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UNMC College of Dentistry
90th Anniversary Open House
Sept 11 and 12
9:30*11:30 a.m., 1:30*3:30 p.m.
The UNMC College of Dentistry has been part of the
Lincoln community since 1899. Join us as we celebrate a
proud tradition of educating the dental professionals of
- tomorrow! Stop by
,/XX /XX Years of Excellence Monday or Tuesday for
X* I 1 in Dental Education tours of our Lincoln
-^0 1899-1989 facility on East
- Campus. You’ll see the
clinics, labs, library and a special treat — the Dental
Museum!
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40th & Holdrege East Campus (402) 472-1341
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228 N. 12th St. • 474-2062 Gateway • 467-4602
Restored dinner train allows visitors
to experience traditional railway dining
By Gretchen Boehr
Senior Reporter
"Trains are wonderful ... to
travel by train is to see nature and
human beings, towns and
churches and rivers, in fact, to see
life"
-- Agatha Christie
Visitors aboard the Fremont
Dinner Train watch the grassy
plains of the Platte and Elkhorn
river valleys slip past the windows.
As the sun sets across the prai
rie, dinner is served while the vin
tage train continues down its 16
miles of track.
The track was laid in 1869 and
was put up for abandonment in
1984 by the Chicago Northwestern
Railroad Company. The Eastern
Nebraska Chapter of the National
Railway Historical Society of Fre
mont purchased the track in 1986.
The dinner train’s three-hour
nostalgic trip features a five-course
meal and a 30-mile round trip from
Fremont to Hooper.
The dinner train operates two
dining cars, which were acquired
in 1988 and restored according to
their history.
“We tried to create the ambiance
people expect when they go into a
railroad ainer car,” said Bruce
Eveland, manager of the dinner
train.
Everything from the food to the
atmosphere was very elegant and
impressive in the 1940 dining cars,
Eveland said.
fWe tried to cre
ate the ambiance
people expect
when they go into
a railroad diner
car/
-Eveland
The Elkhorn River car was built
in 1947 by Pullman-Standard Co.
for the Illinois Central Railroad.
The car later was sold to the Rock
Island Railroad and converted into
a diner car.
The decor is traditional diner
style with original pictures and
posters of rail travel framed and
hung on the walls.
The Maple Creek car was made
in 1942 by the Canadian National
Railways.
The car was restored with its
Canadian heritage in mind, Eve
land said.
“The car’s red interior and oak
woodwork bring to mind the royal
Canadian Mounties.’’
Music of the big band era of the
1940s plays throughout the cars
and meals are served on thick, rail
road-type china.
The steam engine is a World
cial built in 1942, Eve
The engine is owned by the
Eastern Nebraska Chapter of the
National Railway Historical Society
of Fremont. The historical society
runs excursion trains throughout
the summer. On weekends, the
train travels from Fremont to
Hooper at 1 p.m. Saturday and 2
p.m. Sunday.
The excursion trains use the
same engine as the dinner train,
but different cars, Eveland said.
These trains seat about 300 people,
he said.
“It's billed as a ride in vintage
rail equipment,” he said.
At tne destination point of
Hooper, the people get off for one
hour and 15 minutes of shopping.
Hooper is listed on the National
Registry for Historical Business
Districts in the United States, Eve
land said. It features old-fashioned
store fronts of a typical 1890s-era
town. Several antique shops, an
old saloon and ice cream parlor are
open to visitors.
On the dinner train, about 75
percent of the passengers are from
Lincoln and Omaha, Eveland said.
But the train attracts many people
from surrounding states, he said.
On Sundays, from May through
October, the dinner train is com
bined with the regular train excur
sion. All excursion trips will end in
October.
The dinner train runs year
round with lighter schedules in
January through March, Eveland
said.
The five-course meal includes
hors d’oeuvres, soup, salad, main
entree and dessert.
The September menu includes
entree choices of Prime Rib,
Chicken Alfredo and Alaskan Hali
but. In October the choices are
Prime Rib, Plum Duck and Rain
bow Trout.
The train runs Friday through
Sunday. On Friday, boarding is at
7:30 p.m. and departure is at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, boarding is at 7 p.m.
and departure at 7:30 p.m.
On Sunday the train boards at
1.10p.m. and departs at 2 p.m. The
Sunday dinner is a three-course
meal.
The price is $32.50 on Friday *
and Saturday, excluding gratuity,
tax or alcoholic beverages. On
Sunday the price is $28.50.
The excursion trips are $10 for
adults and $5 for children under
12.
The dining car of the Fremont Dinner Train.
