On May 12, 12:30 pm, Snidely <Snidely....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 9, 11:40 pm, Jerry Bauer <use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:33:46 -0700, Veronique wrote
> > (in article
> > <26d4aec3-faf5-472d-b327-b296c0e86...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>
> > > Is it possible to rent a train for an anniversary celebration? Do
you
> > > know anyone who's done this?
> > I have no doubt that there are trains that are available for such
> > things, but I have little idea how to engage one, nor what it might
> > cost.
>
> For Veronique's location, I'd go north and ask the Napa Dinner Train
> people, or east .. there's a museum just through the pass on the way
> Sac-town.
>
> Further south, there's a train in Santa Paula that does regular runs
> in the movie hills, but should have some conscriptable times.
>
> For a ball park on a private car on an regular Amtrak train, figure it
> *starts* at the equivalent of 20 individual fares.
Alas, "my location" needs to be on the East Coast, preferably within
an hour or so of Wa****ngton DC. If it were here, I'd co-opt the
Roaring Camp train and park. I'm currently looking at the Western
Maryland Scenic Railroad, but getting prices for a train or cars, vs
individual tickets, is not straightforward.
V.
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Veronique Chez Sheep
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