Another Steam Locomotive Excursion

[crouse]

Sorry about the short notice on this.

For anyone that's interested, the Milwaukee Road #261 steam locomotive is pulling another excursion on Saturday September 9th and Sunday September 10th to celebrate Wayzata's annual James J. Hill Days. There will be two trips per day departing from the Depot in downtown Wayzata, 11:00 am and 2:30 pm. The morning trip will depart Wayzata and travel to Northeast Minneapolis and return and the afternoon trip will depart Wayzata and travel to Howard Lake and return.

For more information click the following link: http://www.wayzatahistoricalsociety.o rg/JJHill261.htm

Tickets to ride the train can be purchased at the Depot in Wayzata, 402 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN 55391 or from the 261 web site http://www.261.com

Weather permitting, some of us will be chasing the train and photographing and/or video taping the afternoon trip on Sunday September 10th. If you would like to chase with us, we would meet somewhere near the Depot around 2:00 pm to see the locomotive up close, then try to catch it as various grade crossings along the way. I know finding parking spaces near the Depot will be difficult. If anyone knows the area and wants to suggest a meeting place, please feel free to reply. Or maybe a meeting somewhere for lunch then drive to the Depot. Suggestions please?

Also, see jdando's post on the previous steam train excursion in late July.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29076

Thanks,
Curt

[VNMUS]

Count me in for the chase this time with my daughter. Weather permitting of course.

[jdando]

I am planning on it. Hope to encourage the little ones to participate.

I will think about a good meeting place, downtown Wayzata will be a mess.

jeremy

[I Tried]

Sounds like fun. I have to work on today saturday. I may be able to make sunday. I will talk to my wife this afternoon. We may be going to the air show at flying cloud on sunday though. I dont know what she has planed for me on family day.:)


Tim

[jdando]

Hey gang! Not sure how busy the JJHill days will be, but here is a suggestion for parking

http://www.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=north+coast+restaurant&ie=UTF8&near=wayzata+mn&z=15&ll=44.969444,-93.513889&spn=0.015181,0.029268&om=1

The best way to get there is Wayzata Blvd to Ferndale. South on Ferndale to Grove. It is a very small street, more of an entrance to the park than a street.

If it is full more parking should be available on the west end of town.

I hope to be there around 2:00pm with the family in tow.

jeremy