Monticello Community Education

Great Northern Railway in Trego, WI - Tuesday, September 16

7:30 a.m. Leave Eastview Elementary, 9375 Fenning Ave. No., Monticello.Load in parking lot.

7:45 a.m. St Michael Elementary - 101 Central Ave W, St Michael 55376 - Pick up in the parking lot In the front of the building.

9:00 a.m. Make a comfort stop at the Goose Creek Rest Area near Harris, MN.

10:45 a.m. Arrival at the NW Wisconsin Regional Visitor Center in Trego, WI. Take time to use the rest room and visit the gift store. The train staff will load guests into the dining cars.

11:15 a.m. Depart on the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad.The historic railroad recreates the atmosphere of rail travel using rebuilt cars from 1912 to 1918.Ride the rails to Bean Creek. Have lunch in the dining car.
Menu: Chicken Entrée with Rice, Vegetable, Dinner Roll, Cookie and Coffee or Lemonade. After lunch enjoy the relaxing scenery from the train as it travels into rural Wisconsin.

12:45 p.m. Train returns to the depot.

1:00 p.m. Estimated departure time from Trego.

2:15 p.m. Stop to buy cheese at the Burnett Dairy Cooperative retail store near Grantsburg, WI. Coffee, Ice Cream, Fried Cheese Curds and other concessions are available for purchase at the Bistro.

3:15 p.m. Leave the Burnett Dairy Store.

5:00 p.m. Estimated return time to St. Michael.

5:15 p.m. Estimated return time to Monticello.

Deadline: MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025  - No refunds after this date!