The Milwaukee Road #261 will be pulling two excursions this fall.
Here is a copy & paste from trains.com.
Does anyone know what time it leaves Saturday morning?
MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will pull two excursions on BNSF Railway this autumn. On Oct. 12, the locomotive will pull a round trip from Minneapolis northwest to Willmar on the former Great Northern Railway main line once used by the famed Empire Builder. The line has not seen regular passenger service since Amtrak rerouted the Empire Builder to the former Northern Pacific line through St. Cloud in 1979.
On Oct. 13, No. 261 will pull an excursion train departing Minneapolis at 9 a.m. that will travel BNSF’s ex-Great Northern Hinckley Subdivision 124 miles north to the wye at Boylston, just south of Superior, Wis. After turning, the train will return to Minneapolis, with an approximate arrival time of 5 p.m. The train will operate a total round-trip of 250 miles over trackage that has not seen regular passenger service since Amtrak’s St. Paul-Duluth North Star was discontinued in April 1985.
The train will include coach, first class, and premium services. Premium class includes seating in former Milwaukee Road Skytop lounge observation Cedar Rapids and full length Super Dome No. 53.
Here is a copy & paste from trains.com.
Does anyone know what time it leaves Saturday morning?
MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will pull two excursions on BNSF Railway this autumn. On Oct. 12, the locomotive will pull a round trip from Minneapolis northwest to Willmar on the former Great Northern Railway main line once used by the famed Empire Builder. The line has not seen regular passenger service since Amtrak rerouted the Empire Builder to the former Northern Pacific line through St. Cloud in 1979.
On Oct. 13, No. 261 will pull an excursion train departing Minneapolis at 9 a.m. that will travel BNSF’s ex-Great Northern Hinckley Subdivision 124 miles north to the wye at Boylston, just south of Superior, Wis. After turning, the train will return to Minneapolis, with an approximate arrival time of 5 p.m. The train will operate a total round-trip of 250 miles over trackage that has not seen regular passenger service since Amtrak’s St. Paul-Duluth North Star was discontinued in April 1985.
The train will include coach, first class, and premium services. Premium class includes seating in former Milwaukee Road Skytop lounge observation Cedar Rapids and full length Super Dome No. 53.
