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Yes, believe it or not, I really have lost my mind, an d I really am thinking about doing exactly as I mention. Spending my vacation riding Amtrak. Sightseeing!! It all started innocently enough, I bought a book at B Dalton's titled "The Art of the Streamliner" mostly to satisfy a lifelong curiousity as to why the old E-7 And F-7 type locomotives of days yore look so much more modernistic than even today's monster engines, let alone the SD-40's and stuff of my early adulthood. (When I see my first Acela, I will consider retracting that statement, not until) And in the process, got bitten. (you know what i mean) The Hiawatha's, the El Capitains, the Superchiefs, The Cities XXXXXX. All gone!! Amtrak seems to have some of the cool routes still to this day. I live in Los Angeles. The cost Amtrack charges for a Round trip sleeper to Chicago is not outrageous, considering meals are included (and lodging of course) I'm even considering payin a tad extra, and shooting up the coast to Frisco on the coast starlight, then taking the Zephyr to Galesburg Ill then catching the Southwest Chief straight back to LA, since Chicago really is not my destination anyway, Everything out my window is actually the destination, if you get my drift Opinions from those who have rode please: (A) Is the scenery on the Califirnia Zeyphr route worth the extra trouble it will be to see? (B) Would the "EMPIRE BUILDER" be even better than the "Zephyr" for my east bound trip (C) or, is "IT" all over already, and the scenic routes been long ago abandoned? (D) will I be confined to a sleeper room, or can i fan out into (gasp, might look foolish here) OBSERVATION cars/Coachcars during the route? (E) Are the meals generous, skimpy, or in between? And are ala cart add on's pricey the way youd expect for a captive audience? (F) Is the entire idea totally nuts? I rode a train once as a Kid back east, and i'll have to admit, the current idea is kinda based in "Use it before you loose it" logic Any other pointers?
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