| Washington's Cherry Blossom Special — early April 2006 |
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| Private cars Vista Dome, Oliver Hazard Perry, and The Birch Grove will once again travel to Washington, D.C., to attend the annual Cherry Blossom festivities. This trip will be over a weekend in early April. Per-person pricing will range between $795 and $1,100. |
| The Cherry Blossom Special — April 2 to 10, 2006 |
| St. Louis/Chicago — Washington D.C. |
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American Rail Excursions will operate its annual St. Louis and Chicago
private rail car tour to Washington, DC for the Cherry Blossom
Festival. Tour departs Chicago April 4 and returns April 9. Tour
departs St. Louis April 2 and returns April 10. Passengers will enjoy
New River Gorge route estbound and Harper's Ferry route westbound. All
sleeper and observation car consist. All meals enroute and breakfast
each morning in destination city. Full beverage service throughout tour
at no additional charge. Onboard chef and very attentive crew. $1,799
per person, double occupancy in double bedroom, $1,999 per person,
single occupancy in roomette, $3,299 per person single occupancy in
double bedroom. $100 additional for St. Louis passengers who enjoy
three additional nights on board plus additional meals. |
| The Vista Dome Private Charter — April 14/17, 2006 |
| Cincinnati to San Francisco |
| The Vista Dome will be available for a one-way charter to San Francisco on or around April 14, 2006. We need to get the car and our chef to San Francisco anyway. So why not charter the one-way out portion? Take advantage of this rare opportunity for only $6,000 for the entire car with chef, food and drink. This just became available so don't wait, it will go fast. |
| Cincinnati Reds/Nationals Weekend in Washington — April 21-24, 2006 |
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| Based on the success of the August, 2005 Chicago trip to see the Reds and Cubs play at Wrigley, we have decided to do the same in Washington. The Reds will visit Washington, D.C. only once in 2006. We hope to again have Cincinnati Reds personalities aboard. Reserve your room today. We will have group sales tickets to two of the three games at RFK. Pricing per person between $795.00 to $1,100.00 |
| Kentucky Derby — May 3/7, 2006 |
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| Private cars Vista Dome and Birch Grove will be leased to David Hoffman for use in his Kentucky Derby special originating in Chicago. The nine-car consist is already sold out. The fare included two days admission to Churchhill Downs in a special VIP tent on the first turn. The per-person cost averaged $2,000. Keep this in mind for next year. |
| TS&BY Short Line Trip to Petosky, Michigan — mid July, 2006 |
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| Bayfront Park in Petosky, Michigan |
| This mostly non-Amtrak shortline trip is still being worked. As of now, we will travel behind the Cardinal to Chicago and then to one of three Michigan cities to be switched to the TS&BY. Once on the TS&BY in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we will travel on short-line freight tracks at a leisurely pace, through central Michigan, on our way to Petosky. Our five- to nine-car consist will be free to stop at small towns for hour-long visits along the way. We even plan to stop the train near a city park, debark and have a traditional box lunch as our private train waits. Special trips to Mackinaw Island will be available once we arrive in Petosky. We have planned this trip for July so as to insure warm weather in northern Michigan. Our only hold up is arranging the switching from Amtrak to the short line railroad in Duran, Michigan. This promises to be a very unique private railroad experience. Rare mileage fans and historical railway buffs alike, will find something special on this trip. Make plans now to reserve your bedroom. Pricing per bed has not been established as of yet. Check our Web site for updates. |
| Trains to the Planes — July 27 to July 30, 2006 |
| Chicago to Milwaukee to The Oshkosh Air Show |
| The annual air show at Oshkosh is the premier event of its kind.
American Rail Excursions plans to operate "The Oshkosh Flyer" with
nostalgic private rail cars (sleepers and observation lounges) from
Chicago to Milwaukee to Oshkosh, WI, July 27 to July 30, 2006 for "2006
Air Aventure". Four days and three nights. Negotiations with Amtrak and
the freight railroads are in advanced stages and we expect to be able to
operate the trip. Tenative fares: $599 per person, double occupancy in
double bedroom, $699 per person, single occupancy in roomette and $999
per person single occupancy in double bedroom. Final prices will not be
known until negotiations with railroads are complete. Passengers will
enjoy meals enroute, full beverage service afternoons and evenings,
breakfast each morning in Oshkosh and the services of our attentive
crew. All meals prepared fresh by onboard chef. |
| Chicago Wrigley Field — Sept. 15/17, 2006 |
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| We again will do our second annual private rail trip to Chicago to watch the Cincinnati Reds play the Chicago Cubs. Private cars Vista Dome, Birch Grove, and/or Chapel Hill, Oliver Hazard Perry, and North Star will depart Cincinnati early Friday morning the 15th, arriving the same morning in Chicago. Our guests will attend games at Wrigley on the 15th and 16th, departing the evening of the 16th and arriving back in Cincinnati on the 17th. We will have group sales tickets and, we hope, one or two Red's personalities traveling with us. Last year, ex-Reds Pitcher Tom Browning was our guest for this trip. This very popular trip sold out in 2005 so don't wait too long to book your bedroom. Per-person pricing ranges from $625 to $825. |
| AAPRCO Convention trip to Houston, Texas |
| (tentative) — late September to early October, 2006 |
| The always popular two-week annual convention trip is tentatively scheduled to be held in Houston, Texas. There's a very good chance this will be changed to either Sault St. Marie, MI. or Lake Placid, NY. The convention train which consists of up to 30 private cars always sells out. This is the yearly highlight of the private railroad world. |
| The convention will be outlined in detail on the AAPRCO Web site and on our site as it develops. If you've ever considered attending one of our conventions, there's no better way than to do it with the Cincinnati Railway Company. We will have five, possibly six, private cars attending, which our passengers will be free to roam. Over half of our beds are already sold to past passengers, some of whom have been with us year after year. Pricing has not yet been established but will most likely be in the $5,000 to $8,000 per person range. |
| Chicago 'Shop Till You Drop' — Nov. 10/12, 2006 |
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| We will attempt to do the Chicago 'Shop 'Til You Drop' trip with private cars Vista Dome, Birch Grove, and/or North Star, Chapel Hill, and Oliver Hazard Perry. This year we will not make it a girls-only trip. We will attempt to market this to couples where the women will enjoy shopping while the men find something else to do. Look for more details of this trip as we get into 2006. Pricing per person will be in the $625 to $795 range. |
| Private Car Charter |
| As always, be aware that all of our cars are available for private charter from Cincinnati to anywhere Amtrak or VIA travels. If you prefer to begin your rail adventure from another city we can deadhead one, two or more cars to your location. We can provide master chefs, servers, and porters and can arrange for all food and drink. Let us plan your-once-in-a-lifetime private rail adventure in 2006. Phone (619) 890-8894 or e-mail Ed Kravitz for more information. |
