Word that the Midland Railway in Baldwin City may have an interest in relocating to the Ottawa area is filtering down to the local level. A dispute over control of the Depot after the Historical Association evicted the Railway from the Depot in Baldwin for not paying a scheduled lease payment, left them with nowhere to board passengers on tourism trains. Franklin County Economical Development Director, Paul Bean, says he has heard about it:
The Railway owns property outside of Ottawa and officials have said they will move there. Midland Operates excursion train rides on vintage railroad equipment between Baldwin City and a rural area near Ottawa. It also provides service for the Kansas Belle Dinner Train Company, and it occasionally hosts other themed events, like Thomas the Train or Polar Express themed rides.
