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What Passenger Trains Have You Ridden?
Posted by KCSfan on Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:00 AM

I thought it would be interesting to see how many different trains each of us have ridden in our lifetimes. Here's my list:

                 City of Miami                                          IC/CofG/ACL/FEC

                 City of New Orleans                                 IC

                 Seminole                                                IC

                 Louisiane                                                IC

                 Creole                                                    IC

                 Green Diamond                                         IC

                 Southern Express                                     IC

                 Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr                                  CB&Q

                 American Royal Zephyr                             CB&Q

                 Golden State Limited                                CRI&P/SP

                 Springfield-St. Louis Local                         SL-SF

                 Will Rogers                                             SL-SF

                 Abraham Lincoln                                      GM&O

                 City of Milwaukee 400                              CNW

                 Ashland Limited                                       CNW

                 San Diegan                                            AT&SF

                 20th Century Limited                               NYC

                 Ohio State Limited                                  NYC

                 James Whitcomb Riley                              NYC

                 Broadway Limited                                    PRR

                 Manhattan Limited                                  PRR

                 Penn-Texas                                           PRR

                South Wind                                            PRR/L&N/ACL

                Southland                                              PRR/L&N/CofG/ACL

                Phoebe Snow                                          E-L

                Colonial                                                 NYNH&H

                Southern Belle                                        KCS

                Dixie Flagler                                           C&EI

                Dixie Limited                                          C&EI

               Georgian                                               C&EI/L&N/NC&StL

               Danville-Decatur Local                             ITC

               West Coast Champion                             ACL

               Jacksonville-Tampa Local                        ACL

               Peach Queen                                        PRR/SR

              Carolina Special                                      SR

              Asheville Special                                     SR

              Augusta Special                                      SR

              New Royal Palm                                      SR

              Blue Bird                                               Wabash

              Texas Eagle                                          T&P/MP

              Texas Eagle                                          Amtrak

I  commuted daily on the IC and CB&Q in Chicago and the E-L in New Jersey for a number of years. I also rode trains of the CNS&M and CSS&SB several times in Chicagoland.

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Posted by Last Chance on Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:45 AM

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p828iPQ4tkE

A another lifetime long ago. The engine resides in the PRR museum now, probably never to be steamed again.

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Posted by passengerfan on Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:59 AM

Hi Mark

My list is even longer:

International         GN

Seattle Portland Pool trains    GN/NP/UP

Empire Builder        GN

Western Star         GN

North Coast Limited   NP

Mainstreeter            NP

Cascadian             GN

Cascade                SP

City of San Francisco UP/SP

City of Portland        UP

Sunset                   SP

Lark                       SP

Coast Daylight         SP

Canadian                CP

Super Continental    CN

Panorama               CN

Ocean                   CN

Scotian                  CN

Chaleur                  CN

Newfie Bullet           CN

Rapidos                  CN

Turbos                   CN

Tempos                  CN

Twentieth Century Limited  NYC

Broadway                 NYC

Wolverine                NYC

Super Chief              AT&SF

El Capitan                AT&SF

California Zephyr       CB&Q/D&RGW

San Diegans             AT&SF

Owl                         SP

Florida Special          PRR/RF&P/ACL/FEC

Denver Zephyr          CB&Q

Congressional            PRR

Montrealer                PRR/NYNH&H/CV/CN

Cavalier                    CN

Kansas Cityan            AT&SF

American Royal Zephyr CB&Q

Kansas City Zephyr      CB&Q

Pioneer Zephyr            CB&Q

Electroliners                CNS&M

Golden State               SP/CRI&P

Crescent LTD              PRR/SOU/L&N

Royal Palm                  NYC/SOU

Butte Special               UP

Caribou Dayliners         PGE and BCR

 

and others I can't even think of at 4:00 AM

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Posted by oltmannd on Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:48 AM

Intercity 

Wash to Boston - many segments, many times, many trains including UA Turbotrain and Metroliners. (PRR, PC and Amtrak) (incl. cab ride in E60 and FL9)

