Old Thresher's Reunion
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The Midwest Old Threshers Reunion is an annual event that takes place in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States, and runs for five days, ending on the Labor Day weekend. It was first held in 1950, and has
Steam tractor lineup at the 2010 Reunion
Midwest Central train pulling into Snipe Runn station.
The West Side Lumber Company railway was the last of the 3 ft narrow-gauge logging railroads operating in the American west.
Old Thresher's Reunion
…Central Railroad operates a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway around the reunion exhibit area. This railroad features a Class C Shay locomotive from the West Side Lumber Company railway. Other engines include two 2-6-0 Baldwin engines (one having a recently updated boiler and the other undergoing extensive rework) that formerly served…
The engine shed in 1979.
Route in 1948
The lower section of the Railway in 2003
West Side and Cherry Valley Railroad No. 7