All aboard for Searchmont (7 photos)

One hundred rail-savvy adventurers boarded a train this morning for Searchmont for the Trains, Plains and Slopes event organized by the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains (CAPT).

The day's activities included skiing, snowboarding, toboggan obstacle races, snowshoeing and orienteering.

Following the success of the Group of Seven Train Event in September of last year, Trains, Plains and Slopes is the first of what organizers hope will be many CAPT-hosted rail excursions in 2009.

CAPT co-chair Al Errington told SooToday.com that the event was planned "to bring attention to the local passenger train and demonstrate its potential."

"We should be able to fill this train all the time," Errington said.

Initiated in 2006, CAPT advocates use of the ACR line as an economic, historical and cultural asset.

To learn more about CAPT, purchase an official t-shirt or tote bag, or obtain a CAPT membership, please visit www.captrains.ca