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.
Mark
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.
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
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
Al - in - Stockton
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.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
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
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.
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.
RIDEWITHMEHENRY is the name for our almost monthly day of riding trains and transit in either the NYCity or Philadelphia areas including all commuter lines, Amtrak, subways, light rail and trolleys, bus and ferries when warranted. No fees, just let us know you want to join the ride and pay your fares. Ask to be on our email list or find us on FB as RIDEWITHMEHENRY (all caps) to get descriptions of each outing.
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.
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)
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood." Daniel Burnham
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.
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.
Johnny
Fossils? Maybe. But not stoned! And we do remember when it was enjoying the pleasures rather than the pressures of riding trains!
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)
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
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..
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.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
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
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.
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)
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
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
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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