|
|
Post by Craignor on Sept 25, 2024 19:13:03 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by josef on Sept 25, 2024 20:05:29 GMT
Its the one thing that keeps me from taking a train up North.
|
|
|
|
Post by MartyE on Sept 26, 2024 12:54:13 GMT
Years ago I was covering a NBA game in Sacramento and thought it would be cool to take the train to LA for our next job.
Flying including time in the airport about 4 hours.
Driving about 9 hours via Highway 1 (Scenic Route)
The train was around 16+ hours if I remember correctly.
We ended up flying. Cheaper too. Same with trying to take my daughters to NYC for the holidays. 12 hours or more by Amtrak.
|
|
|
|
Post by josef on Sept 26, 2024 14:02:18 GMT
Use to have trackage more directly to Chicago going North and South to Miami. I remember as a kid the family going each year. All that trackage has probable been torn up. If the trackage was more direct, in a heartbeat I would be going to Illinois to visit friends and events many times over in a year.
Can't imagine 2 days to and 2 days back. Were we drive to in Illinois takes 16 hrs one way and don't have to rent a car. Flying is faster, but one time due to delays it took 2 1/2 days to return to Jacksonville from Chicago.
|
|
|
|
Post by healey36 on Sept 26, 2024 14:50:15 GMT
Get a compartment and eat in the dining car (if the train offers such). Meet some terrific people and enjoy a civilized trip, as compared to sitting behind the wheel of a car for a very long stretch, or being treated like cattle by the airlines/TSA. Best trip I ever took with my children was Baltimore to Orlando on the Silver Meteor...twenty-three years later, they still talk about it.
|
|
|
|
Post by dlagrua on Sept 27, 2024 1:23:26 GMT
Use to have trackage more directly to Chicago going North and South to Miami. I remember as a kid the family going each year. All that trackage has probable been torn up. If the trackage was more direct, in a heartbeat I would be going to Illinois to visit friends and events many times over in a year. Can't imagine 2 days to and 2 days back. Were we drive to in Illinois takes 16 hrs one way and don't have to rent a car. Flying is faster, but one time due to delays it took 2 1/2 days to return to Jacksonville from Chicago. The old Floridian/South Wind that went from Chicago to Miami did have a direct route South through, Nashville TN, Bowling Green, KY Louisville Ky, Birmingham AL Montgomery, ALm Waycross, GA and across Southern GA to FL. It was one overnight leaving at 9:15 AM and arriving in Miami around 3 PM. It was a 29 hour trip and a more convenient route. The new Floridan takes 47 hours over two nights. That isn't good. I cannot see this route being popular. Most of the tracks are still in use for freight,
|
|
