Southern Prairie Railway

Southern Prairie Railway
Commercial operations
Built by	Canadian Pacific Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Owned by	Ogema Heritage Railway Association
Stations	Ogema
Length	115 km
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	1910 - 1915 Current track
Preservation history
1999-present	Red Coat Road and Rail purchases 115 km of abandoned CP Rail line from Pangman, SK to Assiniboia, SK
2010-present	Ogema Heritage Railway Association agrees to operate a tourist railway on Red Coat Road and Rail line
2012 - present	Southern Prairie Railway begins operations as a tourist railway
Headquarters	Ogema, Saskatchewan, Canada
Website
Railway's website

Southern Prairie Railway is a tourist railway operated by the Ogema Heritage Railway Association (OHRA) in Ogema, Saskatchewan.

Southern Prairie Railway offers train tours that travel from Ogema to Pangman, Saskatchewan and Horizon, Saskatchewan. The tours operate on weekends from May to October. Chartered trips are also available.

The centrepiece of their operation is a fully restored 1912 CP Rail train station. The station was moved to Ogema from Simpson, Saskatchewan in 2002, as the original station was removed in 1960s. The feature engine is a 1945 GE "44 tonner" diesel locomotive purchased in 2010 from Conway Scenic Railroad in North Conway, New Hampshire. Also purchased in 2010, the 1922 Pullman passenger car arrived from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and received a top to bottom restoration. Staff and volunteers are also working to restore a 1952 CP Rail baggage car and a caboose to join the fleet.

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