Commissioners approve lease for tourist train

(YDR) County commissioners approved a plan to run a Civil War-era tourist train along the rail trail between New Freedom and Hanover junction.
At Wednesday's meeting, they voted to lease the Northern-Central rail corridor for 15 years to Steam Into History, Inc., a group backed by local investors that's pursuing the project as a tourist draw. Their goal is to get the train running in time for 2013, the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address. Continued

Photo: Strasburg Railroad (MDRails)