Family Pizza Train, Elegant Dinner Train, Sunday Brunch Train, plus several dining special events. All food — except for pizza runs, which are catered — is prepared and served on board. Also offers the sleeping car Pine Cavern for up to five couples as a Bed & Breakfast Train, the ex-SAL executive car Dianne Marie for up to three couples.
CANADA ALBERTA
Stettler; Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions; 4611 47 Avenue; 800/282- 3994 (in Canada) or 403/742-2811;
www.absteamtrain.com: Seasonal (mid-May through December), an extensive schedule of dinner theater and murder mystery, family and country dinner, and special themed on-board buffet runs to Big Valley, many scheduled to be pulled by steam, as well as occasional “traditional fine railway dining” trains featuring an upscale meal served on board (November to April). Menus vary.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Summerland; Great Train Robbery and BBQ; Kettle Valley Steam Railway; 18404 Bathville Road; 877/494-8424 or 250/494-8422;
www.kettlevalleyrail.org:
Seasonal (mid-June through late September), on selected Sundays, excursions feature a train robbery and a BBQ dinner back at Prairie Valley Station. Also participates in the Naramata Wine & Steam Train Bus Tours from Vancouver, which includes a tour and tasting at four or five wineries in Naramata and
Summerland, BBQ lunch at Kettle Valley Steam Railway, and more (See website for 2012 schedule).
ONTARIO
Orangeville: Credit Valley Explorer Twilight Dinner Train; Brampton Railway Station, 49 Town Line Road; 888/346-0046;
www.creditvalleyexplorer.com: Seasonal (May to September) on selected Saturday evenings, offering a four-course dinner prepared on board by Chef Wade Plewes. Special event runs include a Mothers Day Sunday Brunch and an Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival Dinner Tour June 2. Also, a Summer Lunch Train Wednesdays and Saturdays, June through August; one Sunday Brunch Train in both September and October, with meals served on board. Selected Wednesdays (July to September), the Market Special to Caledon Village farmer’s market offers refreshments and light meal service. All regularly scheduled runs include refreshments and light meal service.
QUEBEC
Quebec City; The Train of Le Massif de Charlevoix;
Parc de la Chute
Montmorency Station; 2490 Avenue Royale Beauport; 877/536-2774 or 418/632-5876;
www.lemassif.com/en/train: Seasonal, described as a “rail cruise adventure,” trains run from Quebec City to La Malbaie In Winter (February-April) round-trips include eleven Ski Trains, with breakfast out and gourmand aprèz-ski back, and eight Overnight Getaways and eight One-Day Getaways, both with breakfast out and
dinner back; and in Summer (May-October), a frequent schedule of the Overnight Getaway and the One-Day Getaway, with both including breakfast on the trip out and dinner on the trip back.
Sherbrooke; Orford Express Train Touriste; Marché de la Gare, 806 place de la Gare; 866/575-8081 or 819/575-8081;
www.orfordexpress.com/en/home.htm: Seasonal, (mid-May to late October, plus December), offers LeBrunch Outing Saturday and Sunday (Sundays only in December), Le P’tit Plaisir Gourmand Outing Wednesday through Sunday (Friday-Sunday in December) or Le Souper à la Brunante Outing Thursday through Saturday (Friday-Saturday in December).
MEXICO Guadalajara;
JALISCO Tequila
Express;
Washington Ave. at South Calzada Independencia; + 52 (55) 52072258;
www.tequilaexpress.com.mx: Year- around on a frequent schedule that increases during peak season, an all-day excursion to the Hacienda San Jose Del Refugio in Amatitan, site of a major tequila distillery. Passengers are given a full tour of the tequila-making process, both the historic, traditional method, and the modern distillery, plus a Mexican buffet lunch accompanied by traditional dances and mariachi music. Meals are not served aboard the train, but snacks and drinks are. See the website for a 2012 schedule.
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