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AlohaHaven't ridden a route or train I didn't like yet. Love to kick back, read, drink a beer, talk to fellow travelers, eat in the diner--all that is unique to train travel.
Decided this week I might like to write a book about family rail travel...has it already been done?
HMM. a teacher going to Kissame Fl. Is there a mouse in your future? EnjoyHi! Ohio represent! I'm Kim I am 24 (will be 25 in November- eek!). I am a 3rd grade teacher and love almost every minute of it, sometimes its a pain, though. Hubby and I will be taking our first Amtrk trip in June from CIN to KIS, fl.
Welcome - glad you found us. Have a great trip and post a report when you return home.I'm retired, live in Oroville, CA (near CIC Chico) and have been hooked on trains since very young. My dad was also a fan. My first solo trip was Los Angeles to Wyoming, with a couple of passenger cars stuck on a freight train. I was a cute kid traveling alone and was allowed to ride in the locomotive part way (!!!!).
Last year I figured out that it is easier to take my elderly mother on train trips than car trips.
And last month I convinced a friend who has a conference in Washington DC that I'd go with him and we'd take the train. So we are leaving Sunday Mar 11 MTZ Martinez to PDX Portland, overnight Portland, Tuesday PDX to CHI Chicago, connecting to WAS Washington. Those are the reservations I have; I'll be making more this week.
While Charlie "works," I'm going to visit a friend in Boston a couple of days, possibly via Altoona somehow. When he is done we'll work our way south, visiting near Charlotte and touristing around Florida. Charlie thinks we should come home kind of south (warm) and I'm angling for a sidetrip to Durango, so we'll see.
I've gotten lots of good ideas from this forum.
I've lived in Yosemite National Park, California for 27 years, working as Night Audit manager for DNC. I grew up in Fullerton, so I rode the San Diegans in the pre-Amtrak era (as well as the Super Chief, Grand Canyon, S.F. Chief, City of L.A., Coast Daylight, San Joaquin Daylight, etc.) Naturally, I ride the San Joaquins frequently (i.e. on days off away from the Park) but also like to travel further away when on vacation. In February, I sailed on the Carnival Legend, riding the Panama Canal Railway and Incofer (Costa Rica narrow gauge) during shore excursions. My return from Florida to California was via the Silver Meteor, Lake Shore Ltd. and Southwest Chief.I guess I'm gonna stick my neck out on this one, but I have been on this forum about 3 months now and I have almost gotten addicted to it. I mean....I check e-mail, make lunch/supper/breakfast and then click on to this website. Have you "longtimers" on this site ever wondered where people are from or what they do? Would it be appropriate for us to chime in who/where and what we do in life? I will be willing to go first I just don't want to cross a privacy line thats been drawn. I just get to see some of the same people posting and kind of wonder where they live etc.
Welcome!I've lived in Yosemite National Park, California for 27 years, working as Night Audit manager for DNC. I grew up in Fullerton, so I rode the San Diegans in the pre-Amtrak era (as well as the Super Chief, Grand Canyon, S.F. Chief, City of L.A., Coast Daylight, San Joaquin Daylight, etc.) Naturally, I ride the San Joaquins frequently (i.e. on days off away from the Park) but also like to travel further away when on vacation. In February, I sailed on the Carnival Legend, riding the Panama Canal Railway and Incofer (Costa Rica narrow gauge) during shore excursions. My return from Florida to California was via the Silver Meteor, Lake Shore Ltd. and Southwest Chief.
Jeff Geldner
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