Indianapolis Star, 1/21/17:
New operators of fair train sought
Track owner says $5 million in repairs needed to make 37-mile Nickel Plate rail safe
The rail buffs who operated the Indiana State Fair Train for 30 years and the government agency that owns the tracks on which it ran are decoupling.
The Hoosier Heritage Port Authority is dropping the Indiana Transportation Museum as train operators on the 37-mile Nickel Plate route that runs between Tipton and Indianapolis.
The authority is seeking a new manager because it failed to reach an agreement with the museum on an estimated $5 million in track repairs and maintenance. The port authority wanted the museum to fix and clean sections of track it said were so dangerous that the fair train and Polar Bear Express were cancelled last year.
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