AlohaI love passenger trains and will vote against any politician who does not support building a much stronger Amtrak.
Good for you I will do the same
AlohaI love passenger trains and will vote against any politician who does not support building a much stronger Amtrak.
But what if the a person running is against Amtrak, but they are best qualified otherwise, and the person running who is for Amtrak isn't qualified in all other areas??? How do you vote, then?First time on this site. I live in Bloomington, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis. I love passenger trains and will vote against any politician who does not support building a much stronger Amtrak.
With a lot of thought.But what if the a person running is against Amtrak, but they are best qualified otherwise, and the person running who is for Amtrak isn't qualified in all other areas??? How do you vote, then?First time on this site. I live in Bloomington, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis. I love passenger trains and will vote against any politician who does not support building a much stronger Amtrak.
We live in Atlanta Ga. I am retired from the airlines and will make our 1st long distance trip in Feb. I have worked for 8 different airlines in my 36 year career. I was born in Jackson, Michigan, but have lived all over including Alaska and Canada. We decided it was time to see our country from ground level instead of 35,000 ft.I live in Lafayette La now and work for the BNSF Railway as a conductor.
I grew up in Okemos Michigan and moved down here 4 years ago.
I was a paied on call FireFighter before leaving Michigan to work for BNSF Railway.
Welcome to the group!!I just joined the site last week. I live in Colfax, WA, about 60 miles from the nearest Amtrak stop in Spokane, though if I wanted to badly enough, I could use Amtrak's Thruway bus service, as it not only stops here in my hometown but, sometimes quite literally, stops right at my front door. I just returned from a trip to my aunt and uncle's near Champaign, IL, and for part of the journey home took the Southwest Chief for its entire Chicago-Los Angeles run. I'm looking forward to expanded hours at work and, beginning next year, one more week of vacation so that I can make more trips via Amtrak!
Ahhh...the land of lemonade! You are not terribly far from a place I personally regard as beautiful: Danville, Va.! Danville was at one time, a leader in textiles mfg., and last I heard, Dan River Corp. was planning on leaving. To keep this Amtrak related, I have also heard that Danville may be cut from the list of stops on the crescent.I have lived in the Lynchburg, VA area all my life, currently in Concord between Lynchburg and Appomattox.
Grew up watching the trains and hanging out at the local train stations. We had Southern (my favorite), Chesapeake & Ohio and the Norfolk and Western railroads converging here. All of the railroad people were very nice. I had my name taken by the railroad police several times, but they let me continue walking the R.O.W but never the trestles. They were documenting that I had been warned.
First train trip in 1947 at age 5 to Washington DC on the “Southerner” (hence my sign on name) return trip was on a local that stopped at every little town. I remember it was hot and very crowded, but I enjoyed every minute of it.
My first overnight was in a sleeper attached to the Crescent carrying me along with other recruits to Fort Jackson, S.C. in 1964. Our car was detached sometime during the night and sent on to Columbia, S.C. I had a roomette all to myself.
My wife and I have taken two LD trips. In 1999 we went from Charlottesville to Salt Lake City. In 2005 we went from Charlottesville to Portland OR. Each time was 6 days (Bedroom) on the train and 1 or 2 days at our destination. Both trips were very enjoyable. We use the refurbished Charlottesville station for all of our western trips since it is only an hour’s drive and eliminates the early departure, long layover in Washington and late arrival back in Lynchburg. We only use the Lynchburg station when going to Washington on a day trip. We arrive in DC just in time for the opening of the Smithsonian buildings. We leave DC at 6:30 p.m. and arrive back in Lynchburg around 11 PM
We want to do another trip in 2007 or 2008 to perhaps Seattle if Amtrak still has LD trains.
Welcome - wish I was in Florida, today. It was 8 degrees in central KY this AM!!:lol: Hey, I hail these days from Tampa, Florida. (TPA) and work 3 blocks from the Lakeland, FL Amtrak station (LAK/LKL).
Originally grew up and worked in Northern NJ as an IT guy, moved to FL in 2004.
Work in LAK in a great IT shop and get to railfan Amtrak and CSX during lunch and commute! (scanner is at my desk!)
Regards,
Charlie. C.
Ouch this morning I felt cold when it was 61 degrees warmer, I have become a wimp, but then at 5:00am I was in a swim suitWelcome - wish I was in Florida, today. It was 8 degrees in central KY this AM!!
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