Explorer Express Train - Worcester, MA
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Metro2
N 42° 15.926 W 071° 46.007
19T E 271807 N 4682954
This train is located at Worcester, Massachusetts' Ecotorium at 222 Harrington Way.
Waymark Code: WM943F
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2010
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The poster of this waymark visited on a day that the train was being maintained and was out of operation. However a conversation with one of the mechanics revealed that the Engine was built in 1999.
According to the Ecotorium website (
visit link) the train, modeled after an 1860's steam engine, takes a 12-minute trip around the grounds. Ecotorium is a combination kid's science museum and wildlife education experience.
Tickets cost $3.
The website list the hours as:
"Spring/Summer Schedule*
Tuesday - Saturday: 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 12:30, 2, 3, and 4:15 p.m.
Sunday: 1, 2, 3, 3:45 and 4:15 p.m.
Spring/Summer Schedule begins on May 8, 2010.
Fall/Winter Schedule*
Tuesday - Saturday: 11:30 a.m. , 1 and 3 p.m.
Sunday: 1 and 3 p.m.
Fall/Winter Schedule begins September 1, 2010."
Visit Instructions:Provide a picture of something with the train or related to the train. Possible photos include the train itself at any location along the route, a picture of the scenery with part of the train in view, the kids borrowing the engineer’s hat or of a family member with one of the miniature r.r. crossing signs. Show us you had a good time visiting the train. If the train isn't running when you visit get a photo of one of the miniature railway related items that can be found in locations like this