The pictures below were taken during the Bradford, Ohio, Rail Fest on June 4th, 2016. The CPR&SS club laid about 300 feet of straight aluminum track on the bike path on the former grounds of the Bradford Train Junction. The Junction has since been deactivated and all of the buildings, switches, and track have been removed except for the “BF” switch tower, which is being restored. The grounds are now a city park with a caboose on display. Many railroad items are on display in the Bradford RR Museum located a very short distance away in a former bank.
Bob on his propane-fired 0-6-0 steam engine hauling passengers.
Bradford Junction in 1893
Unloading the steam engine. It only drinks bottled water (but it’s not distilled water).
Joe on the club’s Plum Cove
Loading passengers
Miami Valley Garden Railway Society’s G-scale layout in operation.
A telegraph demonstration was set up between the Bradford RR Museum and the old “BF” Switch Tower about a quarter mile away.
Long view of the 300 foot track