Stations Ogema Province Saskatchewan | Length 115,000 m Phone +1 306-459-7808 | |
Original gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Owned by Ogema Heritage Railway Association Preserved gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Opened 1910 - 1915Current track 1999-present Red Coat Road and Rail purchases 115 km of abandoned CP Rail line from Pangman, SK to Assiniboia, SK Similar Alberta Central Railway, Fraser Valley Heritage, Kamloops Heritage Railway, Galt Historic Railway, Canadian Museum of Rail Travel Profiles | ||
Southern prairie railway in ogema
Southern Prairie Railway is a tourist railway operated by the Ogema Heritage Railway Association (OHRA) in Ogema, Saskatchewan.
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Southern Prairie Railway offers train tours that travel from Ogema to Pangman, Saskatchewan and Horizon, Saskatchewan. The tours operate on weekends from May to October. Chartered trips are also available.
The centrepiece of their operation is a fully restored 1912 CP Rail train station. The station was moved to Ogema from Simpson, Saskatchewan in 2002, as the original station was removed in 1960s. The feature engine is a 1945 GE "44 tonner" diesel locomotive purchased in 2010 from Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire. Also purchased in 2010, the 1922 Pullman passenger car arrived from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and received a top to bottom restoration. Staff and volunteers are also working to restore a 1952 CP Rail baggage car and a caboose to join the fleet.