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between June 8 and August 23, and run on two schedules. On Thursdays and Satur- days, it will depart at 11:30 a.m., and on Fri- days it will depart at 6:30 p.m. The mid-day train offers a 90-minute scenic ride along Narragansett Bay. Passengers will receive a soft-serve ice cream sundae and a choice of toppings, accompanied by a soft drink. Snacks, including hot dogs, burgers, and the like, are available for purchase as well. The Friday night train pro- vides some- thing extra special. It is hosted by what we’ve named The Candyman Conductor. He is an entertain- er
who plays
the guitar, sings, and drums up sing-alongs.
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also tells stories with an ice cream theme. And there are coloring pages for the children to work on as well. In addition to the sun- dae and beverage, passengers get piz- za.” Bob emphasizes the focus on families throughout our con- versation. For him, it’s not just a buzzword. It is a well-integrated point of view.
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cludes BC30, an ex-BC Rail Budd RDC that features a galley equipped with a soft-serve
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machine (more on that in a moment), and seating for 40. A second car seats 48, bring- ing our capacity to as many as 88 passen- gers. Each car has a staff of two. They will be dressed in a uniform reminiscent of an ice cream parlor. The galley will be run by the ice cream maker.” Here Bob begins to talk like a restaurant man, his voice taking on a tinge of pride as he points out, “I got a high- volume soft serve machine. This machine can make 100 8-oz. dishes of soft- serve in 15 min- utes. We had to rewire the Budd car and install two 30-amp cir- cuit breakers to handle it.” Once passengers have gotten their soft- serve, the atten- dants will circu- late in the car, bringing a variety of toppings to each table so passen- gers can dress their sundaes to their own satisfac- tion. “There will be a small gift shop on the train as well, of- fering the standard items — customized T-shirts,
hats, and
other memorabilia.” Reaction within the dinner train com- munity to his plans
for the concept have been “favorable,” Bob says. About the future? “We were surprised that no one had ever claimed www.icecream-
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