The responses to my moves IN-KS-MA-IN have seemed to reflect serious ignorance about steam railroading available east of the Mississippi. Remember that competion faced by EBT includes all steam railroads, because most potential riders don't think in terms of gauge.
From Philadelphia PA:
1 New Hope & Ivyland................40 mi..0:49
2 Strasburg................................63 mi..1:18
3 Wanamaker Kempton & Sou....74 mi..1:21
4 EBT.......................................172 mi..2:55
5 Connecticut Valley RR...........203 mi..3:33
6 WW&F...................................449 mi..7:18
From Brooklyn, NY:
1 New Hope & Ivyland.................75 mi..1:35
2 Wanamaker Kempton & Sou...118 mi..2:07
3 Connecticut Valley RR............115 mi..2:12
4 Strasburg...............................151 mi..2:44
5 EBT........................................243 mi..4:10
6 WW&F....................................360 mi..5:58
From South Hadley MA (our most recent home):
1 Connecticut Valley RR..............73 mi..1:15
2 WW&F....................................233 mi..3:47
3 New Hope & Ivyland...............228 mi..3:49
4 Wanamaker Kempton & Sou...269 mi..4:20
5 Strasburg...............................300 mi..5:00
6 EBT........................................395 mi..6:23