My Great American Train Trip

April 19, 2011, 5:46 pm

As a railroad buff, I try to take at least one cross country train trip every year. For me, travel by train is a luxury I could not often make the time for before I retired but can indulge myself with...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 19, 2011, 6:22 pm

Before I get into the destination parts of this report and since, for me, getting there is half the fun, a few words about my AMTRAK experiences on this trip. Even before the trip began, I had...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 20, 2011, 1:21 am

Although I visted Orange County at the beginning of my trip and San Diego at the end, I will combine my comments in this post.My primary reason for these destinations was to visit old friends so I...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 20, 2011, 4:44 pm

My stay in New Orleans was the longest period of the trip and centered on the annual French Quarter Fest. Because of its length, I'll use this post to discuss FQF and the next one to discuss the rest...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 21, 2011, 5:40 pm

Ignoring French quarter Fest, NOLA is still one of my favorite cities for a visit. Because of the huge FQF crowds, I mostly stayed away from the Quarter this time except to go to shows I wanted to...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 22, 2011, 2:29 pm

Great report, Don...but where are the pictures ?

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 22, 2011, 5:03 pm

Thank you. The photos are coming but they take a little longer. I took over 400 and it takes me some time to download, cull them, and then process the ones I want to keep. I'll put another post on...

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Re: My Great American Train Trip

April 22, 2011, 5:55 pm

After a pleasant train ride up from NOLA, I arrived at Chicago's Union Station a few minutes early and was met by a Marie Claude. I had not seen her since the Tucson get together of axe-murders a...

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