The Prairie Village, Herman and Milwakuee Railroad is a
heritage railroad
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
in
Prairie Village, which is next to
Lake Herman; it operates from May to September. The railroad uses former
Milwakuee Road trackage as its 2-mile line, and it operates one of the few remaining
church railroad cars, the ''
Emmanuel
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the ...
''; it is also staffed entirely by volunteers. They operate two
diesel engines, but have also set up steam engines for events.
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References
Heritage railroads in South Dakota
Passenger rail transportation in South Dakota
Tourist attractions in Lake County, South Dakota
Standard gauge railways in the United States
Transportation in Lake County, South Dakota
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