Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad

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The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (AAR reporting marks BSV) is a heritage railway operating out of Boone, Iowa.

The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers primarily to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad. This stretch of track through the Des Moines River valley includes a beautiful high bridge. It runs approximately twelve miles from Boone through the small town of Fraser, Iowa and ends at the site of the former town of Wolf.

The Railroad was an immediate success and has expanded regularly since its founding. A permanent station/museum/ticket office building was built with considerable parking areas for the busy summer season.

The railroad now owns numerous locomotives and dozens of cars. It gained notoriety in the late 1980s for acquiring one of the last new 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotives built in China - this locomotive has had problems but is still running. In 2003 the BSV acquired and restored an EMD FP9 that was formerly a passenger locomotive on VIA Rail, Canada - it was restored in Chicago and North Western Railway colors and runs a dessert train.

The railroad also runs a short trolley ride and has even begun to do light freight switching at Boone industries in recent years. Its station is located just one block from the Union Pacific Railroad mainline.

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