**Train rides 1st Saturday of the month from 10a.m.-2p.m. May through October.  Come on out for a ride.  A $2 donation is suggested. 

Click here to find out the details & updates of what is going on at the RR.

Check out our latest photos:  HERE

We will have the train running at all the musuem events.  Click on the event tab above for dates. 

Come join in on the fun! Come out to see what goes on.

1st & 3rd Saturdays - R.R. Workdays - 8:30a.m. at the Museum Grounds.  E-mail: 
                              dktrainman@hotmail.com to let us know you are coming.

2nd & 4th Thursdays - R.R. Workdays - 6:30p.m. at the Museum Grounds.  Email: 
                               dktrainman@hotmail.com to let us know you are coming. 

To watch some videos of our RR and the equipment click here.

Project List:
1.  Finish installation of electric to the car barn.
2.  Finish installation of our named tie siding switch.  Get your named tie now.  E-mail me at: 
     dktrainman@hotmail.com with questions or to reserve your personal tie.
3.  Concrete the car barn.  We are in need of assistance in funding this project up to $9,000, let us 
     know if you could help in anyway. 
4.  Install the rest of the switches & track in the new yard for switching all of our equipment around.
5.  Start the rebuilding of our 1926 coal fired Wagner built Atlantic Steam Locomotive. 
6.  Yearly mainteance & right of way ballasting. 
7.  And the list goes on & on & on.  We can always use help. 
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Track Construction Pictures October 2009:

Coming into Flamm Park

Track in Flamm Park.

Tracks heading into the Sunset.

Freshly spiked 150' of track coming out of Flamm Park.

Freshly ballasted track thru Flamm Park.

Freshly ballasted track heading into Flamm Park.

The First run of the 2009 season. click here.

The latest acquisition for the AHRR. click here.

The American Heritage Railroad made some amazing strides in 2007, going full-steam ahead with a variety of projects. To read all about it, click here.

Watch the American Heritage Railroad slideshow:
"Year In Review: 2007."

Check out the American Heritage Railroad newsletter "Whistle Talk." The newsletter has all the latest events for the American Heritage Railroad. Click here to read all about it.

The newsletter is available in Adobe Acrobat format. Don't have Adobe Acrobat? Get it here.

See a slideshow of the American Heritage Railroad by clicking here.

The American Heritage Railroad is undertaking a two part capital campaign to purchase and install the first phase of the railroad on the museum grounds of the American Farm Heritage Museum in Greenville, Ill.

Find out more about these two campaigns here:
Naming Rights Program (in Adobe Acrobat format)
Adopt a Tie Program (in Adobe Acrobat format)

Download the rail division membership form here:
American Heritage Railroad Membership Form (in Adobe Acrobat format)

Don't have Adobe Acrobat? Get it here.

To get involved with either of these projects, contact railroad division manager David Kessinger at (618) 664-9582 or through e-mail at dktrainman@hotmail.com.

With the capital campaigns ongoing, the American Heritage Railroad is hard at work laying down track on the museum grounds. During the 2006 Heritage Days, hundreds of visitors enjoyed the opportunity to ride our train.

The rest of the railroad will be completed in four phases:
Phase 1 calls for the installation of 3,500 feet of track with loops each end. This includes three main crossings, a storage container, and three temporary loading areas.

Phase 2 will include the installation of a maintenance shop, a gift shop, and a train station with another 600 to 1,000 feet of track near the maintenance area. A second track for loading at the main museum building will also be installed.

Phase 3 will install a loop on the south end of property with double switch track on the west side tressle. This will require about another 3,700 feet of track.

Phase 4 includes about another 500 feet of track and will set up an engine roundhouse and a turntable in the west loop.

Anyone is welcome to join our Railroad Division. The meetings for the group are held the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30p.m. at the Greenville Fire House on Harris Avenue.

The Railroad Division will have an Atlantic class Wagner Steam Engine, believed to be one of only 10 in existence. Additionally, the division operates a G-16 diesel outline train set that was built in 1956. Both will be 15-inch gauge.

Membership in the division is only $30 per year and you can be involved as much or as little as you would like. Lifetime memberships are also available for $1,250 for a single and $2,500 for a lifetime family membership.

We would love to have you as part of the division. Contact us at ( 618) 593-7742 or e-mail us at dktrainman@hotmail.com.

The Wagner Steam Engine

The Caboose

The G-16 Diesel Train

The first train car we restored