Grand Canyon Railway - steam is back!

[nachoman]

AFAIK, the steam engines will only be used for special events and not see regular service. My brother works for the railway, so I will ask him if attitudes have changed.

BTW (the following statement is in no way official, but is what I pieced together from various rumors relayed by those who live in williams and work for the railroad): "environmental concerns" was really only a half-truth. Actually, it was almost "no-truth". Bad economy and market research had as much to do with them not running steam. The bad economy meant ridership was down. They realized most of their riders were California and international tourists who didn't care what the train was pulled by, or even how what a steam engine is. So, they took the opportunity to cut costs by eliminating the steam program, and used the "environmental" label as a marketing hook for those who are into that sort of thing.