Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, Akron

James Boyle

Friends family and fun. The train is regulated by federal law. Maskes are required. First time ever going on a train ride the winter time. Beautiful scenery as you are raiding comfortably warm in the passenger car. Take time to walk amongst the cars and see the different styles. Some are original and some are restored. Light snacks including hot chocolate and coffee in the food car. Snow falling and a group of people that are more than happy to share the history of trains and the history of CVSR. Our trip ticket about 3 hours because you didn't stop at every stop during this time of the year. Thank you for a great time!!!

Terry Priester

It was a great train ride but on the wrong train. You dont get much information from the web site so we got tickets for what i will call the short ride which is two hours round-trip there and back with no stops so it was a disapointment since we was hopeing on be able to stop, shop. And eat it seems to be another train that has that kind of ride and again i did not see that on the web site, the information i got from the train engineer and oh. Btw the volunteers are all so nice and helpfull so now we will go again knowing what i know to get the right train. Now for the train it really could use a good cleaning. It is what you expect from the time period of the cars but they are just dirty not shiney and clean and the bathroom just smelled of urine. Every csr is different and the temperatures went from hot to cold from car to car but was in the comfort range and each car had differant smells to them but was not a clean smell. The snack car to me seemed disorganized and just laid out wrong the creates a human traffic jam. They have hot dogs that i did not see anyone eating so i did not order one and they had fresh popcorn but only one small machine that could not keep up so you had to wait in the paid line probally a good 30 minutes to get your corn. The coffie was good and the rest of what they had was bottles of drinks and bags of snacks. They had beer and wine but you have to wait till 1 pm on Sundays because of Ohio state laws and we was at the end of the ride by then. It was quite busy all the cars was full but the volunteers made everything go smoothly. Wasn't a bad day just not exactly what I wanted so i will try again another day

Matthew Truett

Definitely an experience to remember. Tickets for all 4 in the most basic car were nearly $100. I was very surprised at how completely empty other cars and even ours was. Our car was kinda smelly like old... the car was clean just smelled old and musty. The other cars we walked through didn't smell as bad as ours. It was an enjoyable ride overall. We made our way up to the concession car and got some popcorn and snacks. Not too many fall leaves early October but still good views and it was fun waving to cars and people along the trails. Masks are 'mandatory' but not strictly enforced which was good because we were clearly distant from other riders. It would be easy to take some light snacks and beverages even though it's 'prohibited'. Really just all about the experience and a good experience overall. Made for a great afternoon day.

Josh Kass

I must say, this is such a fun experience. We did a 4 hour journey back and forth with some friends from out of town, and it was very enjoyable. The conductor on board was giving history throughout the ride. Plus, the train is very nice and air conditioned. Pretty awesome situation for kayak and bike too!