(the rest are all Amtrak except as noted)

(sleeper trips in bold)

Empire Service - GCT and NYP to Alb-Renss. and Buffalo (both dir, many times)

NH to Springfield. (one round trip)

Lake Shore Ltd - Alb-Renss to Boston (one way)

Lake Shore Ltd. - GCT and NYP to Erie, Toledo and Chicago (several trips, usually westbound) slumbercoaches and roomettes

Broadway Ltd - Phila to Chicago (several trips, both dir.) roomettes

National Ltd.  Indy to Columbus and Columbus and Altoona to Phila - roomettes

Pennsylvanian - Pittsburgh and Altoona to Phila (several trips, both dir)

Keystone Svc - Phila to Harrisburg (many trips, both dir)

Shenendoah - Chillicothe OH to Wash DC (one trip) Amfleet slumbercoach!

Maple Leaf - NYP to Aldershot ON (a few trips, both dir.)

Via Something - Aldershot to London ON (same as above - one time LRC)

Adirondak - Watervleit NY to Plattsburg  NY (one way)

Floridian - Chicago to Birmingham (one way) bedroom

Crescent - Phila to Greensboro, Phila to Atlanta (several, both dir) roomette

Empire Builder - Seattle to Chicago (one way) slumbercoach

Silver Something - Phila to Tampa (one round trip) roomette

Wolverine - Toledo to Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor to Chicago (one way)

SW Ltd. - Chicago to KC (one way)

Cal Zephyr - Denver to Emeryville (one way) delux bedroom

Pacific Surfliner - LA to SD (one way).

Amtrak - Altantic City to Phila

Commuter Rail -

Harlem Line - Thornwood to GCT (NYC, PC, CR, MN)

Hudson Line - Poughkeepsie to GCT (CR, MN)

LIRR - North Shore, South Shore, Oyster Bay Br. (included cab ride in CLiner!)

SEPTA - Marcus Hook to 30th St (regular commuter for a couple years)

Reading/SEPTA - Reading to Phila

METRA - CB&Q line to Downers Grove

NJDOT/NJT - Hoboken to Paramus, Hoboken to Maplewood

NJDOT/CR - Lindenwold to Ocean City

NJT - Phila to Lindenwold, Lindenwold to AC

VRE - Fredericksburg to DC

Numerous Heavy and Light rail transit trips in Boston, NY, Phila, Baltimore, Wash DC, Chicago, SF, SD, Atlanta

Conrail Test Cars CR20/CR21 and other business cars

Boston Line - Selkirk to Beacon Park double bedroom

Chicago Line - Cleveland to Selkirk double bedroom

River Line - Selkirk to Croxton double bedroom

Pittsburgh Line - Harrisburg to Conway. West Brownsville to Enola bedroom

Harrisburg Line - Harrisburg to West Falls bedroom (matress test!)

AAR test center - worm loop (many laps!)

Lehigh Line - Erail to High Bridge NJ

Steam Excursions:

Elizabeth to Jim Thorpe - NKP 759

Alexandria to Charlottesville - C&O 2716

Phila to Reading - RDG 2102

Niagara Fall to ?? - CN 6060

Tourist Lines:

Mt. Washington Cog Rwy

Wolfeboro RR

Edaville RR

Steamtown - Bellows Falls to Chester (incl steam loco cab ride!)

Green Mtn - Bellows to Chester

Steamtown - Scranton to Moscow

Cape May Seashore Line - Cape May Courthouse to Cape May

Strassburg RR

East Broad Top

Tennessee Valley

Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak

D&RGW - Durango to Silverton (1967 and 2004)

Connecticut Valley

SAM shortline - Cordele to Plains GA

New Hope and Ivyland

Black River and Western

Transit Museum rides - Kennebunkport, ME, Brandford, Conn, Orbisonia, PA.

