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    Quote Originally Posted by limitles View Post
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    Poor people ride trains.
    The added bonus to the "Coast to Coast" Canadian Railroad experience

    is that you will be with like minded individuals, travellers with money from around

    the world, because no one travels by rail here simply because of the cost.

    So no, poor people do not take trains, at least in this country.

    You'll also experience uber polite Canadians at every stop

    and if you plan it right, you'll end up at one the most

    beautiful big cities in the world (Vancouver) where everything

    is free.
    I wasn't talking about Canada. From my experience, Canadians are very very nice people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
    i needed to get to the east coast in a hurry after 9/11, and i took amtrak. its pretty amazing.

    the good:
    you get to see the country. the real country. and in autumn with the leaves turning, i mean, thats something i havent forgotten.

    the bad:
    you get to see the country. the real country. as in you often travel through residential neighborhoods where your view is the back yards of shacks and houses occupied by people too poor to not live next to an amtrak.

    the good:
    you can do some socializing. if thats what youre in the mood for. people will leave you alone otherwise.

    the bad:
    old people are terrible. and the car with the curved plexiglass walls so you can see like a 180 degree view is where they congregate. and they sometimes shit themselves and dont really know it. after 36 hours, that car was like a north korean biowarfare lab.

    the bad:
    the food is almost supernaturally bad.

    the bad:
    the train stops regularly so you can get out, stretch, so on, but often those stops are at all hours of the night.

    the bad:
    drug dogs.

    the good:
    since 2001, i hear amtrak has improved. and they have a writers grant where you can essentially live on their train, traveling, writing. gotta respect that.
    Sounds like Utopia. Where do we sign up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pooh View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by limitles View Post

    The added bonus to the "Coast to Coast" Canadian Railroad experience

    is that you will be with like minded individuals, travellers with money from around

    the world, because no one travels by rail here simply because of the cost.

    So no, poor people do not take trains, at least in this country.

    You'll also experience uber polite Canadians at every stop

    and if you plan it right, you'll end up at one the most

    beautiful big cities in the world (Vancouver) where everything

    is free.
    I wasn't talking about Canada. From my experience, Canadians are very very nice people.
    Well thank-you.....practising.

    Also because of the low population, there are relatively few stops and it is a Crown owned

    corporation which is bound and determined not to make any money, so service is very good.

    Also the government is still hoping for settlers so you can view parcels of land as you go.

    If you are suspected of anything untoward you just get off and run,

    no one will bother chasing you.

     
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    Jesus christ sonatine why are you leveling drexel. You must hate him. Never in my life has someone used "train" and "get there in a hurry" in the same sentence. Also when you said get to the east coast I'm hoping you were starting in Philadelphia.

    If you really spent 2.5 days on that fucker and viewed it as a positive experience you are just being a contrarion for the sake of being one.

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    Go John Madden style and rent an RV and then pay a jobless friend to drive the whole time.
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    First, I am happy to find out that this thread is about actual trains and not Zod coming out of the closet.

    Second, I rode the train one time. Rode coach, literally will never do it again. I would rather spend 30 days in jail than be on an Amtrak train for 3 days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abrown83 View Post
    First, I am happy to find out that this thread is about actual trains and not Zod coming out of the closet.

    Second, I rode the train one time. Rode coach, literally will never do it again. I would rather spend 30 days in jail than be on an Amtrak train for 3 days.

    Thank you. Unless you are trolling for new drugs to try or trying to hook up with 16 year old runaways to hell with that. My trip had very beautiful scenery and if you had your own private viewing cabin it might have been ok but the animals (inside the train) certainly ruin it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brittney Griner's Clit View Post
    Jesus christ sonatine why are you leveling drexel. You must hate him. Never in my life has someone used "train" and "get there in a hurry" in the same sentence. Also when you said get to the east coast I'm hoping you were starting in Philadelphia.

    If you really spent 2.5 days on that fucker and viewed it as a positive experience you are just being a contrarion for the sake of being one.

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    really with your wide berth and your custom fishing rod case you couldnt barge into a cabin and get a 737 to des moines

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    was going to share pictures of my bespoken pizzas but with that attitude? no i dont think so.
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    As a kid I rode Amtrak down through South Florida to Miami. I saw the worst ghettos I have ever seen to this day... Haitian tent cities. Still haunts me.

    Never again.

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    When I was 10, we took a train from Indianapolis to New York, to experience the romance of train travel. My only memory is standing in a violently shaking bathroom and pissing everywhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DRK Star View Post
    have taken amtrak from Chicago to St Lou to go see Phish. 6 hr trip, outlet next to my seat by the window, so I could do work. Seat was comfortable. car was quiet. Bar was behind me by 20 ft and had lots of options, including food. $48 rt to Lou.


    Greyhound on the otherhand, was Ghastly. Took it to Nashville to see Widespread Panic. What a shithole. Never again.
    How long ago was the greyhound trip? That sounds like some very poor decision making on all fronts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wiganer View Post
    Did loads of long train journeys round Europe when I was young. 'twas great.
    Now I'm old and fat I take cruises instead.


    Try consider this Drexel.


    You can purchase a one month/6 week pass and travel across most of Europe. Would take in some amazing scenery and experience a bunch of different cultures at the same time.

    Lots of people do it on a backpackers budget, staying in cheap hotels and stuff.... But fuck that... if you enjoy your creature comforts and want to do it in a bit of style - then that can be easily be achieved on a modest amount of Dollars.


    Would gain way more from it imo.

    Start here

    http://uk.voyages-sncf.com/en/be-inspired/scenic-rail
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    Quote Originally Posted by vegas1369 View Post
    As a kid I rode Amtrak down through South Florida to Miami. I saw the worst ghettos I have ever seen to this day... Haitian tent cities. Still haunts me.

    Never again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by splitthis View Post
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    FFS I feel sorry for you, "cousins". The Via Rail experience is like buying

    a first class ticket on the latest aircraft.

    Unreal scenery, treated like a member of Parliament, all good.

    I would do it tomorrow if I was so inclined, and had the hash coins

    to spend.

    Keep in mind this is a holiday train, a members only adventure.

    No hobos, just well off people checking out the world.

    So it's not your back door, but it's next door and it's

    intended to be a pleasant experience.

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