From: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen)
Subject: Midwest rare mileage trips
Originator: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: UW-Milwaukee Computing Services Division
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:57:58 GMT

I just missed getting into a graduate program in geography with
special interest in transportation and GIS this fall, so I am
curing my depression by going on a couple of the trips I will list
here:

This weekend there is a trip on the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range,
leaving the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation at 12 noon and
returning by 17:30. It will run to Evelyth I believe and go out on the
ore dock at Duluth. Cost is $30 including lunch. The Museum basically
is selling tickets for one car on the train, the rest are mining
engineers and employees. LSMT can be called at 218-727-0687. I just got
done calling in 1 ticket for saturday, and was instructed to bring a
check then.
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Saturday Sept 19 they are running on the old Northern Pacific to
Brainerd.  Leave the Museum at 8:30, arrive Brainerd 12:30, Leave
14:30, Back at 18:30.  Tickets for this are $40 and $70 1st class.
Their address is:
LAKE SUPERIOR MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION
506 West Michigan St,
Duluth, MN 55802
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Saturday Sept 26 is a conflict for me. The Museum is running a steam
excursion with the Duluth and Northern Minnesota locomotive #14, a 1913
Baldwin in storage and unused since 1959. It will depart Duluth at
10:30 and arrive in Two Harbors at 12:30, then you're on your own for
lunch at various local restaurants, Leaves at 14:30 and arrives Duluth
at 16:30.  $20 Adult, $35 1st class, $18 kids under 12.
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In the twin cities is the Soo Line Historical Society's convention
which includes tours of Shoreham and the newer Milwaukee Road  Engine
house and both yards and various motive power including an SD60M for
cab touring and photography.  Guest speaker for the evening dinner will
be Mr S.D.Cavanaugh, Chief Mechanical Officer, CP Rail Heavy Haul, US.
The hotel is the:

Ramada Hotel and Conference Center  800-777-2232, 612-636-4123
1201 West County Road E
Arden Hills, MN 55112

with room rates of King=$55, 2 doubles=$55, King Suite $89, King Poolside $82,
2 double poolside $82. Price for convention is $20 tours and contests,
$22 banquet, or $38 both. 
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Oct 24,25 and 31 the "Kettle Moraine Limited" will make 2 trips,
departing Cedarburg WI at 8:00 and 13:00, traversing the Wisconsin
Central tracks to Elkhart Lake and back, for $28 adult, $25 Senior, $14
kids 3-12, and $55 1st class (including business car seating, free
softdrinks, cocktails, and limited meal service). On November 1 they
make 1 trip from Cedarburg at 10am to Hilbert and return, at $53 adult,
$49 Senior, $25 kids 3-12, $89 first class.  To order, write or call:

Great Lakes Central Rail Charters       Kingsford office: 906-774-0619
PO Box 2554                             Racine Office:    414-654-7271
Kingsford, MI 49802
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Oct 10 and 11, the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin is
sponsoring a trip on the Green Bay and Western and Wisconsin Central from
Green Bay via Black Creek to Crandon. I don't have the data for the trip
on me, but I think it left around 8am and arrived at Crandon around noon,
departed Crandon around 15:30 and got back around 18:30 such that one would
get their own lunch in Crandon. The coach class fare was $54, but I can't
remember the 1st class fare. For more information write or call:

National Railroad Museum          414-435-7245
2285 S Broadway
Green Bay, WI 54304
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