Family voucher for up to 6 (up to 2 adults and up to 4 children 15 and under) for round-trip travel on the Osceola and St. Croix Railway.  Train departs from Osceola, Wisconsin and travels to Marine-on-St. Croix, Minnesota (and back) on Saturdays and Sundays until August 27, 2022.  Please visit trainride.org for departure times.  Also included is a family voucher for up to 6 (up to 2 adults and up to 4 children under 15) for a museum visit to the Minnesota Transportation Museum at the Jackson Street Roundhouse.

Valid for round-trip travel for up to 6 (up to 2 adults and up to 4 children 15 and under) on the Osceola and St. Croix Railway during the 2022 season ending August 28, 2022.  You must call the Minnesota Transportation Museum at 651-228-0263 by the Thursday before your ride to redeem your train ride reservation.  Advise the reservation agent of the number on your certificate.  Please leave a message if you miss the live operator.  After making reservations for your train ride, on the day of your ride, bring your voucher and pick boarding passes up at 114 Depot Road, Osceola, WI 54020. Plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to departure time. Departure is not held for late-arriving passengers. Please inform the ticket agent if you need assistance boarding.

• Your voucher can be found in your emailed receipt or here: My Account Portal
• All sales final, no refunds or exchanges for unused vouchers or missed events
• Deals On Radio are not responsible for closed establishments
• Voucher(s) not redeemable for cash
• Not valid for any special trains
• Riders must follow any federally mandated safety and health regulations (may be found on trainride.org)

Minnesota Transportation Museum (MTM) is located at the historic Jackson Street Roundhouse. This building was originally a steam engine maintenance facility for The Great Northern Railroad.

The Roundhouse was built in 1907 and was one of the last roundhouses built by the “Empire Builder,” James J. Hill. It replaced a smaller wooden engine-house of Saint Paul & Pacific. The Roundhouse was part of a large shop complex built in the 1880s.

Located near downtown Saint Paul just north and east of the State Capitol, the complex had been sold by Great Northern in 1960. The Roundhouse was then remodeled as a warehouse/industrial building. All the tracks were removed and an addition was built where the turntable used to be.

MTM took possession of the Roundhouse in 1986, acquiring a substantial mortgage. Jackson Street was restored as an operating roundhouse, but with several changes. It is MTM’s back shop, but it also houses exhibitions, archives, an audio-visual theater, a meeting room, and offices. The turntable was re-installed in 2001, and the connection with the Burlington Northern (BN) has been reinstalled, along with five yard tracks. BN has cleaned up environmental pollution, mostly petroleum in the groundwater. The large mortgage was paid off through the generous financial support of longtime director Arthur E. Pew III and others.

The Museum at Jackson Street Roundhouse opened in 1999. In March of that year, MTM hired its first paid Executive Director, and the administrative offices moved into a renovated space, shared with Great Northern and Northern Pacific Historical Societies. They and MTM are creating an archive with climate-controlled space and a combined cataloging system.