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09-09-2010, 08:27 PM
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When was the last time
you road a train as a passenger.
Wifi and cell phone both work. Going from Puyallup to Everett, WA. $8.50 one way. Haven't ridden on one sinc 1965 from Portland, OR to Vancouver, BC. Smooth ride and easy transfering from one to the other. Would have cost over $30 in gas to drive the 180 miles round trip. Going to get the wife and visit the son with the broken leg.
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09-09-2010, 08:32 PM
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That would be a cool trip.
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09-09-2010, 08:43 PM
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I take it from Santa Ana to San Diego quite often.Follows the coast down along the beach.Great view and no traffic.Might take it this weekend t0 look at a boat I have interest in buying.
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09-09-2010, 08:57 PM
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I rode on some of the first AMTRAK trains from Michigan to Kansas back in the early 70s.
I would get on the train from Detroit to Chicago and travel from there to Chicago. I would switch trains and get on the train that went through Kansas and then to the southwestern states. If I left Michigan at 4:00 PM I could be in Kansas by the next morning and not the least bit tired from the road trip. It was CHEAP in those days too. I always wanted to take the "CANADIAN SNOW TRAIN" (TORONTO TO VANCOUVER) but have not made the trip yet. Tom Vaught ps You could carry certain things on a train that you could not get through security at an airport (:>)
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09-09-2010, 09:01 PM
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Tom Vaught,
If you do get this way let me know and we[ll see if we can get together. My wife is from Vancouver, BC. Last time I road it, I was going up to ask for my wife's hand. Her father was glad to give it and the rest of her to me. LOL Been married to her since '66.
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09-09-2010, 10:15 PM
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Rode from Newport News Va. to Topeka, Kansas (and back) in '66. In 1969 I went from Frankfurt, to Garmisch.
It's something I've looked into doing again soon. I think the Utah/Colorado area in the spring would be an awesome ride. |
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09-09-2010, 10:19 PM
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Rode from my home in Arkansas to Denver and back. It was a vacation because I wanted to say I'd done one long distance ride on a train in my life. The wife and I enjoyed it but were poor. Riding coach sucked. I'd do it again in a heartbeat with a sleeper car. I met wonderful people on that 2 day ride. Sleeping through the plains states wasn't bad either.
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09-09-2010, 10:20 PM
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If you got off in Denver you were just getting to the good part!
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09-09-2010, 10:23 PM
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As a kid on some narrow gauge old timey tourist one years ago in Pensylvania.
I no longer want to fly due to many reasons and train may indeed be in my future. Sleeper car and cocktails.
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09-09-2010, 10:33 PM
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Ride the commuters from the end of the line to downtown Chicago every once and a while , beats driving and trying to find a cheap parking spot down there that your car is safe in . its a 1 hour ride about 45 miles . rode Amtrak from Detroit to Chicago , I should have took the bus , it took us 10 hours for a normally 5 hour ride ( its 4 1/2 by car) we had equipment problems and barely made it into the city .only reason why I took it was it was close to where I had to drop the truck off at, and flying was too expensive .
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09-10-2010, 01:28 AM
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http://www.thetrain.com/Steam-Event-7275.html
The wife and I went to the Grand Canyon and rode the train, it was awesome! If you've never been to the GC put it on your bucket list. I had a blast.  Scroll down and watch the video. Really cool.
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09-10-2010, 08:15 AM
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4 yrs ago ,rode the fast train in France from Tours to Paris....
3 yrs ago rode the normal quick train from Malmo in Sweden to Stockholm... they sure are different from when I used to take the train from Stockholm out to the country to visit my grand father in the late 40s!
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09-10-2010, 09:05 AM
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Every work day. From Lockport, IL to Union Station in Chicago. It's about a 1 hour trip if we don't get delayed by freight traffic, signal problems or heavy passenger loading
 . But, it still beats the crap out of having to drive it every day and pay for parking, then fight traffic coming home. It's much cheaper, too.
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09-10-2010, 12:23 PM
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The wife and I have been looking at a vacation, 3 weeks or so, via train. We plan on getting a sleeper car from Chicago to Seattle (probably Everett since my Mom and Dad are there), visit family, then down the coast to California, spend some time there, then across the Southwest and Midwest back to Chicago.
We just have to figure out when we can do this.
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09-10-2010, 01:17 PM
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1977 Muncie In to Bozeman Mt and then back home 10 days later.
Awesome trip!
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09-10-2010, 02:47 PM
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Ive never taken a train on a long trip, but take it into the city from time to time. My daughter loves taking the train. On the weekends is $5 round trip per adult and kids are free. Cant beat that!
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09-10-2010, 04:40 PM
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 Oh, well. Flying to Paris instead. I love this whole Honeymoon/Wedding all tied in to one! All we've got to do is get the reception party together! Oh, and survive the Bachelorette Party next weekend... 
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09-10-2010, 07:03 PM
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wife and i flew from mi. to wa. and took a train back. 3 days on a train was along time. that was 1994.
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09-10-2010, 11:03 PM
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Every day...Long Island Commuter Rail Road to and from Manhattan...for 20 years.
Also periodically ride the Acela (Amtrak's version of a bullet train) to DC, Philadelphia and Boston. Great ride but round trip averages $230  Sometimes it is cheaper to take the shuttle and fly.
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