Grand Canyon Railway offers a year-round schedule from the historic depot in Williams, AZ, to the South Rim, plus Polar Express rides at Christmas. ... Arizona, to the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

Such a sentiment explains the appeal of the Grand Canyon Railway, a heritage train that takes people from a historic depot in the Route 66 city of Williams, Arizona, to the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

The Grand Canyon Railway was re-established in 1989 and takes more than 225,000 people each year from Williams to the South Rim. Is it worth taking the train to the Grand Canyon?

On Sept. 17, 1901, the first passengers boarded the train from Williams, Arizona, taking them directly to the Grand Canyon South Rim in three hours; prior to the railway, visitors would embark on ...

Visiting the Grand Canyon via the restored vintage railcars and engines of the Grand Canyon Railway may well be the grandest way to visit a national treasure. It certainly beats jockeying for ...

Grand Canyon Railway offers steam-powered journeys from Williams, Arizona to the Historic Village on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Steam Saturdays: the first Saturday of each month between ...

The Grand Canyon Railway is separated into six car classes. They include the Pullman class (starting at $67 for adults; $32 for kids), with bench-style seating and windows that open to take in the ...

It was purchased by Grand Canyon Railway in 1989. In 1996, it was converted from a coal-burning engine to a diesel-burning engine. In 2009, the 310-ton train was converted to run on recycled ...

Grand Canyon Railway isn’t the only Arizona project to get a grant. The DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration announced the Grand Canyon Railway grant on Oct. 29 as part of a $2.4 billion in ...

The drive to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim is easy enough. Get to Flagstaff and it’s only about 90 miles across Arizona’s high country. But why take a car when you can ride a train ...

Such a sentiment explains the appeal of the Grand Canyon Railway, a heritage train that takes people from a historic depot in the Route 66 city of Williams, Arizona, to the Grand Canyon's South Rim.