Excursions in Private Rail Cars in the USA

American Rail Excursions is offering an outstanding series of private rail car tours.

See America up close and personal while enjoying a comfortable seat in your room or the lounge.


All passengers enjoy private Pullman rooms with upper and lower berths and their own private enclosed bathroom.

Meals enroute are prepared fresh onboard by outstanding chef and served by attentive stewards. Premium beverage and snack service is included in your fare.

Enjoy rail travel formerly enjoyed by movie stars, industry moguls and sports stars. No airport or airline hassles.

A descriptive brochure is available. Please contact us via the Luxury Train Club with your your postal service mailing address and we will have a copy sent by first class mail.

You can order tours via The Luxury Train Club ;50% due with order and the balance due 45 days before beginning of your tour.

Washington, DC Cherry Blossom Special
April 6 – 11 from Chicago, fare $1,899 per person double occupancy in double bedroom
April 5 – 12 from St. Louis, Fare $1,999 per person double occupancy in double bedroom
Single occupancy and suites available. Please inquire.
Your hotel on wheels will be your private car parked in Washington Union Station which overlooks the Capitol Mall. You could not have a better or more convenient location.
Tour Washington via included Tourmobile step on step off trolley. Tour has stops at most all major buildings and Arlington Cemetery. For the first time on the Cherry Blossom tour our passengers will receive a two day instead of one day ticket. Historic Sites that can be seen/visited on Tourmobile step on step off trolley route are numerous and include:
Arlington Cemetery, Women in Military Memorial, Kennedy Family Grave Sites, Tomb of the Unknown, WW II Memorial, White House/White House Visitors Center and many others.
Southern Crescent and New Orleans Jazz Festival
April 24 – May 1 from Chicago, Fare $2,399 per person double occupancy in double bedroom.
April 23 – May 2 from St. Louis. Fare $2,499 per person double occupancy in double bedroom.
Single occupancy and suites available. Please inquire.

Your hotel on wheels will be your private car parked in Washington Union Station and then in New Orleans Union Station.
Visit Washington, DC enroute to New Orleans. Included is a day ticket for the Washington Tourmobile where you visit the same attractions listed above and then it is on to New Orleans via the Southern Crescent Route. You will enjoy New Orleans’ famous Jazz Festival. Ticket included. Also included is a New Orleans city tour with an outstanding guide (it is by deluxe coach so walking and standing is limited). See the hurricane destruction but more encouraging see New Orleans being rebuilt. Also included is a Mississippi River luncheon cruise on the paddlewheel steamboat Natchez. All three streetcar lines are back in operation for you to enjoy.

Niagara Rainbow
June 7 – 11 from Chicago. Fare $1,999 per person double occupancy in double bedroom.
June 6 – 12 from St. Louis. Fare $2,099 per person double occupancy in double bedroom.
Single occupancy and suites available. Please inquire.
Come join American Rail’s private rail passenger car tour to one of the most scenic and romantic attractions in the entire world. Millions have honeymooned at Niagara Falls. Others have come for the sheer majesty and power of the Falls. This tour includes a professionally guided day tour for each side of the falls and also a night at Canadian Hilton Hotel overlooking the Falls. You can visit the casino if you wish.
See Canadian Horseshoe Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Bridge Marooned since 1918, Upper Canadian Rapids, Niagara Power Plants, Sir Henry Oakes Garden, Whirlpool Rapids, Power Plant Disaster Area, Rainbow Bridge, Queen Victoria Park, Table Rock House and Upper Niagara Rapids, American Falls, Prospect Park, Rock Slide Disaster Area, Bridal Veil Falls, Lower Niagara River, Pathway Below The Falls, Boat Cruise, Honeymoon Bridge Remains, E. Dent Lackey Plaza, Three Sisters Islands, Upper Niagara Rapids and Table Rock.

Great Western Parks Tours
Tour A July 13 – 25
Tour B August 10 – 22
Tour C September 5 – 17
Thirteen days and twelve nights. Several nights in historic hotels inside the parks.
All three tours depart from and return to Chicago.
Fare $3,995 per person double occupancy in compartment.
Fare $4,395 per person double occupancy in double bedroom.
$250 additional per person, August and September departures.
Single occupancy and suites available. Please inquire.
These are tours for which we have had many, many requests. Order early to avoid disappointment. The Parks tour currently operating was a total sellout.
All three tours include ride on Heber Creeper steam Railroad. touring Grand Teton National Park, raft ride on Snake River, touring Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, visit to Fairmont Springs Spa, tour of Glacier National Park on the famous Red Jammer buses via the Going to the Sun Highway and cruise on Lake McDonald. This tour is expanded from the usual parks tours to give an opportunity to really see and photograph the natural wonders and wildlife of these magnificent parks. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Contact The Luxury Train Club for brochures and to book.
Simon Pielow
Trainvangelist for Quality Rail Travel
The Best Way to Travel on Earth