 

 

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Posted by JonathanS on Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:51 AM

Crusader - Reading

Wall Street - Reading

King Coal - Reading

Adirondak - Delaware & Hudson

Numerous Clockers - PRR, PC and Amtrak

Metroliner - PC

Turbotrain - PC

Canadian - Canadian Pacific

Polar Bear Express - Ontario Northland

International - Amtrak

The Pennsylvanian - Amtrak

Numerous Commuter Trains to get to work - Reading, PRR, PC, CNJ, EL, NJT, SEPTA (depending on where I lived and worked at the time)

Several PRSL trains to get from Philadelphia to Atlantic City.

Bullet - Philadelphia and Western

Fan trip on the Western Maryland from Baltimore to Elkins and back

New River Gorge train on the ex C&O

East Broad Top, Strasburg, Wanamaker Kempton & Southern, New Hope & Ivyland, Gettysburg Scenic, North Shore RR, Reading and Northern, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern, Stewartstown, Shamokin Valley, Arcade and Attica, and a few others I don't remember the names for.

 

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Posted by SFbrkmn on Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:38 PM
First trip was in 1972 and the mileage compiled from Amtrk & rr freight timetables comes to 112,665 miles. Here are the trips followed by # of trips for each named train I was ticketed for: SW Chief 89, Ann Rutledge 26, San Diegans 10, Cap Limited 6, Sunset 4, Lone Star 4, Southwest Limited 4, TX Eagle 4,City NO 3, Three Rivers 3, Cardinal 2, Montrealer 2 and 1 trip on the following: Zephyr, Lake Shore, Coast Starlight,  Silver Star, Empire Builder, Minuteman, Pioneer, Desert Wind, TX Chief. Total of 166 Amtrak trips over the last 36 yrs. Next month a roundtrip over the Heartland Flyer will be added to the list.
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Posted by KCSfan on Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:15 PM

Some pretty impressive lists so far. I wouldn't be surprised if the five of us combined have logged well over half a million miles if we count both the intercity and commuting trips.

Let me add another wrinkle to the question; which of your trips were in a sleeper? Mine were:

     Southland     Tampa - Gary, IN - Open Sec. Upper Berth

     Broadway Ltd.     Pittsburg - NYC - Rmt.

     Penn-Texas     Newark - Indy (RT) - Rmt.

     Phoebe Snow     Summit, NJ - Chi (RT) - Dbl. BR

     Southern Belle    Shreveport - Baton Rouge - Rmt

     Peach Queen/Carolina Spcl.     Newark - Winston Salem (RT) - Rmt.

     Ashland Ltd.     Appleton, WI - Chi - Dbl. BR

     Texas Eagle (TP/MP)     Marshall, TX - StL (RT) - Dbl. BR

     Abraham Lincoln/Will Rogers     Chi - Newburg, MO - Open Sec. Lower Berth

     Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr     Chi - Omaha (RT) - Rmt.

     American Royal Zephyr     Chi - KC (RT) - Rmt.

     Ohio State Ltd.     NYC - Columbus (RT) - Rmt.

     29th Century Ltd.     NYC - Chi (RT) - Slumbercoach (poor man's sleeper)

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Posted by passengerfan on Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:46 PM

Had to get busy and dig out some more information for the list.

Empire Builder DBR/DBR/DBR/DBR/DBR/DBR/DBR/RMT/DUPRMT All Seattle - St. Paul Round Trip in each case

