[RITSlist] Manly Jct Railroad Museum fund raiser passenger train December 1, 2007

Mon Nov 19 12:02:53 CST 2007

IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

**NEWS RELEASE**

Tuesday, November  13, 2007                                                   
                                       Contact:  Joshua D. Sabin

                   (319) 297-6000  (Extension 2)

                   (319) 325-2320  (Mobile)
_www.iowanorthern.com_ (http://www.iowanorthern.com/) 

PASSENGER RAIL IN NORTH IOWA
MANLY JUNCTION RAILROAD MUSEUM AND IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY  TO OPERATE THE 
HOLIDAY HAWKEYE EXPRESS DECEMBER 1 
Highest Fundraiser Donors Will Ride Locomotive 

            (Manly) –The Manly Junction  Railroad Museum and the Iowa 
Northern Railway Company announce plans to run the  Holiday Hawkeye Express for two 
round trips between Manly and Rock Falls  on Saturday, December 1, 2007.

The Iowa Northern’s double-decker, six car, black and  gold Hawkeye Express, 
primarily used between Iowa City and Coralville to move  fans between Kinnick 
Stadium and satellite parking lots during Hawkeye Football  home games, will 
be used to offer children, both young and old, an opportunity  to experience a 
passenger train ride - with a little holiday flavor.  “The trips are an effort 
to raise funds and awareness for the planned  Manly Junction Railroad Museum,”
 said Manly native Dan Sabin, President of the  Manly Junction Railroad 
Museum, Hawkeye Express Company, and the Iowa Northern  Railway Company.  “We’re 
excited to see a passenger train  operate again in Manly which used to see over 
twenty trains each  day.  Plus, I can’t think of something more enjoyable 
than a  train ride around the holidays.”  The train features a  locomotive 
painted in traditional Rock Island passenger colors as a tribute to  the deep 
heritage of Iowa Northern Railway and the Town of Manly.

The museum is also looking for additional individual  donation bids, in 
addition to ticket donations, with the two highest bid donors  being awarded two 
spots each on the locomotive on one of the two trips for an  experience from the 
best seats on the train.

The train will depart downtown Manly, near the  intersection of Todd Avenue 
and Spring Street, at 
1:00 PM and 4:00  PM.  Passengers will not detrain in Rock Falls and the 
total  round trip will run approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.

Tickets are available at the Manly City Hall at 106 South Broadway  Street, 
at the Manly Pronto Market at 204 East South Street, and at the Iowa  Northern 
Railway office in Greene at 122 North Second Street.  Tickets can also be 
received via U.S. Mail by sending payment payable to  the Manly Junction Railway 
Museum in a self-addressed stamped envelop to  Holiday Hawkeye Express c/o Iowa 
Northern Railway, 305 Second Street,  Southeast, Suite 400, Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa 52401.  Please  include phone number and desired trip time.  Tickets will be 
 issued on a first-come, first serve basis.  The Manly Junction  Railroad 
Museum requests a $12 donation for adults and a $6 donation for  children under 
12.  Each trip will accommodate approximately  1,000 people.

Passengers will enjoy complimentary hot chocolate and  holiday treats at the 
Manly “Whistle Stop” Senior Center just down the street  prior to departure.  
Additionally, holiday music will be  provided by the Central Springs High 
School Band and Choir.  Santa himself is also scheduled to ride the train and 
visit with children  along the way. 

The Holiday Hawkeye Express is excursion  equipment not intended for regular 
scheduled passenger service and is not ADA  compliant.   The train provides 
comfortable short trip  accommodations with soft bench seating, heating and air 
conditioning, interior  lighting and limited restroom facilities.

Those seeking more information, or to make a locomotive  ride donation bid, 
please contact Kathy Bannister at (515)  208-7585.

About the Manly Junction Railroad Museum: 

The recently formed Manly Junction Railroad Museum,  currently based in Cedar 
Rapids, is a non-profit corporation intending to locate  a railroad museum in 
or near the Town of Manly.  The museum  will be designed to feature 
equipment, archives, photography, and artifacts of  railroads, both past and present, 
serving the Midwest.  The  museum will also offer facilities available to 
community and civic  groups.

About the Iowa Northern Railway  Company:

With major terminal points of Cedar Rapids,  Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Oelwein, 
and Manly, the family-owned Iowa Northern Railway  Company is an ag-based, full 
service railroad serving North Central and  Northeastern Iowa.

###
Joshua D. Sabin 

Director of  Administration
Iowa Northern Railway Company
Paramount Theatre Building
305 Second Street Southeast, Suite  400
Cedar Rapids, Iowa  52401
319-297-6000
319-297-6005  (Fax) 
319-325-2320 (Cell) 

Daniel R. Sabin, President
Iowa Northern Railway  Company
dsabin at iowanorthern.com 
No17Eng654 at aol.com

Iowa  Northern Railway Company
Paramount Theatre Building
305 Second Street  Southeast, Suite 400
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319-297-6000
319-325-4119  (Cell)
319-297-6005 (Fax)

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