Sponsored: Enjoy Thanksgiving ride on Secret City Train with Bart Jennings

 

Enjoy a train ride on Thanksgiving weekend with a professor who was part of the team that started the Secret City Scenic Railroad in Oak Ridge.

Special car host Bart Jennings is a professor of supply chain management at Western Illinois University, and he has a decade of railroad experience, plus more than two decades of railroad consulting and regulatory training, a press release said.

Here is more information about this weekend’s train rides:

WHEN:

• Friday, November 28, at 11 a.m.—Special Black Friday Sale: 20 percent off in the Gift Shop
• Friday November 28, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
• Saturday, November 29, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

WHERE: Depart from the Heritage Center at 2010 Highway 58 in Oak Ridge, TN 37830

SPECIAL CAR HOST: Bart Jennings

• professor of supply chain management at Western Illinois University
• part of team that started the Secret City Scenic Railroad
• decade of railroad experience plus more than two decades of railroad consulting and regulatory training
• convention chair or head of rail operations for NRHS (National Railway Historical Society) for conventions in Iowa, Alaska, Arkansas and Vermont
• wrote articles published in Trains Magazine, Railfan and Railroad Magazine, Pacific Rail News, and others
• operated charter passenger trains in more than 25 states
• ridden trains in almost 50 countries around the world

RESERVATIONS: Call (865) 241-2140 (indicate the date, time, number of tickets, and callback telephone number for the trip desired if leaving a message). We accept cash and checks, but no credit cards. Payment made at the train.

ABOUT THE SCENIC CITY EXCURSION TRAIN RIDE: Trains depart from the Heritage Center (formerly the K-25 site) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a historic U.S. Department of Energy facility, where research and development plunged the United States into the Atomic Age. The train winds along Poplar Creek and Highway 327 in the beautiful hills and valleys of East Tennessee. Each round trip travels approximately 14 miles and lasts about one hour.

Trains are pulled by 1950s vintage diesel locomotives. Seating is in an air-conditioned coach and a dining car; both climate-controlled coaches are restored from the 1940s era of passenger railroading. A concession car has souvenirs, gifts, and snacks for sale.

For more information visit: http://www.secretcityrailroad.com/.

ABOUT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIA RAILWAY MUSEUM: The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum (SARM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located near Knoxville, Tennessee, and is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of historical railroad equipment, as well as the preservation of the railroad history of the Southern Appalachia Region. The museum sponsors the operation of the Secret City Excursion train in Oak Ridge, which operates many times throughout the year. For more information, visit http://www.secretcityrailroad.com/.