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    Have you ever ridden a train?

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    Post by Chris Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:13 am

    Have you ever ridden a train? Amtrak-train-san-juan-islands-washington

    Aside from the subway (New Yorkers Razz), have you ever traveled out of state, or a long destination, by train?
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    Post by Alan Smithee Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:18 am

    Yes. From D.C. to N.J. Out to Colorado from N.J.
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    Post by Cheaps Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:57 am

    No, I never have.
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    Post by Shale Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:45 am

    I've ridden the Illinois Central, City of New Orleans from St. Louis to Mississippi all my life.

    When I joined the Air Force they sent us from St. Louis to San Antonio by train - got to sleep in a Pullman car on that one.

    My grandson and I travelled by train to Washington DC, Chicago and St. Louis when he was 13. He had never been on a train so I'm glad he had that experience.

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    Post by Supernova Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:47 am

    Never been on one, always wanted to. Our house is about I guess 4 or 5 blocks up from the railroad tracks and as a kid I used to think about running away and getting a ride on one. But I found out none of them are for passengers, it's all freight.
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    Post by Hyacinth Girl Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:06 am

    I took a train from Boston to NYC a few years ago, and before that, we did the railroad-ride from Williams, Arizona up to the Grand Canyon.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:16 am

    Yep. It's a nice ride. What I want to do is take a train trip somewhere through the mountains. That's gotta be some kind of view.
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    Post by Tony Marino Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:13 pm

    Not on Amtrack I never have.
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    Post by Bluesmama Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:13 pm

    Only a round-tripper from Amtrak to and from California. It was nice. My daughter hung out with this large group of Mennonite boys in the lounge area and had a good ol' time. (There were Mennonite girls, too; it was a graduating class going to British Columbia.)

    I had breakfast with a table of the girls. It was definitely interesting how well-mannered and "ladylike" they were. It was definitely an interesting trip.

    I would like to do a longer train ride sometime.
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    Post by jennab85 Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:35 pm

    I have taken one train trip. It was from Albuquerque, NM to Phoenix AZ. It was a fun experience. I'll probably take another train trip again someday.
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    Post by Shale Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:57 pm

    Oh, in the '70s I also rode a train from Luxembourg to Brindisi Italy, after a stay in Assisi. Europe is much more serious about using trains. Here there is usually just one a day, there are several a day going the same direction in Europe.

    I also did a lot of train travel in India longest from New Delhi to Bombay. They were still using steam locomotives at the time (likely still are)

    Nystyle709 wrote:Yep. It's a nice ride. What I want to do is take a train trip somewhere through the mountains. That's gotta be some kind of view.
    We did that on a narrow gauge rail train from San Jose, Costa Rica to Puerto Limon. A beautiful ride, but worrisome as the track was right on the edge of the cliffs.
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    Post by RedBedroom Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:49 pm

    Yeah, I have ridden Amtrack.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:14 pm

    What about you Chris? Have you ever pulled ridden a train?
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