At a Glance
- TypeHeritage railroad & tourist attraction
- LocationMI
- Rating4.4 ★454 Google reviews
About Old Road Dinner Train
Dinner on the Old Road means dining cars rolling over one of America's oldest railroad routes — track first laid by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad in 1834. The Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road hosts the train at Blissfield in Michigan's Lenawee County, with a sister run at Charlotte behind the last GE 44-ton switcher ever built. It is small-town short-line railroading served with a meal.
Upcoming Events
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Plan Your Visit
- ParkingFree lot
- AccessibilityAccessible parking
Find the Depot
The Trains
Motive power on the Charlotte leg is a GE 44-ton switcher — the last 44-tonner General Electric ever built — which handles the dinner train along with any freight work, pulling a three-car passenger set with two more cars held in reserve. The parent Adrian and Blissfield fleet stood at ten locomotives as of April 2025.
History
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The Old Road Dinner Train is the passenger face of the Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road Company, a Michigan Class III short line incorporated on February 6, 1991, which operates twenty miles of track between Adrian and Riga in Lenawee County. The name is earned: the route is one of the oldest operating railroad lines in the United States, originally built in 1834 by the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad. The dinner train runs out of Blissfield, while a sister operation rolls at Charlotte on the Charlotte Southern Railroad, another short line run by Adrian and Blissfield that links Charlotte with the CN rail system.
Around the Depot
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Old Road Dinner Train located?
Old Road Dinner Train is located in MI.
How do I get tickets to Old Road Dinner Train?
Tickets and current schedules are available on the operator's official website at https://www.murdermysterydinnertrain.com/.