steam locomotives on the national network include:
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Since 1908, an excursion train has carried travelers between
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Passenger Station
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usually operate on a schedule instead of for special events
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every summer Sunday and holiday from 1927 through 1959.
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while working "The Great Western Limited" railtour from
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famed for running excursion trains, examples include:
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