Edaville Railroad Festival Of Lights 2023
A gang of us went to Edaville Railroad in Carver this year. Edaville Railroad is named for the original owner, Edward D. Atwood. There is no official Edaville section of South Carver. The park was first opened in 1947. It was originally a working railroad, used to harvest cranberries (Carver's motto? "Cranberries? Just happen to have some right here") on the bog that is now the park. A quick pause in the history lesson so one of our journalists can pose with Santa. They used to let neighbors ride for free, but demand increased, so he began charging a nickel a ride. The trains were purchased from various failing railroads, as far away as Santa Fe. The original tracks were laid on top of the levees surrounding the cranberry bogs. Atwood perished in an explosion, and the park (the train rides became popular enough that the cranberry farm gradually became a theme park) was bought by a Rhode Island seafood magnate/railroad enthusiast. His claim to fame was that he sold th