Thank you so much standbyme for all the threads you have posted this offseason! It has made the offseason fly by.

You are most welcome...it has also helped me.

Here is the last of the article and the photos:

Great article! Thank you so much for posting this; it and all the other historical stuff posted over the past six months really helps pass the time in the offseason. Just make sure you've saved some stuff for next offseason!

Standbyme, you always post the coolest KI history on here. This is no different--thank you for sharing! I love this!

This was a really cool article. I think it would be really cool to see an compare and contrast as to the maintenance of when the article was written and now. One would hope that as much pride was taken on the trains as once was, however based on how the scenery has been neglected over the years I wonder if the detail on the trains has been as well.

It always cool that they recognize the railroad because without it, the park would not have its same charm.

Great article! I love how in some of the pictures you can see the old town scenery along with some of the old animatronic people in the towns. Brings back memories. Thanks!

They took off the air operating bell off the crowns this summer.

Wow, what a major bump. I love that article. When I see this stuff, I really start to hate the placement of Diamondback. The Railroad is the only original attraction from Rivertown and even though I'm a train freak, I would like to see the railway spruced up.

Wow, what a major bump. I love that article. When I see this stuff, I really start to hate the placement of Diamondback. The Railroad is the only original attraction from Rivertown and even though I'm a train freak, I would like to see the railway spruced up.

I would to, maybe Cedar Fair will bring them back since CP&LERR has animatronics

I would love to get a chance to be able to tour the round house, and see the morning routine of firing up the steam engine. 

@Tr0y, in the meantime, you can watch this!

 

On 4/19/2012 at 2:37 PM, standbyme said:

Here's one last thing that I have dug up to post during this off-season. This is a May 1980 magazine article about the behind the scenes of The Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad. I am going to string this out over a few days because there is so much to read...and because I can!

I hope you enjoy it.

Where online did you find this magazine?

4 hours ago, Tr0y said:

Where online did you find this magazine?

I scanned the article from an actual physical magazine that I own.