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SCENIC
RAIL DINING
Good Food and a Great
Ride
Listed below you will find a variety of
dining experiences that will be offered during the 2008 season. Each of
these events will feature the very best food served to you onboard one of our
historic climate controlled dining cars.
You are sure to delight in the service and the train ride. All
dinner trains require advance ticket purchase. Click on the links below
and order your tickets today!
Regular Dining Experiences
Happy Hour Train - Friday Night at 6 pm - (February 22 - December 26, 2008)
Our Happy Hour train is an Adult (21+) oriented
train that gives local residents and visitors alike an opportunity to take a
relaxing ride on the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad. This 3 hour
excursion features five hot hors d'oeuvre choices, veggies and dip, and a
meat and cheese tray served on our buffet. A variety of cocktails are
available with the first being complimentary. The dance car will
feature music from the 50's through 90's and a dining car will be set aside
for quiet conversation. This is a great way to begin a special night
out. There will even be prize drawings. Get a group together and
leave the kids at home, this is one evening that you can enjoy.
| Adult (Age 21+ Only) |
$30.00 |
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| Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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400 Dinner Buffet Train -
Friday Night at 6 pm - (February 22 - December 26, 2008)
Enjoy a very special buffet dinner onboard our
period dining cars on this 3-hour roundtrip. This buffet meal features a
salad bar with seven salad choices, roast tenderloin of pork, roast
beef, mashed potatoes & gravy, long grain & wild rice, dilled baby carrots,
chef’s choice vegetable, fresh dinner rolls, and your choice of coffee, iced
tea, lemonade, or milk. There's even fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for
desert. This dining option requires
passengers to serve themselves at our buffet.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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| Family Ticket (2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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| Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Tony's Riverside Family
Pizza Train -
(February 23 - October 4, 2008) (November 1 -
November 22, 2008)
One of our most popular trains each year is
our Family Pizza Train. Tony's Riverside in Spooner continues to supply
their famous pizza for this great family train. This train is available
weekly during our season usually on Saturday at Noon with extra trains on
Tuesday and Thursday nights at 5 pm during July and August. The pizza train features a 16
mile, 2 hour roundtrip aboard our historic train, 1/2 pizza per person and
a complimentary beverage of your choice. Make your reservations today
for this memorable dining experience.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$21.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$15.00 |
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| Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2-5 Children) |
$72.00 |
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| Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2 Available) |
$10.00 |
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Elegant Dinner Train -
Saturday Night at 6 pm - (February 23 - December 27, 2008)
The Elegant Dinner Train
features dinner service in our climate controlled, mahogany interior
dining car from 1918. The cash bar opens in the club car one hour prior
to departure to get your experience off to a great start.
Immediately after departure from the Depot passengers will be seated for
dinner. Dinner begins with a sampling of Wisconsin Cheeses, dinner
salad, our signature French Onion Soup, choice of Prime Rib, Stuffed
Chicken Breast, or North Atlantic Salmon, and finish with your choice of
scrumptious desserts. After dinner enjoy quiet conversation at your
table or move back to the club car and dance to sounds of the 60's,
70's, and 80's.
| Prime Rib Dinner |
$45.00 |
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| Prociutto Gouda
Stuffed Chicken Breast Dinner |
$45.00 |
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| North Atlantic Salmon
Dinner |
$45.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Sunday Brunch Train - Sunday at Noon -
(February 24 - October 5, 2008)
(October 31 - December 28, 2008)
Enjoy a very special buffet lunch onboard our
period dining cars on this 3-hour roundtrip. This buffet meal features a
salad bar, roast beef or roast pork, ham, breakfast
sausage, biscuits & gravy, pancakes, french toast sticks, scrambled eggs, mashed
potatoes & gravy, chefs choice vegetables, fresh dinner rolls, mini muffins,
mini danish, toast and your choice of coffee, iced
tea, lemonade, orange juice, apple juice or milk. This dining option requires
passengers to serve themselves at our buffet.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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Family Ticket (2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Special Dining Events
Sweetheart Express -
Valentine's Train - Saturday February 16, 2008 (12 noon departure)
The Elegant Dinner Train
features dinner service in our climate controlled, mahogany interior
dining car from 1918. The cash bar opens in the club car one hour prior
to departure to get your experience off to a great start.
Immediately after departure from the Depot passengers will be seated for
dinner. Dinner begins with a sampling of Wisconsin Cheeses, dinner
salad, our signature French Onion Soup, choice of Prime Rib, Stuffed
Chicken Breast, or North Atlantic Salmon, and finish with your choice of
scrumptious desserts. After dinner enjoy quiet conversation at your
table or move back to the club car and dance to sounds of the 60's,
70's, and 80's.
| Prime Rib Dinner |
$45.00 |
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| Prociutto Gouda
Stuffed Chicken Breast Dinner |
$45.00 |
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| North Atlantic Salmon
Dinner |
$45.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2 Available) |
$10.00 |
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Great Brunch Buffet -
Mother's Day & Father's Day (12 noon departure)
Celebrate your parents on their special day by treating them to a very special buffet lunch on
this 30-mile roundtrip from Spooner to Springbrook. As the train
departs Spooner Depot, you are seated in the dining car to begin your lunch
experience. This buffet meal features: salad bar, baked
ham, roast beef, mashed potatoes & gravy, long grain & wild rice, dilled baby carrots,
breakfast sausage, biscuits & gravy,
pancakes, french toast sticks, scrambled eggs, mashed
potatoes & gravy, chefs choice vegetables, fresh dinner rolls, mini muffins,
mini danish, toast, fresh dinner rolls, and your choice of coffee, lemonade, or
milk. There's even fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for desert.
