my most resent trip was on a shortline train in wisconsin it was fun I think
My last train ride was on the Metra line from Chicago, IL to Harvard, IL, I sat in a club car and had a beer or two and then drove from Harvard to my home in Janesville , WI
and I did that daily for six months
My Last Train Trip was in 1964 from Los Angeles, CA to Cleveland, OH riding the ATSF to Chicago and NYC to Cleveland. We were moving and the transfer in chicago was a nightmare. The high point of the trip was a stop in Flagstaff, AZ where my son stepped in snow for the first time
My last train ride was a little over a year ago, Kansas City to Kirkwood, Mo., on Amtrak’s “St. Louis Mule”. Trip was uneventful and late. Lots of trains to see east of Jefferson City. P42 locomotive handled the train quite well. High point was running along the Missouri River east of Jefferson City at 70 mph and watching two guys on a jet ski on the river keep up with us…
Portola, CA
Road in the F3. This summer.
My last train ride was in Branson Missouri on the Branson Senic Railroad. The good thing about the Branson Senic is it is a long ride. 40 miles. A nice alternative from the usual 3 miles out of town 3 miles back into town.
TOOK UP FROM ROSEVILLE CA THRU RENO NV TO S.L.C. UTAH ALL THE WAY TO DENVER CO THEN TOOK BNSF SOUTH TO FT WORTH TX UP EAST TO TEXARKANA THEN UP WEST TO TYLER TX HOME
Last month a friend of mine and I went from Hoboken N.J. to Port Jervis N.Y. on a scenic ride. Got stuck 3/4 of the way there because of engine problems. (GP40?) Anyway we sat in the woods for almost 2 hours till another engine came down and hooked up to pull us into Port Jervis. Traveled over the Moodna viaduct and the scenery was the best. Enjoyed the trip even with the delay.
Last train trip I took was aboard Amtrak’s CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR, round-trip, Chicago to Oakland, CA. I’ve taken the CZ before and was foolish enough to not get sleeping car accommodations–big mistake. On that trip, I had the misfortunate of sitting behind two foul-mouthed young women whose every sentence seemed to be punctuated by the word f— with greater frequency than I care to recall. Worse two day journey of my life. On my most recent trek, I reserved a bedroom–what a difference that made. I know I’m biased being a fan of Amtrak…but I sure hope it continues to receive necessary funding so those gleaming Superliner cars on long distance routes and their motive power will continue to delight anyone whom appreciates the sight of a passenger train as it glides through small towns, across the prairies, through majestic scenery and, finally, arriving at it’s destination. I couldn’t have asked for a better mode of travel, and the crew was friendly and courteous.
…We spent 8 years wintering in Florida and a few years ago we jumped on Amtrak at Deland and rode down to Orlando and we had a layover at Winter Park where we could visit for a few hours and get back on the north bound train and back to Deland that evening. A pleasant ride…and had some pretty good speed at several places.
August 23rth of 2002 My wife & I took the Cardinal to Chicago from Cincinnati Union Terminal to Chicago. There we took the Zephyr to Emmeyville,Calif. From there we took the Coast Starlight to Seattle Wa. Then the Talgo to Vancouver,B.C., To ride theSky train.The return trip was on the Empire Builder to Chicago. The Cardinal back to Cincinnati Union Terminal. It was a great trip, my wife’s first train ride.
Next time I would to take the Southwest Chief to the Grand Canyon.
Of course it was deluxe bedroom all the way.
RODE AMTRACT FROM SANDUSKY,OHIO VIA NEW YORK TO JACKSONVILLE,FLA. ROAD COUCH TO NEW YORK,HAD THE INFAMOUS LAYOVER AND THEN A BERTH. I COMPARE THIS WITH THE RETURN TRIP BY AIRAND I MUCH RATHER USE AMTRACT(OR IS IT AMTRAK,AMTRAC?!)BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE COMPARTMENT AND DINEING CAR MEALS. THAT WAS IN 2001 AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL STILL BE AVALIBLE IN THE FUTURE TO OTHER POINTS! LATER!
