"The Knox & Kane train excursion has been our largest motorcoach/group tour attraction. "The loss of the train excursion will directly impact the visitation into our region," Devlin said. Linda Devlin, executive director of the Allegheny National Forest Vacation Bureau, explained that she was also notified that the train would not be running this year. "The years preceding showed an average of 34 per trip."
"There was very low train attendance last year, with an average of 14 people per trip," Clark said. Due to the decline in business and some family problems, the excursion "doesn't look like" it will continue, he added. "If they can't ride across the bridge, they don't want to come," Cornell said of the people who had made the trip in the past. "We've been getting a lot of calls," he added, saying people express interest in the trip.īut business has certainly declined since the bridge first closed to train traffic in 2002 and since a tornado felled 11 towers on the viaduct in July of 2003. "If we decide not to run, it will be permanent," he said. He added that was all the information he had.Ĭornell made no comment about the plans for this year, saying only that no final decision has been reached. He explained the park's secretary had called about making a reservation for the trip and was told the train would not be running this year. "The train will not be running this year," explained Barrett Clark, Bendigo State Park Complex manager for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. However, the manager of the state park said the service will not be offered this summer.
"We're hoping to do something with that bridge." "There are no definite decisions made yet," Sloan Cornell, owner of the railroad, said on Friday. Kinzua train rides may not be offered againĪfter 17 years of offering train rides to Kinzua Bridge State Park - 15 of which offered rides across the historic Kinzua Viaduct - the Knox & Kane Railroad is likely ending its travels to the park. Looks like the end of the train trips for the K&K.
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