VinePair | By Cat Wolinski, March 26, 2018A train ride in Northeast Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley can really set your spirits free—especially if that train ride includes wine tastings, like the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Grape Escape, a two-hour tour through Cuyahoga Valley National Park.The train, departing from...
Orientation for new volunteers will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm at Fitzwater Maintenance Yard. Orientation is a requirement for volunteers, including: trainmen, concessionaires and servers. This program will be about an hour and a half and will cover the basic information...
Congratulations to Craig Schneider, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad's 2017 Volunteer of the Year! Craig has been a CVSR volunteer since October 2010. In 2017, he surpassed 8,000 hours of volunteer service; 1,303 of those hours were recorded in 2017. Craig was voted 2017 Volunteer of...
The numbers are in! CVSR Volunteers surpassed the 100,000 hours goal for 2017 with 104,221 volunteer hours recorded in 2017! We would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing volunteers for contributing their time and talent to achieve this record-breaking number.Volunteer hours increased almost 11,000...
All Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad National Park Scenic and Special Events train trips on Saturday, January 20th, and Sunday January 21st will run as scheduled. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad will be operating under an agreement with the National Park Service during the government shutdown this...
Travel Codex |By Sriram Srinivasan, January 8, 2019We made our final stop on our cross-country road trip in northeastern Ohio. There, we spent an afternoon exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Situated within the suburbs of Akron and Cleveland, you’d never expect to find a National Park...
Fox 8 Cleveland | By Adrienne Dipizaaz, December 15, 2017CLEVELAND, Ohio-- It wouldn’t be Christmas in the Cuyahoga Valley without a ride on the Polar Express. The magical train ride modeled after the popular children’s book is a tradition for many families in Northeast Ohio.For 11...
My Town NEO | By Laura Freeman, December 14, 2017The whistle of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad has called to local women to volunteer as trainmen — that person in each car who helps you board, punches your ticket and explains the history and scenery...
Akron Beacon Journal | By Paula Schleis, November 28, 2017For a twist on how you normally celebrate Christmas, step inside a classic children’s book and become an elf for a day — a volunteer opportunity you can do on a whim any night between now...
Cleveland.com | By Greg Burnett, November 24, 2017After battling the annual untangling of the Christmas lights, and a torturing day of Black Friday, you may want to celebrate the first weekend of the holiday season doing something other than trolling around looking at Christmas decorations.Check...
Please Note: On September 20 and 27, the National Park Scenic train and Bike Aboard service will only run until 4:35 p.m. On September 21-22 and 28-29, there will be NO National Park Scenic runs and NO Bike Aboard service due to Steam in the Valley.