Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad
How big is your museum? Today let’s visit a museum that is five miles long and 100 feet wide.
What in the world is that kind of museum? The answer is, it’s like a moving museum - a historic excursion train operating on railroad track in rural Kansas.
Ross Boelling is president and general manager of this remarkable train known as the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad. Thanks to railroad volunteer and retired K-State department head Steve Smethers for the following information.