travel by train

I actually hate the reason why I started riding trains. My mother did not want me to drive on the freeway for various insane reasons and I wanted to attend a university in a city that was 60 miles away. Since I really wanted to go to this particular school I felt like I needed to do something to satisfy her fears of me going out into the world. So I suggested the train. It is actually pretty exciting the first time you ride a train. I never thought I would use such transportation, plus in the area I live I didn’t think that so many people used the train as a source of commute. Now the train is part of life weekly at least. You meet a lot of new people. I actually met the love of my life on the train. He is a conductor. If you really know how to connect with other sources of transportation it is really quite convenient in getting to places you want to go. Although there are times when the train seems to have a bad week because of slow orders, traffic on the tracks and accidents, which really delays people who are trying to get to work. The other thing is that a lot of time is wasted just traveling. I think about all the things that I could be doing beside the commute. The upside is at least you are not the driver and you can catch up on homework or reading.

Yeah yeah. I love those long amtrak train rides..it is so charming..so lovely.
I have travelled on trains on more than one country. and even if it is poor country with a dirty train, i still over gazing out the window .
It is charming and worth a try.

New favorite way to travel!!

My newest train trip was the Amtrak Cascade from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, WA. Nice relaxing trip. My favorite train trip was on the high speed TGV from Paris to Lyon.

Looks like Vancouver might be a good destination for this…not quite set up for international travel at the moment. Not entirely sure if I’d need a passport, but it’s probably a good thing to go ahead and get anyway…

I’d like to take one up the coast of California…or cross country? that may be a loooong ride though…

Won this trip and visited my brother. Loved it!

There’s something about the rocking of the carriage that makes train travel so lovely. The longest i’ve spent on a train is about 8 or 10 hours. It was a fun and comfortable experience.. I’d definately do it again =)

I have never traveled by train. | would love to if my country’s infrustructure is good. but we have more train accidents than any other mode of transport because of the infrustructure. I had always wanted to travel by air (top of my list) but i recently did that. Now train gets the top site in that category. I hope with the new government and promises of Change, I will realise my desire to travel by train.

My wife and I took our two kids on the train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. It is a very comfortable way to travel, especially with kids.