Recent content by Heather

If I would have paid more attention to the lovely brochure and not on my..oh the husband so loves trains.... I would have waved at him from the safety of the dock. It is not a trip for the faint of heart.... I was a bit embarrassed to be the only one on the floor of the train ( I was 50) at the...

Thankyou for posting the pictures... my husband is just laughing his head off. He thinks its all terribly funny that I lay on the floor of the train, hoping for devine intervention heather

lol on the yukon white pass train... it's an American train because it's in Alaska ( for the fellow that thought it might be via rail).. it does pass into Canada in a really remote location in the middle of nowhere and then turns around and comes back. I thank my lucky stars the the significant...

Thankyou all again.. I'm getting rather excited about the trip. We will check to see if there are any roomettes available once we get underway. There was none when we booked, but I understand they occasionally become available. We know about the bus ride to San Fran... its 40 mins... so that...

Thankyou to all the seasoned travellers. I think the nerves are because I don't know what to expect. The only rail car adventure I've been on is the sight seeing one in Alaska. I was scared to death.... they have summer students driving this thing. I was feeling all good about it till I saw...

I'm planning our first train trip. My husband has always wanted to travel by train, I'm a little nervous. We are planning on Grandforks to Portland and then off to San Francisco for a couple of days and then return. We can only get coach seats at this time. Any advice for a nervous traveller...