Western Star DBR/RMT Seattle - St Paul round trip in DBR Spokane - Seattle RMT 

North Coast Ltd RMT Round trip Chicago - Seattle RMT

Mainstreeter Slumbercoach Chicago - Seattle round trip

Olympian Hiawatha RMT Milwaukee - Seattle Round Trip

Cascade RMT Seattle - Oakland Round trip

City of San Francisco RMT Omaha - Oakland One way

City of Portland RMT Portland - Omaha one way

Sunset Ltd DBR/DBR Los Angeles - New Orleans Round trip twice

Lark Rmt Oakland - Los Angeles Los Angeles - San Francisco

Canadian DR/DBR/DBR/DBR Vancouver - Montreal RT Vancouver - Toronto 3 RT

Super Continental DBR/DBR/DBR/ DBR/ DBR 5 RT Toronto - Vancouver

Panorama DBR Montreal - Winnipeg DBR Winnipeg - Vancouver

Ocean DBR/DBR/ DBR/ DBR/DBR/DBR Montreal - Halifax 6-RT

Scotian DBR Montreal - Cape Breton one way

Chaleur DBR Montreal -            RT

Newfie Bullet LB Port Aux Basque - St. Johns one way

Cavalier DBR/DBR/DBR/ Toronto - Montreal numerous times

Twentieth Century Ltd. RMT Chicago - New York one way

Wolverine RMT New York - Chicago one way

Broadway Ltd. DBR Chicago - New York RT

Super Chief RMT Los Angeles - Kansas City round trip numerous times

California Zephyr RMT Salt Lake City - Chicago one way

Owl LB Los Angeles - Oakland one way

Florida Special DBR New York - Miami one way

Denver Zephyr DBR Chicago - Denver three times round trip

Montrealer RMT Washington - Montreal one way

American Royal Zephyr RMT Chicago - St. Joseph Round trip

Golden State RMT Kansas City - Los Angeles one way

Crescent Ltd RMT Philadelphia - New Orleans one way

Royal Palm Rmt Chicago - Miami via Cincinnati one way

Butte Special Rmt Salt Lake City - Butte round trip southbound only as far as Pocatello

Portland Rose RMT Pocatello - Portland one way

Kansas City Chief Rmt Chicago - Kansas City RT

Winnipeg Limited RMT St. Paul - Winnipeg RT

City of Los Angeles RMT Los Angeles - Salt Lake City one way

Texas Chief - RMT Kansas City - Houston RT

The above were all pre Amtrak.

I will have to dig out my Amtrak file another day as it is getting close to this old mans bedtime.

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Posted by SFbrkmn on Friday, June 20, 2008 1:25 PM

Answering the sleeper question, just going by memory without looking at travel logs, these were all one way starting: SW Limited in 1985 (renamed SW Chief 10/85), Empire Builder 1992, Zephyr 1998, TX Eagle 2006, Cardinal 2007, Sunset and City NO 2008. No finer way to travel on a overnight trip.

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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, June 21, 2008 1:40 PM

Southern Pacific.

San Joaquin Dailight,

Coast Daylight.

Santa Fe.

San Diegan.

UP

City of Los Angeles.

D&RGW.

Rio Grande Zephyr,
Durango,Silverton narrow guage.

Southern.

Southern Crescent.

BC Rail.

Caraboo Dayliner.

VIA.

LRC train,Toronto-Montreal.

Ferrocarril Pacifico.

El Costeno.

Sonora-Baja California.

El Mexicali.

Amtrak.

Starlight,

Sunset,Texas Eagle,

City of New Orleans,

Silver Star,Silver Meteor,

Metroliner Service(ICE train)

Rohr Turboliner,

Lake Shore limited,Both NY and Boston sections,

Adorandak.

Montrealer,

Broadway,

Lake Cities,

River Cities, Ann Rutledge,

Empire Builder,

Desert Wind,Pioneer,

San Diegan,

San Joaquin,

Spirit of California.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, June 21, 2008 3:28 PM

Mine is a bit shorter....

Baltimore & Ohio-

The Capitol Limited

The National Limited

The Royal Blue Limited

The Shenandoah

The Cincinnatian

CB&Q - Commuter runs

IC - The Panama Limited

L&N/SAL - The Gulf Wind

SAL - The Silver Metor & The Silver Star

ACL/FEC - The East Coast Champion

PRR - The Congressional & several unnamed trains

AMTK - Unnamed (or name forgotten) Baltimore/New York Runs

Also got to ride The El Capitan equipment when it was making its press tour of the East Coast.

