Northern Rail Traincar Inn

02/08/2025

Surprise! The Christmas decor has stayed up and will be coming down starting tomorrow (2/9). Unfortunately, Jeff and I have both been under the weather and just haven't had the energy to deal with it. On the upside, so many people have been coming and are just happy to see it all! So, What do you think about it staying up through January in the future? Let me know!

12/30/2024

Inquiring minds want to know! We have been getting questions about how long the Christmas Decor stays up. The take down of Christmas will happen on Sunday, January 5th. The Winter Village, snowmen and snowflakes will stay up until April 1st when we close for the month.

Thank you to everyone for a great year!

We wish you all a Happy & Healthy New Year!!!!

Cyndi & Jeff

PS - Don't shoot me, but could everyone please do the snow dance? Last winter (you know - the winter that wasn't) was bad enough but we really don't want two snowless winters in a row! I mean, rain in December? What the heck is that?

12/21/2024

Northern Rail Announces Our Annual "January Customer Appreciation Special"! Happy New Year 2025!

Stay in a Porter Style Room (1/2 traincar rooms) for $74 a Night*!
Stay in a Full Traincar Suite for $104 a Night*! Reservations can be made online using Promo Code "January" or over the phone.

*This special applies to stays in the month of January only. We are very sorry but to keep access to the rooms fair for everyone the special does not apply to existing reservations. No early reservations will be taken at the discounted rate. Rates based on double occupancy (2 people). Additional guests age 13 and up are $10.00 per night. Like last year, we have a fair number of reservations already on the books prior to announcing this annual event. Also, note that no other discounts may be applied.

09/08/2024

Thank you to the MSRA (Minnesota Street Rod Association)! This was a fantastic weekend and all of our rooms were booked with members. Fantastic group of people and very cool cars! We are already fully booked for next year and we are looking forward to it🙂!

08/31/2024

If anyone is looking for a place to stay for tonight* (8/31) and /or tomorrow night - we just got a cancellation for a room with 2 queen beds for $194 per night plus tax. Total for one night is $216.07. Give us a call if you are interested!

*As always - no minimum number of nights and no higher weekend or higher holiday rates!

06/01/2024

If anyone is looking - We just got a cancellation for Grandma's Marathon weekend June 21 & 22. It is a room with 2 queen beds. Give us a call if you want to book it!

01/03/2024

Not gonna lie - 2024 is already having issues. Our phones have been dead for going on a day a half. The embarrassing thing is that we didn't even notice until last evening. Support calls are out and we aren't the only ones in the area with an outage. So, if you've been calling and not getting an answer that would be why. Hopefully all will be fixed later today.

Oh my! It has been a really busy year and I haven't been on top of updating things - like Facebook. New Year's resolution, maybe? Nah. I don't need to set myself up for failure. I will stick to my annual resolution to: not drink bleach. I haven't failed with that one in 30 years!

We would like to thank everyone who stayed with us this past year and well, at any time! You are the reason we do this and continue to do this. We have some changes in the works for the upcoming year and I will post the changes here and maybe actually send out quarterly updates via e-mail.

Keep sharing us with your friends and family and know that we truly appreciate the referrals!

Everyone have a Happy and Healthy New Year!

~Jeff & Cyndi~

06/01/2023

Hip Hip Hooray!!! Today is the day that the humongous generator has finally been hooked up and it all works! Thank you so much to Doug and his crew from NorEast Electric, Phil from Nightwine's Land Service and Co-op Light and Power! Had we known what all of this would entail I doubt we would have decided to get the generator at all. So, now that everything works there probably won't be a power outage for at least the next 5 years or so 😄!!!

01/09/2023

01/08/2023

Well, we did it. We bought a vending machine. A little commercial for the vibe that we have here but it is so much easier for our guests to get what they want, when they want it! No more pacing around in the evening looking for someone to help get you something. It has cut down our running up and down the stairs to get things for guests. We still have to get ice but all of the chips, candy, pop and toothbrush sets are available any time! So, now we need to get some advice on what to put in it. We have 7 beverage slots (3 bottle/can and 4 can only) We have bottled water and cans of Coke, Diet Coke, Root Beer, Mountain Dew, Ginger Ale and Sprite. Any changes? We have a mix of chips and candy but I would like to know what your top two suggestions are for each category. And what about granola bars, fruit bars, pop tarts or cookies ? Anything in the snack world we should consider? Let's hear it!!!

12/29/2022

The January Customer Appreciation Special has been released. Rooms are $65 for any 1/2 car room and $95 for any of the 3 full car suites for the month of January only. There are a lot of openings Sunday - Thursday. There are a few openings available on some Fridays & Saturdays. If you would like to take advantage of this special you can book it online and use the promo code "January" or call us!

Everyone have a Happy & Healthy New Year!

~Jeff and Cyndi~

10/06/2022

For saying that we rarely get cancellations we seem to be getting a lot of them lately. I am grateful that people are staying home and not sharing "The Covid" with us. That said - this weekend is probably the last one for decent leaf looking and we just got a cancellation for Fri & Sat in the woods-side King Conductor Suite! The room is a full car suite and is $219 plus taxes per night. First one to call or book it online gets it!