Opportunities to ride private varnish cars
Pre-positioning of a fleet of private cars going to Huntington WV for the Autumn Colors Express (ACE)
2 trips of 261 stock:
Hitched to the back end of Amtrak Train #8 Empire Builder - - - MSP to Chicago
October 16 will feature all Stainless steel cars, the Lake Pepin, Fox River Valley and Silver Palace.
October 17 will feature the Cedar Rapids, Super Dome, Wisconsin Valley and Oliver Hazard Perry.
NOTE - ONE-WAY TRIPS on two dates
(Amtrak limits the number of cars that can be towed behind scheduled trains)
Web site LINK:
Windy City | Friends of the 261
Anticipate the return of these cars to MSP sometime after the ACE event is over Sunday October 24
Details pending - - -
ACE EVENT - HUNTINGTON WV
ACE people are making up a consist of private cars departing Chicago Tuesday October 19 - LINK:
autumn colors express wv - Bing
Pre-positioning of a fleet of private cars going to Huntington WV for the Autumn Colors Express (ACE)
2 trips of 261 stock:
Hitched to the back end of Amtrak Train #8 Empire Builder - - - MSP to Chicago
October 16 will feature all Stainless steel cars, the Lake Pepin, Fox River Valley and Silver Palace.
October 17 will feature the Cedar Rapids, Super Dome, Wisconsin Valley and Oliver Hazard Perry.
NOTE - ONE-WAY TRIPS on two dates
(Amtrak limits the number of cars that can be towed behind scheduled trains)
Web site LINK:
Windy City | Friends of the 261
Anticipate the return of these cars to MSP sometime after the ACE event is over Sunday October 24
Details pending - - -
ACE EVENT - HUNTINGTON WV
ACE people are making up a consist of private cars departing Chicago Tuesday October 19 - LINK:
autumn colors express wv - Bing