TrainsMag.com Reader Poll – December 8, 2003

[Anonymous]

No holiday travel this year. But then the Northwestern Pacific ended passenger service here in 1958.

[Anonymous]

No, but I would without question if the Soo Line still ran overnight from the UP of Michigan with sleeper to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Oh, I'd even settle for Amtrak.

[Anonymous]

No. My wife and I will be spending Christmas Eve with my step-daughters and grandchildren for a Christmas Eve Dinned. Then on Christnas Day, we will be going "by car" out to Knox,in to spend some time with the in-laws and their children and grandchildren. And while I am thinkin of it, MAY EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
rALPH zIMMER aLSIP, il

[espeefoamer]

Unfortunatly,I am not travelling anywhere over the holidays.If I was ,my plans would feature rail travel.[:(][xx(]

[Anonymous]

I wi***hey did but as Amtrak dose not serve Columbus Ohio sady they only include I-270 and I-71 traffic.

[Anonymous]

If I cant lay off I will bring another train of coal out of the PRB, just like every other day. Merry Christmas Every One

[brilondon]

I would if I could, maybe if the L&PS were still running from London I would go and visit my gandparents but since it is not I will have to take the car.

[cudjoebob]

I wish I could! I am in mauritius oct-dec and then maldives jan-apr! very nice but I miss trains. I don't know when I'll be in a country that has train service! but sailboats are nice too, even if it is a "job"!

[Anonymous]

Fraid nothing for me Either

[Anonymous]

NO TRAVEL , NO WAY! BUT MY "N" SCALE WILL GET A WORK OUT.

[holland]

yes riding the dutch railways

[willy6]

not unless i can ride the SOUTHERN CRESENT.

[d4fal]

Vacation? What's that. :)

I wish I had the time for a vacation this year (2004). I'd love to take a cross national train trip. Been awhile. Too long.

[Anonymous]

I voted no for two reasons 1 There isn't a passenger train or any within 200 miles of where I live. 2 We don't plan any travel

[Anonymous]

My travel plans include a one-way rail trip on Amtrak's Auto Train from Sanford, FL to Lorton, VA and a drive homeward post-holiday.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

No travel plans at this time requiring public conveyance....

We learned not to travel long distances at the Holidays. We took Amtrak to Los Angeles in 1998 for Christmas with family in Arizona and the terminals and the airport was a mess. We returned home in time to avoid an ice storm by just a few hours.

[tree68]

I'll be hanging around home for the holidays. Headed for Balto next week, but trip by rail would take far longer than the drive. May hit the light rail while I'm there, though, head for downtown from the BWI area.

[Anonymous]

My wife & I planned to use 21/22 Chicago to Dallas/Austin/San Antonio over the Holidays. I tried booking space about six-weeks ago only to find out that sleeper space was SOLD OUT for any reasonable window around our intended departure date (+/- 5 days).
So, it will be a long drive.

[Anonymous]

I'll be traveling - but unfortunately by air. The way it stands now it takes more than two days to get from Iowa to Florida and another two days to get back. That doesn't leave much time for the family when you get one week of vacation at Christmas.

[Anonymous]

My wife and I have no travel plans for the holidays. All of our children are here in town, so there is no need for travel. HOWEVER, if we were to travel, it would definitely be by rail. I didn't care for aiport hassles before September 11, 2001, let alone now-Amtrak would be the way!!

[Anonymous]

My husband, daughter and I are taking the Coast Starlight from Seattle to Oxnard, CA and back (after a 2 week stay in Cali).

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, no rail travel planned for the near future but intend to do my share of watching with a camera! Interesting how so many TRAINS readers responding to last poll are also photographers! [:)]

[walthuston]

Insteda of travel, I'll be at the Washington State History Museum running trains on my layout during their "Train Festival." If you live near Tacoma, Washington, come on down between 11am and 5 pm from Dec 26 thru 31 or Jan 2 thru 4, 2004. There will be others running trains too, including the museum's own layout featured in Great Model Railroads 2004. Mine was in Great Model Railroads 2003. Happy Holidays.

[Anonymous]

Not travelling for Christmas by Train ... have the week off and staying home ... but frequently take the train to Toronto ... will be taking a train trip this summer to the far north from Cochrane to Moosonee then from Hearst to Sault Ste Marie.

[Anonymous]

You better believe it.[^] I'm bound to a wheelchair and AMTRAK has ALWAYS taken care of me better than anyone else ever has. I would never consider anything else.[:)][:)]

[Anonymous]

Leaving on Coast Limited and then onto Sunset to AZ and a return trip in March 2004

[Anonymous]

Aloha

If we could get a train here in Hawaii (not counting the LKPRR) I'd be first in line.
I ride each time am on mainland. Miss the rails.
Alloha from Hawaii

[JoeUmp]

Nope, they're all coming here.

[Anonymous]

This will be my 4th holiday trip on the Vermonter. My brother lives near Lebanon, NH. I take NJ Transit to Newark and usually make a cross-platform transfer. Started using Business Class 2 yrs ago, after sitting behind a lady with a very "active" baby! Why doesn't Amtrak have changing tables in its restrooms?

Last year there was 18" of snow Christmas night. The P42 had so much snow/ice on its roof they wouldn't let it under the wires at New Haven. Got into NYP 3 hours late!

My brother doesn't understand why anyone would want to spend 8 hours on a train when the drive takes about 6. I tell him the significant word is "drive".

-Kent Loudon
Somerville, NJ