European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes August 1985 a rail Fine Way to go by Frank Cook United press International you rumble out of Union station to the strains of Glenn Millers string of you Settle into your soft Plum chair with a Glass of Champagne and watch the Green Trees and stately monuments of Washington go by the Large picture you is the Way Rockefeller and Post saw the this is the Way Whitney and Mellon went on but despite the pipe Din music and lacquered Art Deco this is not the this is american and it is trying to do for travel what gentrification has done for the inner it is trying to rehabilitate the image of rail and its biggest obstacle is an America that has forgotten or never knew the style and Grace of the organized three years ago by businessmen Ken Wilson and John today american Zephyr is two Railroad cars saved from the scrap renovated to the 1930s and available for charter to anyone who wants to travel in the High style of another Ive always Felt there was a Market for Quality rail says who left 10 secure years of government Woi k to take a flyer As a Railroad there Are still a handful of private cars around the but this sort of travel really Hast been available for Hickman concedes there Are some pluses to airline but disputes that going by air is always always More efficient or even always cheaper than an elegant rail the shuttle from Washington to new York can Cost up to round he a round trip on one of our getaways costs and with the time it takes to get downtown from the various new York area a train trip that disembark at Penn Central station in the heart of Manhattan suddenly looks More flying is a Way to get Hickman but american Zephyr is the Best Way to get the two Zephyr a lounge car and a dining were purchased for just but the renovation which includes etched polished Plush slate Gray a full service bar and gourmet Kitchen ran More than to retrieve those Wilson and Hickman charter the cars in a variety of a woman in Philadelphia recently rented them for a birthday party for her husband that never left the Railroad the Price for that party was per which did not include the Price of her caterer or liquor for her but american Zephyr becomes unique and More expensive when the cars Are hooked to the Back of an Amtrak making it a party on steel wheels that can go anywhere the railroads Amtrak charges America Zephyr a mileage fee that can run in the neighbourhood of per mile depending on How far the party is above that the Host adds a caterer and some Hickman can run Between and much of american zephyrs business comes from corporations treating guests to a rolling party around the Zephyr also has special weekend vacation packages to new to historic Williamsburg in Southern Virginia and to the Plush Homestead and Greenbrier resorts in the Allegheny mountains on the Virginia West Virginia american Zephyr is Hickman and he says attempt at upgrading Railroad his first venture was in running charter trips to Chicago in renovated rail he sold his interest in that business and moved to the East in of the new he says the Zephyr cars Are More More expensive and Worth every while Wilson and Hickman do fit the description Railroad Jay Gould they Are on special charter trips they May pour the wine and help wait on and when the trip is Over they Roll up their sleeves and help unload the and once the guests have they Are still standing by the tracks helping the Amtrak Crew unhook the Zephyr cars and guide them to a Side rail until the next although Day trips of 400 to 500 Miles Are american zephyrs Hickman said Zephyr could travel As far As the customer wanted to go including overnight trips or coast coast wed just Hook on an Amtrak Hickman and the Price for the fou Day trip new York to California about per the american Zephyr is two Railroad cars available for charter to anyone who wants to travel in High ov5kiakih6 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