The Davy Crockett
Engineer
The Friends of the 261 have announced that tickets are on sale for their 2014 Windy City Express, leaving MSP behind #8 on June 20, and returning from CHI to MSP behing #7 on June 21. Tickets are $179 o/w and $319 r/t.
Here is a link to the webpage at the FOT261's website.
From the webpage:
Lambert's Point is an open platform car, which I can tell you is awesome to be out on as one cruises through the Wisconsin countryside. Food (which is WAY better than Amtrak's) and drinks (adult and otherwise) are included in the ticket price.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make this trip due to a possible conflict with my schedule, but I'm sure going to try!
Here is a link to the webpage at the FOT261's website.
From the webpage:
Folks,Friends of the 261 is offering a chance this summer to ride vintage passenger cars from the Twin Cities to Milwaukee and Chicago this June. Our fully restored cars offer a memorable journey you’ll cherish for years to come! Meticulously refurbished, these cars recall the era when traveling was half the fun of a vacation.
Ride the rails in style between Minneapolis and Chicago in an all-matched train painted in the orange and maroon colors of Milwaukee Road passenger trains of the 1950s. This trip will feature our premier rolling stock, including the following:
Super Dome 53: Premium Class Dining and Dome Car and*
Lamberts Point: Premium Class Business Observation Car*
Lambert's Point is an open platform car, which I can tell you is awesome to be out on as one cruises through the Wisconsin countryside. Food (which is WAY better than Amtrak's) and drinks (adult and otherwise) are included in the ticket price.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to make this trip due to a possible conflict with my schedule, but I'm sure going to try!