What was the last train you were on?

[Anonymous]

Smoky Mountain Railroad - Bryson City, NC

[Anonymous]

Tennessee Valley Rail Museum, four miles, last part of July, in Chattanooga.

Sounds like an echo ......

Occasionally I ride NJT, PATH and NY subways.

[jchnhtfd]

about a month ago, the Adirondack

[pat390]

metra commuter in chicago but my best train trip was from chicago to arizona for 36 hours

[Anonymous]

The last train I was on was a NJT starting at Denville, NJ headed for New York Penn station. That was last December. I went to watch the Christmas show at Madison Square Garden[:)].

[Anonymous]

Illinois Zephyr last month, Quincy to Chicago and back. We were lucky enough to get routed through the switching yard at Galesburg but it was dark and we couldn't see very much. All in all it was a great trip.

[Anonymous]

I volunteer my time to the Whitewater Valley (Scenic) Railroad, and was brakeman on the Thru train (Nos. 1 & 2) two weekends ago. This past weekend I worked on the track gang.

http:/www.whitewatervalleyrr.org.

[dharmon]

Doesn't matter as long as the last train ride you take isn't on the Boxcar O' Shackles Genocide Express.......

[SALfan]

If you count the Metro (Washington, DC-area subway), and I don't, this morning. If you mean a REAL train, MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) in August, 1997.

[CShaveRR]

I'm of the opinion that commuter operations have to count as train rides. They're on real railroads, and can encounter all of the same problems that Amtrak encounters--freight interference, heavy passenger loading (I'm sure they wouldn't have allowed that heavy passenger to get on if they realized he'd delay their train so much!), and waiting for the local constabulary to take charge of rowdy passengers.

It's not part of my regular routine to ride trains to work (for the railroad), and I don't ride trains when I'm working, either. So it may surprise people when I say that my most recent train ride was into Chicago last month, for a concert. At twenty miles each way, it ranks up there with the ride my parents gave us on a "regular" passenger train in Michigan, just for the experience.

[Anonymous]

California Zephyr. Osceola, Ia., to Sacramento and back, last month.
What outstanding scenery!

[Anonymous]

A week ago on Amtrak's Pennsylvanian from Lancaster, PA to Altoona, Pa and back.

[Anonymous]

The last trailn I was on was;
1-Amtrak's Acela
2-Broad St. subway, Philadelphia, PA.

[Anonymous]

Memorial Day weekend, round trip Chicago to Milwaukee. Ain't like the Turbos I worked on years ago.
Mitch

[Anonymous]

The Western Maryland Scenic in Cumberland, Maryland a couple weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

I can't quite bring myself to believe that if it is on rails, it's a train. The reason is that Philadelphia has subways and trolleys and elevateds, and if I count those I ride a train so often that it's practically boring.
Basically, my rule for myself (in this country, anyway,) is that the ticket has to be issued by Amtrak. Special cases - Alaska RR, Cumbres & Toltec, etc. decided case-by-case.
My last rain trip: Acela to/from NYC last September.

[Anonymous]

Tennessee Valley Rail Museum, four miles, last part of July, in Chattanooga.

I rode MARTA in Atlanta last year around Christmas. If it has rails and "trains" it's a railroad. If it carries passengers, it's a passenger railroad. I took the train from the northern terminal, and rode all the way into the city. The train was 3/4's full. It took me a half hour and I got to avoid driving in rain and Atlanta drivers.

Erik

[MP57313]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

(Metra on to Fox Lake doesn't count.).
Jay

It's a "real train". I'd count it!

[jabrown1971]

Train 850/851 last Labor Day weekend. Indianapolis-Chicago roundtrip

[jeaton]

Randy

I assume you will pin a note on your seat saying "WAKE ME UP FOR MY STOP" in big letters.

Jay

[Randy Stahl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005

No fair Randy and LC, you guys get paid to take cab rides. The rest of us have to pay to go coach.[swg]

My last ride was Big Girls first ride. Behind Milwaukee Road 261from St Paul to LaCrosse and back on July 2nd.

OK . I'll admit to a foul..... I'd rather go coach though. more likely sleeper.
Randy

[Anonymous]

In June I rode the Lewis and Clark Explorer to Astoria, Oregon.

When I was a kid, my dad was an engineer for the Alaska pipeline. He took my brother and I on a trip by train from Seward to Anchorage in our car on a train of flat cars. We then took a train from Anchorage to Fairebanks behind a consist of early F units. I'll never forget the Sourdough pancakes.

[Big_Boy_4005]

No fair Randy and LC, you guys get paid to take cab rides. The rest of us have to pay to go coach.[swg]

My last ride was Big Girls first ride. Behind Milwaukee Road 261from St Paul to LaCrosse and back on July 2nd.

[jeaton]

Capitol Limited-Washington to Chicago last April. (Metra on to Fox Lake doesn't count.).

Jay

[Randy Stahl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear

A local, a bit earlier today. Power was a single NS Dash 9...

LC

A dash 9 on a local ???? whats next SD90macson a work train??? Did you use all that power LC?
Last train was an hour ago SD 45 on the helper
Randy

[cprs8622]

It was June 12 and 13, 2002 and I was in the loco with my grandpa, he had picked me up in Milwaukee and we took the train back to Portage. It was really fun, wish I could do it more!!

[Train Guy 3]

June 30th, 2001 Amtrak 19 ( Cresent Limited ) D.C. - Lynchburg, VA.

[Anonymous]

A local, a bit earlier today. Power was a single NS Dash 9...

LC

[wcfan4ever]

The last train I was on was last August in Rochelle, IL. They took the train from Rochelle to Sterling, IL. It was METRA and it was fun. That was the first train I ever rode while not being able to stick my head out a window. But its not everyday you get the chance to be on a train that everyone can see around the world...thank you TRAINS.COM. I do want to get on another train someday, when and where is still up in the air but my days aren't done yet.