Trains

I've always liked trains. I once took the train to San Antonio with my mom and brother, probably my baby sister too. My dad took the car down and we drove back. My job was in a building overlooking some busy tracks and I got to watch trains for about 10 months. I only ONCE counted the cars, after that, I only counted engines. Most engines I ever saw were 12, hooked up heading north on the tracks not hauling anything. Strangest thing I ever saw, and I saw it TWICE, was a lone boxcar rolling downhill on the tracks, with nothing attached... Apparently they will do that if a box car belonged at an earlier stop, they'll send it back (if its downhill) and divert it to the correct stop - making sure, of course, there are no trains coming.

I've only ridden one train other than kiddie type trains. I was in Montana and a friend took me on a ride in the high mountains. Scary !

love trains and love to hear that whistle blow! can only hear them here at night when most traffic has calmed down. One train we called the BAmberger went from SAlt LAke City to LAgoon which is and amusment park in Utah. ROde it when I was a kid they dont have it any more. My mom told me I rod one when I was about 2 from Salt LAke to a town in Idaho dont rmember that trip lololol

Yes, I like trains, My son LoVes Thomas the Tank Engine. I have ridden several different trains, going from Shelby, Montana to Orlando, Florida and back again, I think 6 or 8 different trains. I was gone for two weeks, a week on the trains, and a week on the Beach in Fort Desoto county park, on the Tampa Bay, the nearest town was Tierre Verdah or something like that (it was nearly a decade ago now) Well on the way south, I was young and nervous, and did not move from my seat for the first 28 hours. Man, did I ever have to pee after that. I opened up with other guests in the stations during waits, and over the next few rides. Slept some, the train was where I first learned of Harry Potter. Never made any lasting friends, but I sure did get along with some people. On the way home, a nice lady I made friends with bought me dinner, and I got to be friendly with a cheerleader for part of the last leg.(I also got to go hungry for the last 36ish hours, because I ran out of money) Cheers.

*blinks* You've never been on a train? I suppose that sounds as weird to me as it must have been for my Australian friend when I told I'd never seen a cockroach *hehe* Still haven't seen more than one actually. Not a lot of them around here. I've taken the train quite a lot around in Europe, both locally in Norway and Austria and with an interrail ticket more all over the place. Went interrailing down through Denmark and Germany to France, Spain and up again to Britain. Also from Vienna to Italy and to Prague and Budapest and Paris. I've travelled to Sweden with train, this summer I went from Helsinki to Kuopio (Finland). Once I went with train from Chicago to Philadelphia. It was about two weeks after the towers collapsed, and the train was packed! It wasn't really made for being packed, so it was quite cramped. I had ordered my ticket months in advance, so it wasn't too expensieve. I think some of the other passengers had paid quite a lot, but they were afraid to fly. And 1 hour after I got the bus from Philadelphia to Washington, they closed it down because of a bomb threat. No idea why I didn't take the train on that trip. Maybe there isn't one? I'm not crazy about trains like my father. He's really into trains, he's even member in a club that has old trains and wagons that they repair and use. For short journeys I prefer them to buses though. You can move around and you don't get so easily car-sick.

choo chooo Lol nolonger a train rider nor care for. trains are really for kids in my opinion. kids get all extra excited looking outside the window etc

Like you, I have only ridden amusement trains. I would like to take a trip as well. My daughter rode from here in Kansas to Chicago, and lived there a year. I think she also used to take the L for various things while there. I would like to go from here to see hubby's family in New Hampshire.

I love long distance train journeys. India is a land of trains…the network is extensive and one of the best ways to see this huge country. There are so many memories of my train journeys and I don’t know which one to pick and choose. The best I like is sitting by the window and watching new landscapes, new stations, new people…it’s the same country but its still not the same everywhere. One thing I remember is that as a child, I used to try and remember the names of stations even (of course I couldn’t) …

Traveling by train is my favorite way to travel. In the day time I can look out of the window at the scenery. During the night time I can sleep in a comfortable compartment. In my home country we have lots of train track. From a young age I traveled on trains in my home country and in France our next door country. When I was 18 years old I traveled around Europe by train and had a very enjoyable time. I traveled around for one month on an Inter Rail ticket. I have been on some train journeys in Australia: Adelaide to Melbourne and Cairns to Brisbane. I have been on some very scenic train journeys in New Zealand like Picton to Christchurch and over to Greymouth. Whilst I was in America I traveled on Amtrak and when the train arrived five hours late they gave me a free taxi ride. The longest train rides I have been on have been thirty six hours long. I dream about taking the Trans Siberian Railway for one week. I simply adore traveling by trains. I like it when there is a train service where I will travel. If there is not I have to travel by bus which is not nearly as enjoyable.

Speaking of the Els in Chicago, I grew up in a corn farming community outside of Chicago and we would drive to the nearest city that had a train station and ride the train to Union Station, then get out and ride the El to the old Marshall Field store (which isn't there anymore) and there we would ride the escalator. This is what the building looked like: http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Marshall_Field_Store.html/cid_1138861595_250071v.jpg I rode a restored train in Pennsylvania this summer and visited a railroad museum. I love trains! Actually, I lived in one for a while, but that is another story.

Hello Cyrus. I have taken train rides , here in my country Canada, and also in countries abroad. One train ride I was so impressed and enjoyed so much was the so-called "Bullet Train" in Japan. That was a ride from Tokyo to Osaka. As the name tells, it was a very very fast train. Yet, it was very comfortable, and the services were excellent. The views along the route was also so scenic and beautiful. It was an unforgetable experience, I must say !

gOOD MORNING KATHY, I have never ridden a train either. When i was a kid there use to be a passenger train tha came through here. Mother use to say she was going to put us on there & let us ride to the next stop 10 miles away. She never did but i wished she had.

High cyrus, It is strange being from America you have not ridden a train so far. I thought America is fully linked with rail network. Plan your next holiday to India and you will be able to travel by train to remotest part of India. It is a great fun to travel by train particularly when you are with your friends and close ones. Unlike bus or air travel you are not cramped in one place when you travel by train. You can move freely all over the train.