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2010 New Years For Train Enthusiasts
at The Depot Inn & Suites and Silver Rails Event Center
in La Plata, Missouri
There will be a 2010 New Year Celebration at the Depot Inn & Suites with events scheduled from New Year's Eve on Thursday, Dec 31, 2009 through Sunday, January 3, 2010, at the Depot Inn & Suites in La Plata, Missouri.
Train enthusiasts throughout the nation are invited to come celebrate New Year's Eve in La Plata. This will be the first of a new tradition of New Years for Train Enthusiasts at the Depot Inn & Suites. Come and take part in a new railroad tradition!
In order to get the economics of this event to work there is a 3-night minimum stay at the hotel. But I'm sure everyone wants to be there by New Year's Eve at the latest and wouldn't want to leave till the end of the weekend anyway! When you call to make your reservation, be sure to mention you are coming for the Train Enthusiasts New Years. The hotel rooms are all blocked out and only available to those attending this event. Our normal affinity discounts (AAA, AARP, NARP, military, etc.) can be used on booking rooms for this event. Click here for details.
A lot of train enthusiasts from across the nation may want to participate in the first year of this new annual tradition, but there are only 30 rooms in the hotel. Please call 877-459-5900 to make your hotel and travel reservations soon before the hotel fills up. Once the Depot Inn & Suites fills up, we can accommodate additional guests in other nearby hotels and will provide free shuttle service to events. But for the best experience, you'll want to stay at the Depot Inn & Suites to be right in the thick of things with other train enthusiasts immersed in a rail themed environment!
If you'd like to come earlier than Thursday, December 31, 2009, or stay later than Sunday, January 3, 2010, you may do so at 50% off the regular room rate for those extra days! If you'd like some guidance on where to explore and where else to watch trains beyond the Lookout Point before or after the special 3-day New Years Event, members of the APRHF (American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation), the staff of TrainWeb.com, the Depot Inn & Suites, Railfan's Friend, and the Amtrak La Plata Depot are there year round and are happy to help! Plus, Chris Guenzler, railfan and travel writer, will be arriving several days before and staying several days after the 3-day event and would be happy to provide his suggestions and often his company in railroad explorations around the area. For the die hard train enthusiasts, you are more than welcome to join Chris Guenzler and head out just before midnight to ring in the 2010 New Year at the Lookout Point! Or you can stay at the party and ring in the 2010 New Year at the Silver Rails Event Center.
 
If you need any help with train, plane, hotel or car reservations, please call Carole Walker at 877-459-5900. A rental car is not needed if you only plan to come for this Train Enthusiast New Year's Extended Weekend Event as shuttle service will be provided. But if you will want to go off on your own, car rentals are available. Either call Carole at 877-459-5900 or click here for additional travel information.
NEW YEARS PARTY
at the
SILVER RAILS EVENT CENTER
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Doors will open at 6:30 PM on Thursday, December 31, 2009 and the party will go on until 1 AM on Friday, January 1, 2010. An Italian Buffet Dinner will be served along with free soft drinks and a glass of complimentary champagne to toast in the New Year! Additional wine, beer and other alcoholic beverages may be purchased. DJ entertainment will also be provided. Further details to come. Tickets are $30 per person. You do not need to be staying at the Depot Inn & Suites to attend this party. Everyone is welcome to purchase tickets and attend. Come join this FIRST ANNUAL DEPOT INN & SUITES NEW YEARS PARTY FOR TRAIN
ENTHUSIASTS! Profits from this event will go to the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) which owns and operates the Silver Rails Event Center.
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OTHER INFORMATION
Some of the other items you will be able to tour during your stay at the Depot Inn & Suites include the Exhibition of Amtrak History and the Professional Model Railroad Display in the ex-Amtrak Mail Handling Cars (MHC) next to the hotel, watching trains from the heated cabin and deck at the Chris Guenzler Millionth Mile Lookout Point, touring Amish Country, visiting the restored La Plata Amtrak Depot, touring the Heartland Dairy, 50's cafe and Ford Museum. We will also tour the new Silver Rails Gallery and maybe get a chance to taste some railroad themed Loco Vino wines from West Winery!
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So far there are a number of people from the Southern California Train Travel Meetup Group planning to be there including Stephen Grande and his wife, Bob Manning and his wife and Chris Guenzler. And of course the whole TrainWeb crew including Ray Burns and Shivam Surve (back from India) will be there. From the Depot Inn & Suites Tom and Kelly Marshall, Maria Snodgrass, and Shelli Tucker will be there along with the rest of the Depot Inn & Suites staff. Bob and Amy Cox from Railfan's Friend and the Silver Rails Gallery will also be there.
Stephen Grande and Bob Manning and their wives will be departing from Fullerton on the Amtrak Southwest Chief on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 and arriving into La Plata on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2009. They'll both be leaving from La Plata on Sunday evening, January 3, 2010, on the westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief.
More details about this event will be posted at a later date but now would be a good time to start thinking about making your travel plans and reservations!
We hope to see you there! Happy New Year!
 
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