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Building Tracks to the Future...Support the 2007 Capital Fund Drive
Building Tracks to the Future...
Support the 2007 Capital Fund Drive

 

Departing Rochester or Syracuse NY Amtrak Station, Friday morning October 19, 2007 at 5:47AM on Amtrak train #280 The Mohawk. We are scheduled to arrive in New York City at 12:25PM and transfer to Amtrak train #647 departing at 2:11PM and arriving in Lancaster at 4:51PM. We will transfer by bus to Good n’ Plenty Restaurant for their famous family style dinner included in trip. We will then transfer by transfer bus the short distance to the Hawthorne Inn and Suites where we will spend 3 nights. Breakfast buffet is included each morning at the Hawthorne Inn and Suites, an AAA 3-diamond property.

Saturday we will depart the hotel at 9:00AM for our tour of the Amish country side and farmlands. A local professional tour guide will be with our group on Saturday and Sunday during the day. We will be stopping at the Amish Quilt and Craft Shop. Lunch will be available at the Kitchen Kettle Village. We will arrive at 2:00PM at the Strasburg Railroad for our tourist train ride and a visit to the train museum. We will return to our hotel at 5:00PM to relax before departing for the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre at 6:30PM for dinner & the show "Cabaret" which are included in the tour. After the show we will return to our hotel. Sunday after our breakfast buffet we will depart for Hershey PA and the chocolate town trolley tour. We are scheduled to be Founders Hall at 10:00AM. Lunch will be available at Chocolate World. After lunch we will visit the Antique Automobile Club of America before returning to our hotel at 4:00PM. We are scheduled for a family style dinner at Harvest View Family Restaurant at 6:00PM included in the tour. After dinner we will return to our hotel.

Monday morning after breakfast, we will depart the hotel at 8:30AM for our 9:33AM departure of Amtrak train #644 arriving in NYC at 12:19PM. We will transfer in New York Penn Station to train #285 departing at 1:45PM & arriving in Rochester’s or Syracuse Amtrak Station at 8:25PM. Our group will be in a reserved section of an Amtrak coach on all trains.

The escorted trip includes round trip Rochester-Lancaster-Rochester in a reserved section of an Amtrak coach. 3 nights in the Hawthorne Inn and Suites, Amtrak rail fare, 3 buffet breakfasts, 2 dinners, Dinner and Cabaret Show, tourist railway trip, guide and motor coach drivers tip, tours in Hershey PA, baggage handling and taxes.