Saturday December 20 2008
All Aboard!!!
Tis the season to spend time with your fellow PDX MINIacs tracking along the Willamette River in an authentic antique trolley car operated by the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society, watching the Christmas ships pass by on the Willamette. We will have the pleasure of viewing both Flotillas’. That would be 36 Boats in all! This will be the last club event for '08, time to celebrate the fun we've had throughout the year, riding the rails together on another set of wheels. We'll be winding our way from Lake Oswego to John's Landing, past Powers Marine Park, two high trestles, including the 686 foot long Riverwood Trestle, continuing through the 1,396 foot long Elk Rock Tunnel, making a gradual "S" curve between the portals, creating almost total darkness at midpoint.

DATE: Saturday December 20th 2008
TIME: 5:30 PM meetup…6:00 departure DO NOT BE LATE. The trolley leaves at exactly 6:00.
MEETUP: State Street Station - Lake Oswego (directions below)
MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY: 47

December 13th DEADLINE!
To make your reservations, mail $25.00 per person to:


Want more info: http://www.trainweb.org/oerhs/wst.htm



What to bring for the trolley ride:
Beverages of your choice (soft side coolers).
Snacks
Sense of Humor
Camera
(The club will be providing Subway Sandwiches)

Directions to Lake Oswego Station:

By car points West and South:
From Wilsonville/Salem: take I-5 North to the Exit 290, Boones Ferry Road (Lake Oswego/Durham exit). Make a right onto Boones Ferry Road heading east. Follow Boones Ferry to SW Country Club, make a right. Country Club becomes SW "A" Ave. in Lake Oswego. "A" Ave. ends at State Street, make a right. You will go over Railroad tracks, make the next left at the light onto Foothills. Follow Foothills around to the little buff colored Willamette Shore Trolley station. There is parking on your left in the gravel lot.

From Tigard/Beaverton: take OR-217 South. This becomes Kruse Way at I-5. Follow Kruse way to its end at Boones Ferry Road. Turn left onto Boones Ferry. Follow Boones Ferry to SW Country Club, make a right. Country Club becomes SW "A" Ave. in Lake Oswego. "A" Ave. ends at State Street, make a right. You will go over Railroad tracks, make the next left at the light onto Foothills. Follow Foothills around to the little buff colored Willamette Shore Trolley station. There is parking on your left in the gravel lot.

By Car from Portland and points North and East:
You may follow the Wilsonville Directions by taking I-5 to exit 292 and make a left. Or From Portland, Take I-5 to the exit for OR-43 South to Lake Oswego. This is Macadam. Macadam becomes State Street in Lake Oswego. Once over the railroad tracks make the next left onto Foothills. Parking will be in a gravel lot on your left next to the buff colored station.