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What Passenger Trains Have You Ridden?

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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.

 

 

-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/

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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

Al - in - Stockton

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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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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.

Mark

 

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