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Description
Bio-Park Garden Railroad display features 4 loops on over 1,500 feet of track.
Schedule
Through November 2006: Wed. through Sun. 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
December: Sun. through Sat. 6 to 9 p.m.
Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day
From Jan. 3, 2007 to May 2007: Everyday 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Admission/Fare
Current admission to the grounds with special senior and childrens rates as posted.
Locomotives/Rolling Stock
LGB AT&SF ABA F-7's pull a 6 car Aristo-Craft Streamliner set on one loop while 2 LGB SD-25's in AT&SF warbonnet alternate on freight and passenger service.
2 Aristo-Craft SD-25's in AT&SF freight blue alternate pulling a mixed freight of 14 to 20 cars on another loop and share time with a privately owned 25 car circus train on weekends.
A (RGGR) Rio Grande Garden Railway Aristo-Craft C-16 heads up a 5 car work train on another loop while "Thomas and friends" circle a special O.L. Mac Donald farm 40 foot loop the children operate.
New Mexico Garden Railroader Club members often operate t
Special Events
Summer Concerts under the stars June to August 6 to 9 PM Thursdays with guest trains operating next door to the band shell.
Winter Holiday "Parade of Lights" all December 6 to 9 PM. (Nightly)
Annual Garden Railroaders of New Mexico train display weekend in October (TBA).
Nearby Attractions/Accomodations
Aquarium,Rose, Spanish/Moor and Japaneese Gardens, Heritage Farm, Butterfly Pavalion, Children's Fantasy Garden and current exhibit of Ming Dynasty marble sculpture.
3' Rio (narrow gauge) Rail Line between Zoo, Tingley Beach and the Bio-Park.
Location/Directions
no information provided
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