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Aerial view of Edaville's former Thomas-lead train passing through cranberry bogs in the spring of 2016. The unpowered Thomas engine was replaced with coal-fired steam engines beginning in 2022.
Overview
Headquarters
South Carver
Locale
Carver, Massachusetts, U.S.
Dates of operation
1947–1991 (first park) 1999–present (second park)
Technical
Track gauge
2 ft (610 mm)[1]
Length
2.5 miles
Edaville Railroad (also branded Edaville USA and Edaville Family Theme Park) is a heritage railroad and amusement park in South Carver, Massachusetts, opened in 1947, and temporally closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The park was only open for the Christmastime season in 2021, and will reopen under new management for the 2022 Christmastime season (see history section). It is one of the oldest heritage railroad operations in the United States. It is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge line that operates excursion trains for tourists, built by the late Ellis D. Atwood (initials E.D.A., for which Edaville is named) on his sprawling cranberry farm in Southeastern Massachusetts.[2]: 45
^"Cranberry Special". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. June 1949. p. 144.
^Moody, Linwood W. The Maine Two-Footers Howell-North (1959)
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