Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad - Cuyahoga Valley National Park

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad operates excursion trains between Akron Northside station and Rockside Station in Independence Ohio. The schedule varies by season and day of the week. The railroad works in partnership with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park as the park owns all of the track, about 20 miles, located within its borders.

We bought tickets and boarded the train in Peninsula for a Sunday afternoon ride to Akron Northside and return during our November 2019 trip to the park. Current schedules and ticket pricing information is available at the railroad's website listed at the end of this post. Our train was led south by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) RS18 1822 and MLW FP4-A 6771. American Locomotive Company (ALCO) C420 365 led the train back north. In addition to the locomotives, the train consisted of a dome car, eight coaches, a cafe car, a dome observation car, and a head end power car.

Southbound MLW RS18 1822 approaching Peninsula

Cuyahoga River

Crossing the Cuyahoga River

Running parallel to Riverview Road

Everett Ranger Station

Beaver Marsh

Towpath Trail and Riverview Road

Szalay's Farm & Market

Yellow Creek

Botzum Station

Private pond south of Smith Road

Portage Path Monument

Towpath Trail on an elevated boardwalk

Memorial Parkway

Cascade Park

North Howard Street

Akron Northside Station

Train at Akron Northside

Alco C420 365 leading train northbound at Peninsula

There is no entrance fee at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad website is https://www.cvsr.org/.

The park website is https://www.nps.gov/cuva/index.htm.