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Private Railcar 2009 Excursions and Tours
Welcome aboard a most unique travel experience! You have arrived at your destination the moment you stepped aboard your private railcars. We offer both private charters and public tours using our historic railcars.
Our Equipment
Our 2009 Tours operated in conjunction with California Zephyr Railcar Charters, our ‘train within a train’, will consist of private railcars Colonial Crafts, a former Pennsylvania sleeper-lounge; Silver Rapids, a roomette bedroom sleeper from the California Zephyr; Silver Lariat, a vista-dome diner lounge, also from the California Zephyr; and Silver Solarium, a vista-dome sleeper-lounge-observation car from the California Zephyr.
Accommodations aboard the train include roomettes, each sleeping 1 person; bedrooms, accommodating 2 people, and drawing rooms, accommodating up to 3 people. Each sleeper is equipped with one or more guest showers.
Our combination of cars provides an exceptional amount of public space, and our professional staff will see to it that your on-board experience is an outstanding one.
On-Board Services
We provide full meal and bar service, staffed with professionals from the railroads' business cars, fine restaurants and hotels. We prepare our meals on board in our own kitchen. Our menus are tailored to your requirements.
Tables are set with white damask tablecloths from the original California Zephyr. Our china patterns are commissioned and registered especially for Silver Lariat and Silver Solarium.
Overnight accommodations include triple-sheeted beds with starched and pressed linens, robes for our guests, and the other amenities one would find in fine hotels.
Our 2009 Tours
Seattle, Victoria and the Northwest
May 8-14, 7 Days
- Round trip from Los Angeles aboard vintage private railcars, including all meals and hosted bar while aboard
- All guests have sleeping car accommodations
- 3 nights lodging at the Mayflower Park Hotel
- Lunch at the top of the Space Needle
- Tour Experience Music Project
- Tour Museum of Flight
- Tour Museum of Glass (Tacoma)
- Tour Mt. Ranier National Park
- Travel to Victoria BC aboard the Victoria Clipper
- City tour, and tour of Butchart Gardens
- Tea at the Fairmont Empress
- $4,399/person
Denver and the Rockies
June 5-11, 7 Days
September 26 - October 2, 7 Days
- Round trip from San Francisco/Oakland aboard vintage private railcars, including all meals and hosted bar while aboard.
- All guests have sleeping car accommodations.
- 3 nights at the Oxford Hotel in LoDo
- Tour of Colorado Rail Museum, Coors Brewery
- Tour of Rocky Mountain National Park
- Lunch at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs
- Descend 1,000 feet into a gold mine
- See the Great Plains from the top of Pikes Peak, with a trip on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway
- $3,799 per person
Santa Fe, Taos and the Sangre de Cristo country
August 9-15, 7 Days
- Round trip from Los Angeles aboard vintage private railcars, including all meals and hosted bar while aboard
- All guests have sleeping car accommodations
- 4 nights lodging in La Fonda Hotel
- Tour is scheduled to allow attendance at Santa Fe Opera
- City tour, tour of Bronze Foundry
- Excursion on the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railway
- Tour of Taos, Chimayo, and the Rio Grande Gorge
- $3,899/person
Portland, Glacier and Waterton National Parks
Sept 1-11, 11 Days
- Round trip from Los Angeles aboard vintage private railcars, including all meals and hosted bar while aboard
- All guests have sleeping car accommodations
- Lodging in historic hotels in Portland, Glacier and Seattle
- City tour of Portland, Astoria, and Tillamook
- Tour of Glacier using historic red park buses
- City tour of Seattle, travel to and from Victoria on the Victoria Clipper
- Tour of Victoria and Butchart Gardens
- Tea at the Fairmont Empress
- $6,899/person
Christmastime in Santa Fe and Taos
December 13-18, 6 Days
- Round trip from Los Angeles aboard vintage private railcars, including all meals and hosted bar while aboard
- All guests have sleeping car accommodations
- 3 nights lodging at La Fonda
- Special Holiday-oriented tours of Santa Fe and Taos
- Holiday meals featuring local cuisine
- $3,799/person
All prices assume double hotel occupancy.
Two hallmarks of our tours are that you will enjoy an extraordinary amount of public space, including vista-domes and large lounges while aboard the train, and a more leisurely pace when we’ve reached our destination. Typically the day following our arrival has very little planned, to allow you to explore on your own, or simply to settle in and enjoy your historic hotel accommodations.
Our tours are geared toward people who enjoy traveling by luxury train, but who aren’t necessarily railfans. Our off-train excursions provide a broad spectrum of experiences that can be had at each destination.
Brochures, booking and additional information for our 2009 Tour Program are available from
Colonial Crafts by contacting us at ColonialCrafts@earthlink.net or calling us toll-free at 1-877-224-1150. We look forward to your joining us on one of our fine tours.
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