msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (06/07/85)
The date will be Saturday, July 27th. Bus departs Toronto (Note: Union Station), 7 am. Bus calls at Burlington, old GO bus terminal at Guelph Line. Train departs Buffalo, NY, 9:45 am Train arrives Erie, PA, 12:45. Train makes side trip to Albion, PA (optional, no extra charge) Train departs Erie, PA, 3:45 pm. Train arrives Buffalo, NY, 7 pm. Bus returns to Burlington and Toronto. Train will be pulled by the Norfolk & Western bullet-nosed J-class 4-8-4 #611, built in 1950. These were the most powerful Northerns ever built. Rail travel is over the Norfolk Southern and the Bessemer and Lake Erie. Fares, all in Canadian dollars: adult child Bus and train $66 $50 Train only $53 $39 For your reservation, send a check or money order for the full amount to: Upper Canada Railway Society, Box 505, Holland Landing, Ont. L0G 1H0 The UCRS is only operating the bus portion, which is subject to cancellation in case of insufficient interest. The train portion is by the National Railroad Historical Association, Buffalo Chapter. I heard that they were going to repeat the train trip the next day, but this information may be out of date, and in any case the bus will not operate then. I don't know which station in Buffalo will be the departure point. Travelers with camera equipment are reminded to get it registered with Canadian Customs in advance. (You get a wallet-sized green card which you can then carry any time you leave the country. Then they can't assume you just bought the camera and so assess you duty.) Posted by Mark Brader, who doesn't have any other information.