ST. PAUL, Minn. — Amtrak is operating two days of trips along CPKC’s former Milwaukee Road River Subdivision in Minnesota to recognize the company as Amtrak’s best performing Class I railroad in 2022. The trains make a round trip from St. Paul Union Depot to La Crescent, Minn., where they are turned on the wye for the return to St. Paul. The first train operated Oct. 5, with another round trip scheduled for Oct. 7.
CPKC employees and their families can ride the trips with lunch provided. The train consists of Operation Lifesaver-painted P42DC No. 203, three Superliner cars, and inspection car American View.
CPKC handles Amtrak’s Hiawatha Service trains between Chicago and Milwaukee, and the Empire Builder between Chicago and St. Paul. A second Chicago-Twin Cities train has been funded and CPKC has agreed to operate it, but there has been no date set for the service to begin.
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