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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
May 21, 2013
Travel Opportunities are listed in order of the date of departure.
Father's Day Weekend in the "Big Apple"
Pittsburgh - New York City - Pittsburgh Round Trip
June 14 - 16, 2013
Friday June 14, 2013: We encourage you to arrive at the station at least one half hour before departure time. The BERLIN will be open for boarding one hour before departure. Your closest parking garage is the Grant St. Transportation Center, right across the street from the Amtrak station. The Pennsylvanian departs Pittsburgh at 7:30 am. Enjoy the scenery during this full day of travel on the rails. THIS IS A NO FRILLS TRIP, with no food service being provided. You are free to bring your own food and beverages (coolers can be available), or use the Amtrak Café car. Our train is scheduled to arrive in New York City's Penn Station at 4:58 pm. Passengers must make hotel arrangements on their own for June 14 - 15 as Amtrak does not allow occupied parking of private cars in Penn Station or New York’s busy Sunnyside Yard. We have a block of rooms available until May 1 at the Hotel Pennsylvanian at the group rate of $201 single/night, $235 double/night. The Hotel Pennsylvanian, formerly the Statler Hotel owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad, is located just across 7th Avenue from Penn Station. Once you have checked in, you can enjoy dinner and a Broadway show or an evening out on the town.
Saturday June 15, 2013: This day is free to enjoy the sights and splendors of New York City.
Sunday June 16, 2013 (Father’s Day): Passengers are encouraged to arrive at New York Penn Station one hour before departure. Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian departs at 10:52am. Dad can relax as we enjoy the many scenic vistas Pennsylvania has to offer - like the Allegheny Mountains, the world famous Horseshoe Curve and Pennsylvania Dutch farm country. Again, food is BYOF or use the Amtrak Café car. Arrival in Pittsburgh is scheduled for 8:05pm.
Fares (Very easy on Dad’s wallet)
$ 200/person Round Trip (fare does not include hotel, meals, activities in NYC or on-board meals.)
Preferred method of payment are money orders and personal checks. We will also accept VISA, MasterCard and Discover credit cards. For questions, reservations or trip segment pricing, e-mail to kmoore.dmd@comcast.net call 814-229-6354.
Join American Rail Excursions as we travel to
Whitefish and Glacier National Park
St. Louis departure dates June 16 - 24, 2013
Chicago departure dates June 17 - 23, 2013
Join American Rail Excursions as we travel behind Amtrak's storied Empire Builder.
Passengers will enjoy a cruise on crystal clear lake McDonald, Whitefish Mountain Nature Center, a gondola ride to the top of Big Mountain and a day tour via the famous red "Jammer" buses on Going to the Sun highway.
Fares begin at $3,499 per person, double occupancy in double bedroom. Roomettes, suites and a deluxe suite are also available. $50 per person discount for payment by check or money order. We also accept VISA, MasterCard and Discover credit cards.
Call us to make your reservation or request a brochure at 313-300-8411 or e-mail to franktrainman23600@hotmail.com
You can view detailed descriptions of our tours and the private cars we use at www.americanrail.com
Join American Rail Excursions as our American Flyer
takes you to the Independence Day celebrations in Washington, DC
St. Louis departure dates July 1 - 8, 2013
Chicago departure dates July 2 - 7, 2013
Join American Rail Excursions as we travel aboard our private cars attached to the Capitol Limited. Our route takes us by historic B & O Canal and Harper's Ferry. While in Washington you will enjoy two days of step on - step off trolley service that takes you to the major attractions. You will enjoy the colorful Independence Day fireworks in our nation's capitol.
Fares begin at $2,199 per person, double occupancy in double bedroom. Roomettes, suites and a deluxe suite are also available. $50 per person discount for payment by check or money order. We also accept VISA, MasterCard and Discover credit cards.
Call us to make your reservation or request a brochure at 313-300-8411 or e-mail to franktrainman23600@hotmail.com
You can view detailed descriptions of our tours and the private cars we use at www.americanrail.com
Join the Cincinnati Railway Company onboard
the OBSERVATORY and the BIRCH GROVE private railcars
as they travel to Glacier National Park
Cincinnati - Chicago - Whitefish, MT - Chicago - Cincinnati
July 12 - July 21, 2013
Join Cincinnati Railway as we travel behind Amtrak's Empire Builder thru Wisconsin, North Dakota, and into Montana for an exceptional trip aboard private rail cars. Please see this document for details and pricing of this trip.
Fares begin at $2950 per person, single occupancy in a roomette.
Call us to make your reservation at 513-791-7245 or email Vicky at vicky@cincinnatirailway.com.
MOUNT VERNON
A Rare Mileage Trip Through The Coal Country of Southwestern Pennsylvania
July 28, 2013
MOUNT VERNON intends to participate in a planned all-private car special train, operated by Juniata Terminal Company, from Pittsburgh into the scenic coal country of southwestern Pennsylvania, along the former Monongahela Railway mainline and their Waynesburg Southern Branch, as far south as the wye at CLIFF (near Macdale WV), and return to Pittsburgh on Sunday, July 28. This special train is being operated to raise funds for the preservation of ALTO Tower in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
MOUNT VERNON will travel from New York to Pittsburgh on Amtrak train 43, The Pennsylvanian, on Saturday, July 27. We will travel from Pittsburgh back to New York on Amtrak train 42, The Pennsylvanian, on Monday, July 29.
