Got $25,ooo to spend?

Trans-Canadian Steam Express:
http://www.irtsociety.com/rcpstory.html

Saw this on Trainorders:

TRANS-CANADIAN STEAM EXPRESS
Saturday 8th May, Saturday May 29th
ITINERARY (rail portions only)
Wednesday 12th May. Vancouver - Kamloops
Thursday 13th May. Kamloops - Revelstoke
Friday 14th May. Revelstoke - Banff
Saturday 15th May. Banff - Calgary
Monday 17th May. Calgary - Medicine Hat
Tuesday 18th May Medcine Hat - Regina
Wednesday 19th May Regina - Winnipeg
Friday 21st May Winnipeg - Dryden
Saturday 22nd May Dryden - Thunder Bay
Sunday 23rd May Thunder Bay - Marathon
Monday 24th May Marathon - Chapleau
Tuesday 25th May Chapleau - Parry Sound
Wednesday 26th May Parry Sound - Toronto
Friday 28th May Toronto - Smiths Falls
Saturday 29th May Smiths Falls - Montreal

FARES (In US$)
State Room (Double or Twin) per person $26,000
State Room (Single) $29,000
Deposit $2,500 per person

Consist:

2816 (including extra tender)
1400*
1900*
1401*
Power Car
Staff car Lacombe
Staff Car Mount Royal
Staff Car Killarney
Royal Sleeper (3 Twin & 3 Single staterooms)
Sleeper N.R. Crump (4 Twin & 2 Single Staterooms)
Sleeper/Lounge Strathcona (2 Double & 1 Single Staterooms)
Sleeper/Lounge Van Horne (2 Double Staterooms)
Sleeper/Lounge Royal Wentworth (2 Double Staterooms)
Royal Dining Car
Lounge/Observation Car Mount Stephen

* F units which normally haul the Royal Canadian Pacific will accompany the train but
are not expected to do any pulling except on steep grades of in case of emergency. It
isn't certain if all 3 will go.


trains@robertjohndavis.com

So, I am left to wonder, is this also a good way to stage #2816 in the east for the Fair of the Iron Horse? Notice, the excursion is one-way.

Perhaps she will stay in Montreal for a bit, visit Steamtown and then join the gals for crabcakes down south?

Rob

trains@robertjohndavis.com

Rob,
Apparently the trip is taking place in 2004; sorry to burst your bubble. Still should be pretty awesome, if CP can pull it off.
BTW, the dining car listed in the consist is currently being rebuilt from an old work car (a former sleeping car) the railway had kicking around. Another one sits at Calgary’s Alyth yard awaiting its turn for rebuilding into a dining car. Surprisingly, CP also has another work car — an actual former W-series dining car — nearby, but it apparently won’t be restored. Too bad.
Oh, and that $26,000 is in U.S. funds, so thatÂ’s about $40 gazillion dollars Canadian.
Kevin

> So, I am left to wonder, is this also a good
> way to stage #2816 in the east for the Fair
> of the Iron Horse? Notice, the excursion is
> one-way.

> Perhaps she will stay in Montreal for a bit,
> visit Steamtown and then join the gals for
> crabcakes down south?

> Rob