WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A 1950s passenger train will travel from Wichita to Yoder on Saturday.

The Heart of the Heartlands Train Club is hosting the special ride.

“You will be rockin’ and rollin’ down the railroad tracks and seeing the scenery you don’t get to see from the highway,” said Heart of the Heartlands Train Club member Jim McKeel.

The ride will travel along the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad which is owned by Watco Companies.

“The tracks are used for freight trains, that’s their main business, their source of revenue, so again, we are very fortunante that they allow us to be able to put this passenger train out there,” McKeel said.

The train will leave from Wichita at 8:30 a.m. and is expected to arrive in Yoder at 11 a.m.

“We will spend about 3 hours in Yoder giving people a chance to visit the various interesting shops in town,” McKeel said. “There’s three different places where they can have a good lunch.”

McKeel said the crew will be dressed in historical clothing. He said the goal it to give people a chance to ride the railroad like they did decades ago.

“A lot of the passenger trains faded away from the original railroad companies back in 1971 when Amtrak was created, so there’s just a lot of people who haven’t had a chance to ride a train and this is an economical and relaxing way to get out and experience a train ride and see the countryside,” he said.

The Shocker locomotive will lead the three 1956 passenger cars.

“There will be a locomotive on each end, the three passenger cars and a caboose will be in between the locomotives,” McKeel said.

There are still seats available for Saturday’s train ride.

You can get your tickets at Hobbytown USA located at Eastgate Plaza, 8113 East Kellogg Ave., Suite 200, Wichita, KS.

Tickets cost $45. Children 5 and younger ride for free.

All of the proceeds go to the Heart of the Heartlands Train Club, a nonprofit based out of Carona, Kansas. The nonprofit is dedicated to preserving railroad history, providing train rides and motorcar excursions.