The train stops in Springbrook for a couple of minutes allowing you the
opportunity to take pictures of the train. You will love the
scenery as the train passes through Wisconsin's north woods, along the
beautiful Namekagon River, over the Bean Creek Trestle, and along the
shore of Green Lake.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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| Family Ticket (2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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| Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only
2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Barbeque Train - (Wednesdays 5:00 pm June 25 - August
20, 2008)
Passengers will be treated to a
giant barbecue buffet including: grilled chicken, hot dogs & hamburgers,
bratwurst & sauerkraut, campfire beans, corn on the cob, rip roarin' cowboy
chili, potato salad & 'slaw, fruit salad, watermelon and lemonade & Iced Tea
during this ride on our historic train.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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Family Ticket
(2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Dinner with the Outlaws - (Friday July
11, 2008 and Sat. July 12, 2008 at 4 pm)
A great event is returning this year
during the Spooner Rodeo. After a long day of robbing trains, the
infamous M.T. Pockets Gang need to relax and find some grub.
Our evening train will take you to their secret camp and you will have a chance
to chat with these modern day bandits. As the train arrives the desperados
will ride up to the train and then escort you to their campsite. The kids
might even have the chance to take a short pony ride. You will be treated
to a western barbeque and maybe even some range songs around the ole'
campfire. The menu includes: BBQ chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs,
brats & kraut, rip roarin' cowboy chili, campfire beans, corn-on-the-cob,
several salad choices, watermelon, iced tea & lemonade. An old
fashioned marshmallow roast will complete the evening before your ride back
to civilization aboard the historic train. This year you will be back
in time to make the evening rodeo performance.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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Family Ticket (2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Great
Thanksgiving Buffet
-
Thursday, November 27, 2008 (12 noon departure)
Give thanks for your family and friends by treating them to a very special buffet lunch on
this 30-mile roundtrip from Spooner to Springbrook. As the train
departs Spooner Depot, you are seated in the dining car to begin your lunch
experience. This buffet meal features: roasted turkey, roast beef,
mashed potatoes & gravy, wild rice pilaf, stuffing, corn o'brien, dilled
baby
carrots, potato salad, coleslaw, tossed salad, fruit salad, cranberries,
cottage cheese, 4-bean salad, fresh dinner
rolls, and your choice of coffee, iced tea, lemonade, or milk. There's even
pumpkin pie for desert.
The train stops in Springbrook for a couple of minutes allowing you the
opportunity to take pictures of the train. You will love the scenery
as the train passes through Wisconsin's north woods, along the beautiful Namekagon River, over the Bean Creek Trestle, and along the shore of Green
Lake.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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| Family Ticket (2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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| Cab Ride 1/2 Trip (Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Breakfast with Santa -
Saturday Morning 9:00 am departure - (November 29 - December 20, 2008)
Join us for a family favorite as breakfast is served during our
3 hour roundtrip. Our Breakfast with Santa buffet features: scrambled eggs, pancakes, french toast sticks,
biscuits & gravy, lumberjack potatoes, oatmeal, sausage, ham, cold cereal,
toast, muffins, danish, fruit salad, cottage cheese, cranberries, vanilla
pudding, and a choice of orange juice, apple juice, coffee or milk. All fresh
and hot on the buffet as you travel through the north woods. After
breakfast take a visit to Santa's private car and get great photos as you child
shares their Christmas wishes with the jolly elf. There will even be a
special gift for each child.
| Adult (Age 13+) |
$30.00 |
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| Child (Age 3-12) |
$22.00 |
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Family Ticket
(2 Adults &
3-5 Children) |
$104.00 |
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Cab Ride 1/2 Trip
(Only 2
Available) |
$10.00 |
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Santa's Pizza Party - Saturday 12:00 pm
departure - (November 29 - December 20, 2008)
Santa's Pizza Party is a popular new way to celebrate the holiday season
with your kids
because it combines everyone's favorite meal with a scenic train ride and a
visit with Santa.
Year after year Tony's Riverside, the popular Spooner gathering place, cooks
up the best pizza around and delivers it hot to the train. Your ticket
aboard Santa's Pizza Party Train includes the 2 1/2 hour train ride, 1/2 pizza per
person and your first beverage, a visit with Santa in his private car, a
special gift for each child, and a holiday cookie and hot chocolate on the
return trip. Family rate includes 2 adults and 3-5
children, 2 pizzas and a beverage for each person. Make your
reservations for this family favorite.
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