261 private cars to Chicago and ACE Event

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Opportunities to ride private varnish cars

Pre-positioning of a fleet of private cars going to Huntington WV for the Autumn Colors Express (ACE)
2 trips of 261 stock:

Hitched to the back end of Amtrak Train #8 Empire Builder - - - MSP to Chicago

October 16 will feature all Stainless steel cars, the Lake Pepin, Fox River Valley and Silver Palace.

October 17 will feature the Cedar Rapids, Super Dome, Wisconsin Valley and Oliver Hazard Perry.

NOTE - ONE-WAY TRIPS on two dates
(Amtrak limits the number of cars that can be towed behind scheduled trains)

Web site LINK:

Windy City | Friends of the 261

Anticipate the return of these cars to MSP sometime after the ACE event is over Sunday October 24

Details pending - - -


ACE EVENT - HUNTINGTON WV

ACE people are making up a consist of private cars departing Chicago Tuesday October 19 - LINK:

autumn colors express wv - Bing

 

[joelkfla]

I was wondering why American Coaster Enthusiasts were going to WV; didn't think there was an amusement park there. Then I figured it out. DOH!

 

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DOH !
This isn't your Huntington BEACH 6 Flags over somewhere amusement park ride !

 

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Ticket sales for the ACE event 2022 are available:
Reservations from the previous year postponed event are being rolled over to this years event.

Cincinnati Daylight Express is being contracted and worked on - more later

- Autumn Colors Express (autumncolorexpresswv.com)