Locally Grown Food Featured During Train Rides This week’s rides on the Eagle Cap Excursion Train offer food that will appeal to country “kids” of all ages. Choose an evening dinner ride or a picnic lunch with Tropical Swilrz frozen yogurt for dessert. Both meals include locally grown produce. As always, the Grande Ronde and Wallowa River scenery and the joy of rumbling along the rails are the main attractions, but, great food makes every experience more memorable. Cowboy Country Dinner Train / Thursday, August 14 Enjoy an evening train ride, when the light is long and golden and wildlife ventures out of hiding. A delicious dinner is served (plated) as the train winds along beside the sparkling rivers. The meal, prepared by Ten Depot Street Restaurant of La Grande, features barbecued beef, coleslaw, baked beans, corn bread, and dessert. Park at the Elgin Depot and board a bus for a short 15-minute ride to Minam. There you will board the train for the trip back to Elgin. The total rail miles traveled is 26. The bus departs from Elgin Depot at 6 p.m.; passengers return by train at 9 p.m. Tickets range from $35 to $70. Minam Picnic Train / Saturday, August 16 Summer vacation is winding down. This is a great day for a train ride in the mountains and a picnic beside a beautiful river. Depart from Elgin at 10 a.m. and arrive at Minam at noon, just in time for a lovely picnic on the lawn, prepared by our caterer, La Grande’s Ten Depot Street restaurant. Dessert will feature frozen yogurt from Tropical Swirlz, also of La Grande. A short bus ride will take you back to the Elgin Depot after lunch. Choose the afternoon train ride, departing by bus from Elgin at 12:30 for a quick, 15-minute ride, bound for a picnic on the lawn at Minam, then ride the train back to Elgin, arriving by 4:30 p.m. Rail Fans can choose a round trip option for 52 miles of riding the rails, flavored by a picnic lunch on the lawn at midday. The picnic lunch and bus ride are included in the ticket price. Reservations are required for these trips. Contact Alegre Travel, 800.323.7330 or 541.963.9000 or train@alegretravel. Go to the website for more information about the railroad and a fall schedule, eaglecaptrainrides. The Eagle Cap Excursion Train is owned by Wallowa Union Railroad, which is, in turn owned by Wallowa and Union Counties. The excursion business is managed by the Friends of the Joseph Branch, a 501-c-3 non-profit that was created to assist the railroad authority in making the railroad available for public enjoyment and to preserve and present the railroad’s history. All excursion crew members are volunteers.
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