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8 June 2004
Canadian Pacific 2816 will Star in Midwest Food Drive

The CPR Empress (2816), Canadian Pacific Railway's restored steam locomotive, makes its first visit to the Midwest this month and will be available for a limited number of one-way and roundtrips for employees and one guest each. Nominal fees, with proceeds going to food banks, will be charged. We expect the 2 Jul 2004 roundtrip to Red Wing will be especially popular because the steamboat flotilla and the Milwaukee Road 261 steam locomotive will visit there that day as part of the Grand Excursion 150th anniversary celebration. See below for more details. Watch for future announcements about more opportunities to ride.
 
When and Where: Wednesday, 16 Jun 2004 Bensenville - Milwaukee Portage one-way trip for CPR employees and guests. Transportation back to point of origin is on your own.
 
09:30 Board for 1000 departure at Bensenville Yard.
12:30 Board for 1330 departure at Milwaukee Amtrak Depot.
16:00 Arrive Portage Yard. Transportation from the yard is on your own.
 
Thursday, 17 Jun 2004 Portage Tomah La Crosse Winona Red Wing Shoreham one-way trip for CPR employees and guests. Transportation back to point of origin is on your own.
 
07:30 Board for 08:00 departure at Portage Yard.
09:30 Board for 10:00 departure at Tomah Amtrak depot.
11:15 Board for 11:45 departure at La Crosse Amtrak depot.
12:45 Board for 13:15 departure at Winona Amtrak depot.
14:45 Board for 15:15 departure from Red Wing Amtrak depot.
17:15 Arrive Shoreham transload area in northeast Minneapolis. Transportation from the yard is on your own.
 
Saturday, 19 Jun 2004 CPR 2816 hauls two CPR and four Milwaukee Road 261 coaches carrying Milwaukee Road Historical Association ticket holders from Shoreham to La Crescent and back. SOLD OUT.
 
Sunday, 20 Jun 2004 Three roundtrips for CPR employees and guests from Shoreham to Cardigan Junction in Shoreview and back.
 
11:30 Board at Shoreham transload area for 12:00 departure, return at 14:00.
14:30 Board at Shoreham transload area for 15:00 departure, return at 17:00.
17:30 Board at Shoreham transload area for 18:00 departure, return at 20:00.
 
Friday, 2 Jul 2004 One roundtrip for CPR employees and one guest each from St. Paul to Red Wing and back. The CPR 2816 train for employees will leave Lowertown St. Paul following the departure of the Milwaukee Road 261 Grand Excursion train from the same location at the upper level of the All-Right parking ramp at the corner of Broadway and Kellogg. This is east of the old post office and under the Highway 52 (Lafayette freeway) bridge. The Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen will be among the steamboats docked 2 Jul 2004 in Red Wing as part of the Grand Excursion 150th anniversary celebration. Tickets to ride the Anson Northrup steamboat at Red Wing this afternoon may still be available. To check, view /www.grandexcursion.com
 
09:00 Board at upper level of All-Right Parking Ramp at Broadway and Kellogg in Lowertown section of St. Paul for 09:30 departure.
11:30 Arrive at Red Wing Amtrak depot and board shuttle buses to go to Baypoint Park for Grand Excursion food tents.
15:15 Return by shuttle buses to begin re-boarding at Red Wing Amtrak depot ahead of the arrival of the Grand Excursion train, Milwaukee Road 261, which will follow the 2816 on the return trip to St. Paul.
15:45 Depart Red Wing for return to St. Paul.
17:00 Arrive in St. Paul.
 
Saturday, 3 Jul 2004 Empress 2816 steam locomotive is attached to the Milwaukee Road 261 locomotive and coaches and carries Grand Excursion passengers from St. Paul to La Crescent over BNSF and returns to St. Paul via CPR. Contact Grand Excursion for details and reservations at /www.grandexcursion.com. Tickets are $20 per person for trips on June 16, 17 and 20. Tickets are $55 per person for the July 2 CPR 2816 trip and include a pass to ride shuttle buses in Red Wing to and from Baypoint Park for Grand Excursion food tents and elsewhere in town. For all trips, there is a limit of two tickets per employee. Your canceled check is your receipt. No refunds for no-shows. Ticket requests must be accompanied by a check made out to one of the food banks listed below - no substitutions - and a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can mail your tickets or return checks for sold-out trips. Mail them to: Steam Train, Canadian Pacific Railway 501 Marquette, Suite 800, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Phone, email and fax orders will not be accepted. Please include a phone number. In case there isn't time to mail your ticket, we will need to call you to let you know if tickets are still available and where to pick them up. Indicate which trip date you are requesting and where you plan to board (i.e., June 16-Bensenville, June 16-Milwaukee, June 17-Portage, June 17-Tomah, June 17-La Crosse, June 17-Winona, June 17-Red Wing, June 20-Shoreham, July 2-St. Paul. Make checks payable to: Northern Illinois Food Bank for people who board at Bensenville on June 16. Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee for people who board in Wisconsin on June 16 or 17. Second Harvest Heartland of the Greater Twin Cities for people who board in Minnesota on June 17, June 20 and July 2. For general questions about the steam train trips (no phone orders), call Laura Baenen at 612-851-5659 or John Huber at 612-851-5658 in Communications and Public Affairs.