All aboard LARail.com's time machine ... vintage rail cars that transport you "back in time"!
The "Willoughby Special" **
January 24, 2009, Los Angeles to San Diego and return
This special journey requires attendee's to don their best 40's/50s vintage attire!
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Get dolled up and dial your sweetheart for an opportunity to escape the new millennium and travel back to the fabulous post war era. LARail.com introduces its special annual trip geared towards those who enjoy the decades of the 40s and 50s. For the vintage hobbyist, the reenactor, or those who just enjoy the era and a chance to dress up .. please join us as we travel with like minded enthusiasts and relive those thrilling days of yesteryear.
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Not only will you enjoy the sights, sounds and sensations of a live rail journey in a passenger car built in the 40's, but you'll have a chance to make new friends who enjoy the things you do. Our train departs Los Angeles at 11:10am and arrives San Diego at 1:55pm. After a nice layover of approximately 3 hours, we depart at 6:20pm and return to LA at 9:05pm. Included in your fare and served on board will be a light meal and beverage service.
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Sample menu southbound: Southwest Frittada, Sliced and grilled chicken sausages, Belgium Waffle with fruit or maple syrup, assortment of breakfast pastries and more. Sample menu northbound: Sliced herb chicken dinner salad with warm rosemary bread followed by dessert - vanilla ice cream drizzled with Baileys. Beverages include coffee, tea, juices and various sodas (including our premium signature soda pop, Stewart's old fashioned fountain classics). Beer and wine served on the northbound trip
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Fare: $99.50 and includes roundtrip deluxe transportation by vintage railcar between LA and San Diego, breakfast, dinner and beverages on board the train (including beer and wine upon departure San Diego) and a swell time! The San Diego layover is on your own as is lunch. You have approximately four hours to enjoy holiday shopping, sightseeing or ?
Trip sails rain or shine
** We've named our vintage train the Willoughby Special in honor of Twilight Zone episode 30 (first aired May 6, 1960, "A stop in Willoughby" ... another "time travel experience". You might remember the episode ... 60s advertising exec Gart Williams cracks under the pressure of his job. But, in this classic episode, he dreams about living in a peaceful town named Willoughby in the late 1800s. A dream that seems tantalizingly real ... |