Last May I took an excursion on The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. This was the second trip.I took the
trip from Bryson City, Nc to Natahala Gorge, and expereince some of the most beautiful country in the US.
The trip crosses a 100’ high tressle and parallels Fontana Lake and the Nantahala River.It was about a 40 mile round trip. Dave
AAGJR, easy on the caps, thats like SCREAMING online! Your post about knocked me out of my chair! Dave
http://www.kiskijunction.com/ncir.html
Took my mom and two boys to ride the train just today while my husband, dad and a friend of ours moved a bunch of our stuff over to our new place. Jay (2½) and I rode in the locomotive and Charlie (1) rode with his grandma in the caboose. Jay’s spent the rest of the day asking “ride engine please?”
–Nora
last month I took the Amtrak International route from Durand, MI to Chicago, IL and back. I also took the Metra UP North Route to North Chicago, IL and back.
The last train ride I took was back in the early 90’s when I rode the Royal Hudson on its excursion from North Vancouver to Squamish bC and was basically the purpose of the trip to ride the train we had to kill some time in squamish before the train got prepared for the return trip. It was a nice sunny and hot late May day it was beautiful.
spent alot of time outside where you enter the train listening to the sound of the engine.
At the end of October, myson and I took the Carolinian 79-80 , from Greensboro to Rocky Mount and returned same day. Was a great day - beautiful weather. Had lunch in Rocky Mount, and time to walk around town. Was surprised to find that we picked the week of the North Carolina State Fare, and had a large group of children. The surprise was that we had room for them going up, but did not on the return trip. There were two handicapped cars on the return, which wiped out approx 24 seats right off. In any event, after some suffling, everyone got a seat, and we had an interesting conversation with the conductor. This is a great way to see some country, enjoy rail travel and relax.
Rode Canadian Pacific’s coaches behind 2816 from Union Station to Guelph Junction
& back in June.
Gordon
Amtrak Acela Express from Wilm, De to NYC and back, for a work related training class. Saw some old PC cars on old sidings, Wilm Amtrack Shops - pretty cool. Acela really moves during some stretches of track.
Tom
My last train ride was on board (Ex Conrail) B23-7 3181 (CR 2802) and 3187 on the riverline local KI80 Kingston to Tomkins Cove Some 35 Miles and back to Kingston. The crew at that time knew me for a while and offered me to ride along. We reached Tomkins Cove to pick up some empty hopper cars (the crew was fussin on a hopper that won’t open and spoted a wobbley car.) We headed into Haverstraw passing track to wait for a rack train, then disconnected the crew attached the FRED on the rear of the train and ran to the front to wait for the signal to clear. By that time we were on 3187 (B23-7S). 10 minutes later and we were on the way. Going though Newburgh was fun as we were along a road being chased by a fan. As we got back into Kingston, a “Skunk” train (tra***rain) passed us. I was droped off in the yard in Kingston and the train went to Selkirk. That was the best ride I’ve EVER had!
Last November, took a couple day trips out of the Gare du Midi station in Brussels, first to Antwerp then, the next day, to Amsterdam. Antwerp was to visit with a friend and check out the city. Amsterdam was to check out the Dutch Masters at the Rijksmuseum and drink lots of excellent Dutch beer. Rode in Era IV equipment, including an older double deck passenger train on the way back to Brussells from Antwerp. Definitely coveted a ride on the super sleek new Thalys PBKA. Next time in Europe, it’ll be a Thalys ride between Paris and Amsterdam for sure!
Rode the Deutsche Bahn (DB) InterCity Express (ICE) from Frankfurt to Munich back in 1999. What an awesome train.
Still waiting for a good opportunity to ride the Acela and see how it compares to high speed European trains.