Please see www.dominionrailvoyages.com/trips.html and/or contact Jack Deasy at info@dominionrailvoyages.com for additional details.
The Lehigh Limited
A Rare Mileage Special Train
BABBLING BROOK, BRADDOCK INN, MOUNT VERNON & NEW YORK CENTRAL 38
Hoboken NJ - Bethlehem PA - Hoboken NJ
August 24, 2013
The Morristown & Erie Railway has partnered with Norfolk Southern's Employee Appreciation Program to operate a special excursion (named the Lehigh Limited) celebrating the M&E's 110th year of operation. Private cars BABBLING BROOK, BRADDOCK INN, MOUNT VERNON and NEW YORK CENTRAL 38 will be included in the consist of this special train.
The Lehigh Limited will cover over 175 miles in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; some of this is considered rare mileage. The train will depart from NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal, stopping at Newark Penn Station to receive additional passengers before continuing on Norfolk Southern's (former Lehigh Valley Railroad) Lehigh Line to Bethlehem, where the train will stop and allow passengers to get off the train for a catered lunch (included in the price of tickets) at Norfolk Southern's piggyback facility. After lunch, the train will return east via Norfolk Southern's (former Lackawanna Railroad) Washington Secondary and NJ Transit's (former Lackawanna Railroad) Morristown Line. The train will make a stop at Newark Broad Street to drop off passengers before completing its journey back to Hoboken Terminal.
Please see www.anniversary.merail.com for detailed information and to purchase your tickets.
Join the Cincinnati Railway Company onboard the
AAPRCO 2013 Napa Valley Limited Special Train &
AAPRCO's 36th Annual Convention
CINCINNATI - CHICAGO - SEATTLE, WA - NAPA VALLEY, CA -
OAKLAND, CA - CHICAGO - CINCINNATI
September 21 - October 9, 2013
The Observatory - The Birch Grove - The Oliver Hazard Perry
Please see this document for details of this trip.
Fare for the entire trip begin at $6,000 per person, single occupancy in roomette.
Call us to make your reservation at 513-791-7245 or email Vicky at vicky@cincinnatirailway.com.
Join the BERLIN/DEARING for
AAPRCO's 2013 Napa Valley Limited Special Train & 36th Annual Covention
SEATTLE, WA - NAPA VALLEY, CA - LOS ANGELES, CA
September 26 - October 5, 2013
CHICAGO, IL - WASHINGTON, DC
October 5 - October 10, 2013
The Napa Valley Limited will offer travel over some of the most scenic routes on the west coast that are not accessible by any regularly scheduled Amtrak train. Following the convention, we will proceed on a daylight run down the coast on the route of Amtrak's Coast Starlight. The BERLIN/DEARING will continue across country to Washington DC.
The entire trip, as well as segments, is being sold. Spacious executive bedrooms in the BERLIN, each with sink, shower and toilet are still available. Call or email for prices.
BERLIN Bedrooms A, B, C & E
(A & E available LA to DC only; B & C available Seattle to LA only)
BERLIN Bedroom D (LA to DC only)
BERLIN Presidential Suite F (all segments available for 1,2,3, or 4 persons)
Call 706-323-3231 or email: Dearingrr@aol.com
NEW YORK CENTRAL 3
Multiple Trips
September and October 2013
New York Central 3 is planning a set of one-way transcontinental and local trips this fall. The first will go to the West Coast in early September for the America’s Cup Races in San Francisco. Next will be a trip on the Coast Starlight to Seattle with a several-day layover in Portland. Then we hope to join the AAPRCO Napa Valley Ltd. special train to the AAPRCO convention in Napa, CA and on to Los Angeles. The car would return to the East Coast with layovers in San Diego, Los Angeles and Oakland.
This is Plan A. However, if too few passengers sign up for the AAPRCO trip, then the car will depart the Bay Area immediately after the America’s Cup races and return to New York with layovers in Portland and Whitefish, MT.
In addition, the car is scheduled to park in Oakland for 8-10 days, during which time it will be available for personalized charters with none of the normal “positioning fees”.
The proposed trips are based on selling space to individual passengers, but if a single client wishes to charter the entire car for any of the transcontinental movements, the route and dates of travel can be tailored to their desires.
Please see our website at www.nyc-3.com for details about the car and for contact information. Please see this document for details of the trips.
Join American Rail Excursions on our Civil War Tour III
St. Louis departure dates September 26 - October 6, 2013
Chicago departure dates September 27 - October 5, 2013
This is our third Civil War Tour. The previous two tours were total sellouts. Tour package will include tours of Harpers Ferry and Antietam battlefield, a narrated excursion to the B&O Railroad Museum, a tour of Norfolk's Nauticus Museum with the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64), the Mariners museum with artifacts of the Civil War ship USS Monitor, a tour of historic Williamsburg and a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Passengers will also have some time for touring in Washington, DC.
Fares are not finalized at this time but will be about $3,499 per person, double occupancy in double bedroom. Roomettes, suites and a deluxe suite are also available. $50 per person discount for payment by check or money order. We also accept VISA, MasterCard and Discover credit cards.
Call us to make your reservation or request a brochure at 313-300-8411 or e-mail to franktrainman23600@hotmail.com
You can view detailed descriptions of our tours and the private cars we use at www.americanrail.com
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