The Prairie Village, Herman and Milwakuee Railroad is a

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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 ''

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''; 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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