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Posted by mgmlodi on Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:14 PM
When I was a freshman at Rutgers University in 1958, I rode the Pennsylvania RR from New Brunswick to Newark. The trains were headed by the legendary GG1. It was a great thrill to ride behind such a famous locomotive because the model of this engine was one of my favorite Lionel engines. I was being transported by the real GG1!! Now when I run my GG1 on my layout, it brings back memories of the weekend commute of 50 years ago.
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Posted by hf1001 on Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:55 PM

Heartland Flyer

Texas Eagle

Metra

DART

Trinity Rail Express

CTA "L"

Ann Rutledge

Lincoln Service

 

TOURIST LINES

Midland Railway  Baldwin, Kansas

Oklahoma Railway Museum  OKC, OK

Arkansas & Missouri RR  Van Bueren, Arkansas

ES&NA  Eureka Springs, Arkansas

 

FAMOUS TRAINS I'VE SEEN

UP 844  Chickasha, Oklahoma

Barnum & Bailey Circus Train  OKC, OK

BNSF Bussiness Car Train  OKC, OK

ART Train  Norman, OK

ART Train OKC, OK

USPS Train OKC, OK

Frisco 1522  Somewhere In Missouri

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Posted by BNSF_GP60M on Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:09 PM

San Joaquin - Amtrak, Bakersfield to Sacramento

California Zephyr - Amtrak, Sacramento to Denver (coach)

Tourist:

Virginia and Truckee - Virginia City to Gold Hill

I must be a rookie. Smile [:)]

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Posted by henry6 on Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:13 AM

A small but fun list...some of my rides can be found eslewere in these forums. 

I have ridden...and in fact conduct escorted tours on...all the commuter lines in and out of New York City, and to Philadelphia and Atlantic City...mainly those available in the last 20 years.  Plus an Amtrak ride from NYP to Stamford, Ct on the Vermonter and a round trip from NYP to Poughkeepsie, NY on unnamed trains   Under New Haven and Penn Central did Springfield, MA to Philadelphia on the remnants of the Montrealer and the Executive returning via the Patriot and the Ethan Allen (changed at Bridgeport, Ct).  A few months earlier had done the last northbound B&M from Springfield to Greenfield and return, again a remnant of the Montrealer.  Had a great fun trip Plainfield, NJ to Baltimore, MD and return on the B&O Royal Blue back in the late fifties followed by a Dover, NJ to Scranton and return on DL&W's Phoebe Snow westbound and milk train #44 eastbound.  There were several Phoebe Snow Dover to Owego, NY trips during the college years, plus an EL #25 to Owego from Dover and #8 Atlantic Express from Owego to Hoboken return. (Back to Denville on deadhead move with friendly EL employees that time.)  Even had a ride on the Freedom Train of '76 from Corning to BIngahmton, NY as well as several fan trips and tourist operations.  I have also been told that in 1943, at about 3 months old, my mother and I were removed from a Capitol Airlines plane in Chicago in favor of military personel thus continued our NY to Sacremento trip via the Sante Fe to meet my father; a miltary move from Marysville (Grass Valley), CA, to Brownwood (Camp Bowie), TX for my father in January of 1944 meant we followed by train and by March as he went to German Mom and me went by train back to NYC.  But that was all before I was a year old, so I don't remember and so it doesn't count, does it.

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Posted by Falcon48 on Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:13 PM

You all realize, of course, that this question is a disguised attempt to determine how ancient the people are who participate in this forum.  Based on the answers to date, some of you must be genuine fossils.  Not wanting to admit that I am myself a fossil, I will refrain from providing my list, except to say that I rode the North Shore Line many times in its last 3 years.

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Posted by Maglev on Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:33 PM

Wow!!!  Some of the pre-Amtrak lists are fantastic!!

