Train ride is this weekend

Enjoy an eight-hour ride to the 41st annual Old Timers Day Arts & Crafts Festival in Van Buren, Ark. Featuring more than 200 exhibitors from more than seven states covering six closed-off blocks on Historic Main Street, Van Buren, Ark. There is free parking at the depot.

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad’s special passenger train services offer you ‘A Window Seat to History’ — an opportunity to travel in the style of a bygone era. You can still enjoy the leisurely elegance of real train travel through the mountains and valleys of northwest Arkansas from Seligman, Mo., to Van Buren.

Over trestles with views for miles and through a quarter mile tunnel, the train journey will take passengers all the way to the top of the scenic Boston Mountains and into the historic Arkansas River Basin.

The Arkansas & Missouri Railroad is one of the few commercial lines left in the United States that operates both freight and passenger service. All of the passengers travel the regular working rails in refurbished antique passenger or parlor coaches.

For some, the journey evokes memories of an era long gone. For others, it is the fulfillment of a wish to let their children and grandchildren experience the Golden Age of Travel just as they did when they were young. All enjoy a uniquely memorable experience reminiscent of American traditions in transportation.

Departure time is 7:15 a.m. Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19. The train returns about 6:45 p.m.

Tickets prices vary depending on car. They are:

• Vintage Cars: Adult: $60.00 Senior 65 + $55.00 Child 3 - 12 $35.00.

• First Class: Adult: $80.00 Senior 65 + $75.00 Child 3 - 12 $50.00.

• Dome Car: Adult: $85.00 no discount. Children under 3 is free.

Passengers need to be at the Seligman Community Building by 6:45 a.m. The community building is located at 29144 S. Main St., Seligman, MO, 65745. Call (800) 687-8600 or visit amrailroad.com to make reservations. Persons interested may call to see if walk-up tickets are available.