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MAY 18�25, 2022
CULTURE & HERITAGE
All aboard the
steam train!
Sumpter Valley Railroad/Contributed photo
Crews have been busy getting ready for the Sumpter Valley Railroad’s 2022 season.
Sumpter Valley
Railroad season
is in full swing
breaking down in December
2021. Svaty said it should be
back in action by mid-July.
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND
S
UMPTER — The Sumpt-
er Valley Railroad is up
and running for the season
with rides on weekends, and
some special extended days
coming up on Memorial Day
weekend.
Riders will climb aboard
the #3 wood-burning
Heisler.
“This is an amazing
steam engine,” said Kim
Svaty, depot manager. “It’s
a favorite of many and such
fun to see run.”
Wood-burning, however,
means that someone is
splitting wood. Svaty said
each round trip requires one
bunker of wood.
“So if you hear a volun-
teer say they split wood
all weekend you now know
how important that job is,”
she said.
The #19 Mikado is cur-
rently under repair after
The annual Sumpter Flea
Market happens again over
Memorial Day weekend, and
the SVRR will off er short
runs from the Sumpter Sta-
tion at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m.,
2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on
May 28 and 29.
“These shorter runs have
become very popular,” Svaty
said. “It gives more people
an opportunity to ride the
train as well as take in all the
events in town.”
Fares are $18 adults, $15
seniors/military and $11 for
ages 3-17.
There’s also a rumor that
The High Country Outlaws
will make an appearance
that weekend — and Fa-
ther’s Day weekend, as well.
LOOKING AHEAD
“In a Landscape: Clas-
sical Music in the Wild”
returns this year June 25
and June 26, at 4:30 p.m.
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
both days. Tickets must be
purchased in advance at
inalandscape.org.
Short runs will return
for the Fourth of July fl ea
market weekend, July 2
and 3, and again during
Baker City’s Miners Jubilee,
May 16 and 17.
August features all full
runs between McEwen
Depot and the Sumpter Sta-
tion. Fares are $25 adults,
$22 seniors/military and $16
for ages 3-17.
Short runs return for the
Labor Day weekend fl ea
market, as well as a special
Wine and Cheese full run
on Sept. 3 featuring Copper
Belt Winery and The Cheese
Fairy. This is for ages 21 and
older, and the fare is $60.
The Full Moon train is set
for Sept. 10, the Hot Dog
and Marshmallows Train re-
turns Sept. 11, and October
again features Fall Foliage
train rides.
And those bandits strike
every month.
For a full schedule, and
to make reservations, visit
sumptervalleyrailroad.org.