Balt ACD wrote "Also got to ride The El Capitan equipment when it was making its press tour of the East Coast."  I know these cars are not as tall as Superliners -- were they able to travel on the Northeast Corridor?  I have ridden the Pacific Parlour several times, and there was once a former El Capitan transition car on Amtrak's Inter American between Superliners and a standard sleeper.

I'll start with my list of tourist railways:

Lahaina Kaanapali and Pacific

Oahu Railway

Portland Riverfront Streetcar

Durango And Silverton

Grand Canyon

Strasbourg

Mount Washington Cog Railway

Wolfeboro, NH

Steam train across Scottish highlands (actually a main line route, but it was a tourist train and we rode in the observation car)

 

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Posted by BHirschi on Sunday, January 4, 2009 10:05 PM

Man, am I a novice!

All my trips have been on Amtrak, the first when I graduated high school in 1978 (not counting a short hop from Ocala to Waldo (the next stop north) just to ride the train.

Here, to the best of my recollection, are the trips:

"Floridian" - Ocala to Chicago

Amtrak Turboliner - Milwaukee to Chicago

"California Zephyr" - Chicago to Reno (back when the train had to back up from Denver to Cheyenne!)

"Silver Meteor" - Ocala to Washington, D.C.

All of the above were part of my graduation trip. My aunt gave me two 14-day RailPasses as a graduation present. My brother and I went to Reno via Chicago, with a stopover in Milwaukee to see our sister. My brother had to return to work before the passes expired, so my mom and I used up the passes with a trip to D.C. A kindly Amtrak employee let me onto the platform at Union Station in D.C., where I got to see (and photograph) the Black Jack GG-1 4935 (in Pennsy livery) and the Southern Crescent behind four Green E-8s.

"Floridian" - Ocala to Sebring. Took the last southbound run to Sebring, then hopped aboard to last northbound run back home.

"Silver Meteor" - Ocala to New York City. I rode coach on the trip north, but splurged on an upgrade to a roomette for the return trip.

"Silver Star" - Ocala to New York City. On my second trip to the Big Apple, mom and I rode Slumbercoach. On the return trip, we ate in Amtrak's prototype Viewliner dining car.

"Silver Meteor" - Miami to New York City. Went to see "Rent," and splurged on a Viewliner sleeper compartment.

"Silver Star" - Miami to Ocala. A Christmas trip home when I lived in the Keys.

"Sunset Limited" - Lake City to New Orleans. While working as a copy editor/substitute reporter for a Lake City newspaper in 2003, I suggested we do an article on the "Sunset." To my surprise, my editor not only agreed to do the story, she sent me and our photographer on a day trip to New Orleans with orders to write about the experience. Not only did I get an all-expenses (including diner meals) paid train ride, I got to do a phone interview with then-Amtrak President David Gunn, and resulting story won us a Florida Press Association award!

Not a long or storied list, but all the trips were memorable.

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, January 5, 2009 10:02 AM

Falcon48

You all realize, of course, that this question is a disguised attempt to determine how ancient the people are who participate in this forum.  Based on the answers to date, some of you must be genuine fossils.  Not wanting to admit that I am myself a fossil, I will refrain from providing my list, except to say that I rode the North Shore Line many times in its last 3 years.

Yes, I am a fossil: 384 different trains; 871 trains altogether on 137 trips before 1 May 1971 and 27 trips since 1 May 1971. Do you really want to see my list?

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, January 5, 2009 10:17 AM

Falcon48

You all realize, of course, that this question is a disguised attempt to determine how ancient the people are who participate in this forum.  Based on the answers to date, some of you must be genuine fossils.  Not wanting to admit that I am myself a fossil, I will refrain from providing my list, except to say that I rode the North Shore Line many times in its last 3 years.

Fossils? Maybe. But not stoned!  And we do remember when it was enjoying the pleasures rather than the pressures of riding trains!

