Happy Birthday EmpireBuilderFan!
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Happy Birthday EB
Happy Birthday EB
Happy birthday, EBFan.
And, yes, the EB is one of my favorite trains. I have some pleasant memories of it, both Amtrak and pre-Amtrak.
And, yes, the EB is one of my favorite trains. I have some pleasant memories of it, both Amtrak and pre-Amtrak.
EmpireBuilderFan
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Thanks, all! Unfortunately no train trip in my immediate future, as I'm spending the summer in Billings MT, which hasn't had Amtrak service since the North Coast Hiawatha was terminated in 1979. Even still, I may have to look into a quick overnight trip on the "remodeled" EB if it launches in August like the Amtrak 5-year plan wants to.
Bill, I wish I could have ridden the EB when the Great Northern still ran it. It sounds like it was one of the country's great trains, even up to the creation of Amtrak. Of course, I think that it's still one of Amtrak's top 3 trains, if not the best.
Even still, I may have to look into a quick overnight trip on the "remodeled" EB if it launches in August like the Amtrak 5-year plan wants to.Bill, I wish I could have ridden the EB when the Great Northern still ran it. It sounds like it was one of the country's great trains, even up to the creation of Amtrak. Of course, I think that it's still one of Amtrak's top 3 trains, if not the best.
EB---just to be sure---you probably already know about this, it has probably already been mentioned on this forum ....but are you aware of the article in TRAINS some years ago, about "The Clean Window Train" referring to the EB?
EmpireBuilderFan
Lead Service Attendant
Bill,
No, I hadn't heard of that article, but the title makes sense. I had heard that the GN was pretty meticulous about keeping the windows on the EB clean, especially before it went into the mountains. I'll have to see if I can find a library somewhere with old back issues of Trains and check it out.
No, I hadn't heard of that article, but the title makes sense. I had heard that the GN was pretty meticulous about keeping the windows on the EB clean, especially before it went into the mountains. I'll have to see if I can find a library somewhere with old back issues of Trains and check it out.
I wish VIA kept theirs clean. They were absolutely filthy on our Canadian trip in May!
Actually, the "clean window" thing was more of a metaphor, just meaning "clean" or "good " service in many ways---like "keeping your nose clean". It was that more than a literalism.
It is sort of like saying the EB was so good in every way that even such a detail as the windows being kept clean was not over-looked.
And, if I am not mistaken, the article was written by David Morgan, premier long term long time editor of TRAINS.
It is sort of like saying the EB was so good in every way that even such a detail as the windows being kept clean was not over-looked.
And, if I am not mistaken, the article was written by David Morgan, premier long term long time editor of TRAINS.
