Coast Starlight, Duluth

AfarOct 9

This Railcar Was the Private Jet of Its Day—Now You Can Experience It on a Train Ride Along Lake Superior

Once the rolling office of a Canadian National Railway executive, the restored 1959 Head of the Lakes now carries private groups from Duluth, with a bar, Starlink, and an open-air back porch facing ...

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Lake SuperiorMuseumtraces Lake Superior, passing shoreline and forests
Highway 61Traildefault way to experience Minnesota's North Shore
Head of the LakesPlace1959 private railcar on North Shore Scenic Railroad
North Shore Scenic RailroadPlaceoperates between Duluth and Two Harbors
HallowayPlaceluxury rail marketplace
Evelyn HenryPlacesleeper railcar
Warren R. HenryPlacedome-lounge railcar
Coast StarlightPlaceThe train, which has operated continuously since Amtrak's formation in 1971, was the first to offer direct…
Duluth DepotMuseumdeparture point for Head of the Lakes
Canadian National RailwayPlacebuilt six executive business cars in 1959
Knife RiverSightcommunity along the Lakefront Line
California ZephyrPlace

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This Railcar Was the Private Jet of Its Day—Now You Can Experience It on a Train Ride Along Lake Superior