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 5, 2009 10:47 AM

Amtrak:

Hiawatha (includes my first ever passenger train ride in 1971 from Sturtevant to Chicago & back, going to Chicago the train was pulled by a former PC F7)

Broadway Limited - Crestline, OH - Chicago & back

Empire Builder - St. Paul - Milwaukee & back, St. Paul - Minot & back

Metra:

Chicago - Elgin & back (only once)

Virginia Rwy:

Manassas - DC & back (only once)

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Posted by vettebob on Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:16 PM

Hey Mark,

I've ridden the following:

Panama Limited- IC

Flambeau 400-C&NW

The General- Pennsy

The Admiral- Pennsy

The Edison- Pennsy

The City of Los Angeles- UP

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Posted by vettebob on Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:21 PM

I've ridden the following

Panama Limited-IC

City of Los Angeles-UP

The General-Pennsy

The Admiral-Pennsy

The Edison-Pennsy

The Flambeau 400-C&NW

My dad was a Pullman Agent out of Chicago..I've been on almost too many Chicago based trains to mention, but "rode" the above..

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Posted by RRCharlie on Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:04 PM

I read every body's list rather quickly and didn't see Auto-Train.

I rode the Eugene Garfield Auto-Train in it's first year from Sanford to Lorton without an automobile. I knew several of the employees who left SCL in Jacksonville when Auto-Train started. They pulled some strings to get me on the train. Took a cab to Washington, D.C. and rode the Metroliner for the first time. In 1996 or 1997, Madge and I took Amtrak's Auto-Train from Sanford to Lorton when we took my recently deceased father's car to Michigan for my sister.

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Posted by travelingengineer on Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:25 PM
In addition to most Amtrak train routes, several Swiss trains, and also the true and original Santa Fe Super Chief, I recall fondly riding the ARCADE & ATTICA RAILROAD in western NY as a child. Has anyone else been on that short (now tourist) line?
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Posted by Muralist0221 on Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:45 PM

In pre Amtrak days:

20th Century Limited, Wolverine, Chicagoan, Ohio State Limited. Cleveland Limited, The Southwestern, Corn Belt Rocket, Rocky Mountain Rocket, Twin Star Rocket, Des Moines Rocket. Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Congressional, George Washington, California Zephyr, Denver Zephyr, CoastDaylight , Zephyr/Rocket. El Capitan, NorthCoast Limited, Empire Builder, Morning Zephyr and the worst train ever Santa Fe's Grand Canyon. All the rest were fantastic. Does not include Long Island, NYC, Erie Lackawana and NewHaven commuters.

Amtrak: California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, Silver Star, Broadway Limited, Capitol Limited, lake Shore Limited, Amtrak California 

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Posted by KCSfan on Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:21 PM

Though I'm older than Johnny I can't begin to approach the number of trains he's ridden. But I think I can come in 2nd to him and it'll be fun to try to remember them all. I made round trips on a number of these and rode some up to at least 10 times.

Golden State Ltd. - Chi-ElPaso

San Diegan - SD-LA

Eagle - Marshall & Texarkana-St.L

Will Rogers - StL-Newburg

Frisco #6 - Newburg-StL

Alton Ltd - Chi-StL

Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr - Chi-Omaha

American Royal Zephyr - Chi-KC

Valley 400 - Chi-Appleton

CNW #244/212 - Appleton-Chi

Southern Belle - Shreveport-Baton Rouge

Dixie Flagler - Chi-Danville

Shawnee - Danville-Chi

City of Miami -Chi-Jax

City of New Orleans, Seminole, Louisiane,  Creole, Southern Express - Chi-Champaign

Daylight - Chi-StL

Bluebird - Chi-StL

Wabash #2&3 - Lafayette-Danville

Georgian - Atl-Chi

Phoebe Snow - Summit-Chi

20th Century Ltd - Chi-NY

James Whitcomb Riley, Sycamore, Carolina Spcl - Chi-Lafayette

NYC #410/438 - Lafayette- Cincy

Ohio State Ltd - NY-Columbus

Penn-Texas - NY-Indy

Congressional - NY-Balt

Manhattan Ltd. Chi-Pittsbg

Broadway Ltd - Pittsbg-NY

Long Island #? - NY-Oyster Bay

South Wind - Chi-Jax

Colonial - NY-Bost

Gilt Edge - Bost-NY

West Coast Champion - Jax-Bradenton

ACL #89 - Jax-Tampa

Southland - Tampa-Gary

New Royal Palm - Cincy-Jax

Peach Queen - NY-Greensboro

Carolina Spcl - Winston Salem-G'boro

Asheville Spcl - Winston Salem-G'boro

Un-named Interurban trains:

