chuljin
Lead Service Attendant
Good morning everyone!
I've noticed that more than a few members have, as their signature or part of it, the list of Amtrak routes they've ridden, and many further somehow indicate which they've 'aced' (ridden the whole length of).
Rather pathetically, compared to the giants here, I've done:
So so far, I think I can, with a straight face, say that I've only aced the SWC, Acela, and Downeaster.
I'm putting finishing touches on a near-future trip in which I will do:
I will therefore have aced the PS and CC, and the 'SAC branch' of the SJ.
I will, however, still have not done the last 13 miles 'OKJ branch' of the SJ, south of RIC.
But the CC and SJ coincide between OKJ and MTZ.
So my question is: would I be an honest person if I considered myself having aced the SJs, even though 13 miles of it would actually be on the CC?
(N.B. I suppose I answer my own question, by not thinking that I've aced the PS, even though I've been on the coincidental CS between SLO and GTA.)
Thoughts?
P.S. Good to be back.
P.P.S. You can't put apostrophes in poll answers?! Ugh!
I've noticed that more than a few members have, as their signature or part of it, the list of Amtrak routes they've ridden, and many further somehow indicate which they've 'aced' (ridden the whole length of).
Rather pathetically, compared to the giants here, I've done:
- The whole of the SWC, Acela, and Downeaster;
- The 'whole' of the LSL (but only the BOS section);
- NEC, BWI<->WIL (covering the commuter 'gap');
- Wolverine, CHI<->NLS;
- PS, GTA<->SAN (living in SoCal, I really have no excuse for not having covered SLO<->GTA, but that will be rectified soon, see below);
- SJ, BFD<->RIC (OKJ 'branch');
- CC, SAC<->RIC and OAC<->SJC;
- CS, OKJ<->LAX.
So so far, I think I can, with a straight face, say that I've only aced the SWC, Acela, and Downeaster.
I'm putting finishing touches on a near-future trip in which I will do:
- PS, GDL-SLO
- CS, SLO-SJC
- (overnight near SJC)
- CC, SJC-OKJ
- (two nights in SF)
- CC, OKJ-MTZ, MTZ-DAV, DAV-SAC
- SJ, SAC-BFD
- SJBus, BFD-GDL
I will therefore have aced the PS and CC, and the 'SAC branch' of the SJ.
I will, however, still have not done the last 13 miles 'OKJ branch' of the SJ, south of RIC.
But the CC and SJ coincide between OKJ and MTZ.
So my question is: would I be an honest person if I considered myself having aced the SJs, even though 13 miles of it would actually be on the CC?
(N.B. I suppose I answer my own question, by not thinking that I've aced the PS, even though I've been on the coincidental CS between SLO and GTA.)
Thoughts?
P.S. Good to be back.
P.P.S. You can't put apostrophes in poll answers?! Ugh!
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