Travel Opportunities - Rail Travel Offered by AAPRCO Members
Although our members often charter their cars to an individual or company, many offer travel opportunities to others. As we learn of opportunities where space is available, they will be posted here.
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This information was last updated on
January 25, 2012
Travel Opportunities are listed in order of the date of departure.
PALM LEAF + SILVER SPLENDOR
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Los Angeles - New Orleans - Los Angeles
February 17 -24, 2012
Please see this document for full details of this trip.
Cincinnati Railway Company
2012 Cherry Blossom Excursion
Cincinnati – Washington, D.C. – Cincinnati
April 12-16, 2012
Please see this document
for full details of this trip.
American Rail Excursions, Inc. presents
Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
St. Louis – Chicago – Washington, DC – Chicago –
St. Louis
April 9/10 – 15/16, 2012
See the beautiful cherry blossoms and lavish Cherry Blossom Parade.
Two day step on step off trolley tour included in fare. Fare is $2,199
per person, double occupancy, Single occupancy and suites also available.
This is a very popular tour offered year after year. All types of accommodations
available. The scheduled cars include the Royal Street 5 bedroom/round
end observation lounge, the Silver Quail 11 double bedroom sleeper,
the Pacific Union 6 double bedroom, 10 roomette sleeper, the NYC 448
48 seat diner and the Southern Comfort vista dome. The actual cars used
will depend on level of tour sales.
Reservations being taken now. Please call 313-300-411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure. Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
American Rail Excursions in cooperation with
the
20th Century Railroad Club presents
Private Varnish to Independence Day Festival in Washington, DC
St. Louis – Chicago – Washington, DC – Chicago –
St. Louis
July 1/2 – 6/7, 2012
See the fireworks over the Capitol and Independence Day Parade with
twenty bands from all over the United States. Two day step on step off
trolley tour included in fare. $2,199 per person, double occupancy,
Single occupancy and suites also available. This popular tour has not
been offered by American Rail for several years. All types of accommodations
available. The scheduled cars include the Royal Street 5 bedroom/round
end observation lounge, the Silver Quail 11 double bedroom sleeper,
the Pacific Union 6 double bedroom, 10 roomette sleeper, the NYC 448
48 seat diner and the Southern Comfort vista dome. The actual cars used
will depend on level of tour sales.
Reservations being taken now. Please call 313-300-411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure. Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
American Rail Excursions, Inc. presents
Second Annual Civil War History "Big Circle" Tour
St. Louis – Chicago – New Orleans – Atlanta - Washington
- Chicago - St. Louis
September 6/7 – 15/16, 2012
This tour features Vicksburg, New Orleans, Atlanta, Kennesaw Mountain
& Chickamauga battlefields, Confederate White House & the Museum
of the Confederacy, Washington DC Illuminations via our private train
cars attached to City of New Orleans, The Crescent and The Cardinal
Fare is $3,883 per person, double occupancy, Single occupancy and suites
also available. Last year’s tour on a different route was a total
sellout. All types of accommodations available. The scheduled cars include
the Royal Street 5 bedroom/round end observation lounge, the Silver
Quail 11 double bedroom sleeper, the Pacific Union 6 double bedroom,
10 roomette sleeper, the NYC 448 48 seat diner and the Southern Comfort
vista dome. The actual cars used will depend on level of tour sales.
Reservations being taken now. Please call 313-300-8411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure. Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
American Rail Excursions, Inc. presents
Chattanooga Limited
American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners
35th Annual Convention and Rail Tour
September 21/22 – October 3/4, 2012
St. Louis – Chicago – Washington, DC – Spencer, NC
– Asheville – Knoxville – Chattanooga – Knoxville
– Bristol – Roanoke – Front Royal – Manassas
– Washington – Chicago – St. Louis
Without question, this will be the premier private rail car tour of
2012. It truly will be an once-in-a-lifetime experience. Very private
varnish train traversing substantial rail mileage that no longer sees
passenger trains. Includes Southern Railway Spencer Shops, Asheville’s
Biltmore Mansion with dinner, steam train ride, two car parties, banquet,
O. Winston Link Museum and much more. See the Appalachian Mountains
where autos cannot travel. There is so much demand for space in this
special train that we most likely will be limited to two of our private
cars, ROYAL STREET and SILVER QUAIL. Reservations being taken now. Please
call 313-300-411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure.
Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
American Association of Private Railroad Car
Owners
Chattanooga Limited Special Train & 35th Annual Convention
September 24 – October 1, 2012
Washington DC – Spencer NC – Asheville NC – Knoxville
TN – Chattanooga TN – Knoxville TN – Roanoke VA –
Front Royal VA – Manassas VA – Washington DC
Dominion Rail Voyages' private car MOUNT VERNON will participate in AAPRCO's Chattanooga Limited special train and AAPRCO's 35th annual convention at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Visit this page at our website for details, call 703-307-8960 or email info@dominionrailvoyages.com.
Join the Cincinnati Railway Company
Oliver Hazard Perry, Birch Grove, and The Observatory
AAPRCO 2012 Chattanooga Limited Special Train & Convention
Cincinnati, OH – Washington, DC – Spencer, NC – Ashville,
NC -
Chattanooga, TN – Roanoke, VA – Washington, DC – Cincinnati,
OH
September 21 – October 4, 2012
Please see this document
for details of this trip. Call us to make your reservation at 513-791-7245
or email Vicky at vicky@cincinnatirailway.com.
Space on this extravagant excursion is limited and will sell fast, so
please consider joining us for a truly spectacular scenic trip.
All passengers must be members of AAPRCO, or the guest of an AAPRCO
member. AAPRCO associate membership is $90 per year; information on
the benefits of membership and how to join AAPRCO are available at www.aaprco.com/join/category_and_ben_of_mem.html.
The room fare does not include the cost of AAPRCO special events, AAPRCO
membership, or AAPRCO convention registration fees.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2012
American Rail Excursions, Inc. presents
New England and East Coast Color Tour
October 5/6 – 12/13, 2012
St. Louis – Chicago – Boston – Colonial Williamsburg
– Washington roundtrip
This a fantastic tour where one can experience so much of our Nation’s
early history. Narrated tours in Boston, Colonial Williamsburg and Washington,
DC are included. Fares approximately $2,499 per person, double occupancy
in double bedroom. All types of accommodations available. The scheduled
cars include the Royal Street 5 bedroom/round end observation lounge,
the Silver Quail 11 double bedroom sleeper, the Pacific Union 6 double
bedroom, 10 roomette sleeper, the NYC 448 48 seat diner and the Southern
Comfort vista dome. The actual cars used will depend on level of tour
sales.
Reservations being taken now. Please call 313-300-411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure. Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
Private Varnish to the Henry Ford and Frankenmuth,
MI
December 7 – 9, 2012
St. Louis – Chicago – Dearborn – Frankenmuth roundtrip
Ride Private Varnish to SE Michigan for a fun-filled weekend. You’ll
enjoy meals enroute and dinner Friday night at SE Michigan’s best
German Restaurant followed by the Christmas Walk at Greenfield Village
with horse drawn wagons, Model T rides, costumed strollers in 1900 apparel,
delightful holiday shops, Santa and live reindeer with the day capped
off with fireworks.
The next morning after breakfast You’ll travel
to turn-of-the century Cross Roads Village and the Huckleberry Railroad
with Durango and Silverton type locomotives. You’ll ride in heated
cars. Then it is on to Frankenmuth, famed for its fried chicken, cheeses
and Frankenmuth beer. We’ll stop at Bronner’s, the world’s
largest Christmas store.
We’ll return to Dearborn and after breakfast the next morning
we’ll tour the Henry Ford Museum with its enhanced exhibits of
automotive history and Americana. We’ll have a fine dinner before
returning to our private cars for the trip back to Chicago.
The scheduled cars include the Royal Street 5 bedroom/round end observation lounge, the Silver Quail 11 double bedroom sleeper, the Pacific Union 6 double bedroom, 10 roomette sleeper, the NYC 448 48 seat diner and the Southern Comfort vista dome. The actual cars used depend on level of tour sales.
Fare to be determined. Advance reservations being taken now. Please call 313-300-411 to reserve your accommodations or for detailed brochure. Questions? E-mail to frank@americanrail.com or 313-300-8411.
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