tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post3228811220526556405..comments2024-03-28T20:51:58.818-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: Train Travel Magicbookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-8681435443197241142013-12-04T13:30:13.744-05:002013-12-04T13:30:13.744-05:00I used to take the train to school. From a rural ...I used to take the train to school. From a rural part of NJ I traveled about 30 miles to Summit, NJ. It was really cool. I love the British trains and the way their compartments are. I think a train trip to Canada would be a wonderful, leisurely, comfortable and safe way to travel!Carolina HeartStringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292841944812910360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-37272333268346981162013-12-03T07:24:48.337-05:002013-12-03T07:24:48.337-05:00That sounds incredible Francene, my Grandparents w...That sounds incredible Francene, my Grandparents went on the Orient Express in about 1998!<br />I do like train travel :)Sophie Bownshttp://sophiebowns.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-24965602589259110722013-12-03T06:21:18.786-05:002013-12-03T06:21:18.786-05:00Oh, so would I!Oh, so would I!bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-54385689928186879252013-12-03T06:21:01.283-05:002013-12-03T06:21:01.283-05:00I briefly explored your blog, Jim-thanks for comme...I briefly explored your blog, Jim-thanks for commenting. I think your blog will help me in planning a cross country trip on Amtrak -something that probably won't happen next year but I do want to make it happen.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-59751388057026755602013-12-03T06:19:29.840-05:002013-12-03T06:19:29.840-05:00We do need creative concepts. Train travel is far...We do need creative concepts. Train travel is far from obsolete. I was fortunate to have grown up in a city that depended so much on the subway system - I may never have appreciated trains the way I do, otherwise.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-6822701504265411702013-12-03T05:48:00.011-05:002013-12-03T05:48:00.011-05:00One of the train trips I'd love to take is on ...One of the train trips I'd love to take is on the Orient Express. Seated in luxury, rocked by the train motion, I'd gaze at other lands and distant plains.Francene Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298485336064691700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-26608844495471254222013-12-02T21:27:08.641-05:002013-12-02T21:27:08.641-05:00What?? When was the last time you traveled on Amtr...What?? When was the last time you traveled on Amtrak? There are occasional exceptions, but service on Amtrak trains is generally very good … excellent on most of their long distance trains. Yes, of course Amtrak is slower, but so what? In fact, you can travel overnight from New York to Chicago, have an excellent meal in the dining car, get a good night's sleep in your own berth, have breakfast bright and early the next morning, and make a 10:00 a.m. meeting anywhere in downtown Chicago. You can do the same thing between Washington and Chicago. You are correct that we "need rails to be maintained". We also need more trains running more often on more routes. But as long as the conservative ideologues in Congress insist on cutting Amtrak's already paltry subsidy, you'll have to make do with what we've got … which a not bad at all!JIM LOOMIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874556267583991876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-46309231317339291762013-12-02T07:51:53.146-05:002013-12-02T07:51:53.146-05:00The problem is that train travel is slow- and pric...The problem is that train travel is slow- and priced too high... (Service no longer matters, since the air service, with which it competes, offers dismal service, as well.)<br />We need creative concepts- like running NY-DC trains on an express basis, with local service to get feeder and drop-offs. We need rails to be maintained. (Of course, we do not infrastructure in this country.) Unless and until, trains will stay romantic and not functional.Cerebrations.bizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01273098928740152430noreply@blogger.com