     CSS&SB - Chi-Tremont

     CNS&M - Chi-Milw

     ITC - Danville-Decatur

Additionally I commuted daily for several years each on trains of the following roads:

     IC - Homewood-Harvey & Chi

     Burlington - Naperville & Downers Grove-Cicero

     E-L - Madison-Hoboken

     H&M - Hoboken-NY

I've probably missed a few others but this is the best list I can come up with without overworking my feeble brain.

Mark

 

 

 

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Posted by Los Angeles Rams Guy on Friday, August 19, 2011 6:38 AM

Being a little younger than most of the other posters on here, my list is somewhat smaller:

Pre-Amtrak:

Empire Builder/North Coast LTD/Morning Zephyr - CBQ - Prairie Du Chien, WI to East Dubuque, IL (1968 and 1970)

Amtrak:

Blackhawk (Round Trip Dubuque, IA - Chicago) 1978

Empire Builder (Twin Cities - Glasgow, MT) 1978

Empire Builder (Round Trip La Crosse, WI - Glasgow, MT) 1981 

California Zephyr (Round Trip Ottumwa, IA - Denver) 1994

California Zephyr (Denver - Omaha) 1995

California Zephyr (Round Trip Omaha - Denver) 2002

 

Trains I've Seen (And WISH I Had Been Able To Ride)

UP-MILW "Cities" trains at Marion, IA

IC Hawkeye at Manchester, IA 

 

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Posted by DaveVan51 on Friday, August 19, 2011 8:32 AM

I don't know if I have a complete list of non class 1 trips.

First trip I remember is from Ashland Ky to Chicago and then Super Chief to LA in 1960. Dad can't recall what RR it was from Ashland to Chicago and I was to young to care....I just was thrilled to be on a train! Maybe some more knowledgeable here can help.

A number of trips from LA to Davis Ca during the 1960's on the SP IIRC.

Another trip LA to Davis in 1973 on the still new Amtrak.

A number of trips on the SRR Crescent just to ride it. Often rode from Charlotte to Salisbury for $3 round trip even into the Amtrak era. A great ride behind apple green E-8's! 

Amtrak cardinal from WSS to Charlottesville and then Crescent to Charlotte a few times.

Amtrak Cardinal from WSS to Huntington WV 4 times while the kids were in school at Marshall U.

Last trip was WSS to LA and back in April may of this year. Lots of words and pictures at website below.

 

'Tourist' railroads from coast to coast. I now live near Cass WV and ride a lot.

I was also an engineer at the Carowinds theme park  1974-75 running a 1880 2-6-2 and a Crown 1970 era 4-4-0 3 ft train....round in circles for an unknown number of miles!

6000 miles on Amtrak in words and pictures   www.currtail.com

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Friday, August 19, 2011 9:20 AM

I have lead such a sheltered life.

EL Phoebe Snow

Amtrak Crescent

NCRR/Amtrak Carolinian

NCRR/Amtrak Piedmont

Special Autumn Train excursions from the NC Transportation museum.  All day trip with Amtrak power and beautifully restored private cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDqkA7dS7Q4&feature=related 

Commuter trains from Chicago to North Chicago

and several cities' subway and light rail trains.

Next week I am taking the grandchildren from Charlotte to DC on the Amtrak Crescent again.

Incidentally, DaveVan, it still only costs $10 to go from Charlotte to Salisbury on the Piedmont.

Dave

Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow

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