Over the years, driving Highway US 30 out west has come up as the ultimate road trip for anyone interested in watching trains. Don Phillips wrote about highway 30 in the seventies. Jim Wrinn wrote about it in the latest issue of Trains magazine. I believe Kalmbach should publish a book that would be the ultimate railfans guide to US 30. Some of the subjects covered could be what motels to stay in, the best restaurants and, of course, the best photo locations. I think they should follow the same format that Fodor’s does in it’s travel guides to foreign countries except to make it rail oriented. Maybe Fred Frailey could take this on as a project. It would be a fantastic resource to someone like me that has only been as far west as Shreveport La.
Interesting idea, with the caveat that there are places where U.S. 30 and its alternates no longer go, which would be more exciting than where it goes now. (For example, west of Chicago, what used to be “Alt. U.S. 30” is now Illinois 38, and follows the UP through places like DeKalb and Rochelle, while U.S. 30 may follow the old Q in places.
A few years ago, when I took a trip east, I mentioned U.S. 220 as the route to follow. Not much along the way, but oh, the places you wind up! Roanoke, Clifton Forge, Cumberland, Altoona…
I’ll bet Quentin will be very interested in this thread!
Knowing Kalmbach, they can get Pelle Soeborg to write it - he just changed layout locations to one in the Midwest along Route 30…
“+1” !!!