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PRESENTS SUNOL STEAM SPECIALS |
2472 Steam! Labor Day Weekend 2008 |
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The Golden Gate Railroad Museum will team up again with the Pacific Locomotive Association on Labor Day Weekend to run another series of Sunol Steam Specials on the Niles Canyon Railway using the GGRM's SP 2472 P8 Pacific. These trips proved to be very popular over Memorial Day so we will do it again in a slightly different format. Once again the 2472 will operate on Saturday and Monday and be on display in Sunol on Sunday with the UP RPO and Oakland Business car during the normal PLA Sunday operation. On Saturday we will do an all Harriman car Photographers Special with photo Runbys leaving Sunol at 8:30 am to get morning light in the canyon. Only limited seating will be available, order tickets in advance. At 1:30 and 3:00pm, we will do Niles turns with added open cars and baggage cars . It is planned to operate the normal four trip PLA Schedule with departures at 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, and 3:00 pm from Sunol on Monday. No boarding at Niles because of the usual Sullivan Underpass and Niles parking problems. As before these family trains will have open and closed cars with tickets prices at $25 for adults and $10 for children. The Photographers Train will be $65. An all day ticket is $110. Refreshments will be sold on board. First Class service will be offered for a limited number of passengers aboard the Business Car Oakland for $50 each (adults only) on the family trains. In first class adult beverages and snacks will be included in the fare. On the trip from Niles to Sunol, the train will accelerate in several locations to maximize the 2472 stack talk (steam engine chuffing) to give passengers a full steam experience. An online ticketing fee will be applied to each ticket. For more information visit the GGRM web site at www.GGRM.ORG .
John West photo |
