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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Staph

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9. I've taken the train several times

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 05:41 PM

Jun 2019

from West Virginia to Montana, to visit the grandparents.

If we flew there, they had to drive 100 miles to the airport. The train dropped us off six blocks from their house.

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Sleeper trains, long considered old-fashioned and nostalgic, are picking up steam. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 OP

I took the California Zephyr from the Bay Area to Denver last Summer wryter2000 Jun 2019 #1

We see the Zephyr climbing like a silver caterpillar up the Flatirons from the trails below. CrispyQ Jun 2019 #3

I took a sleeper from LA to KC in 1962. rsdsharp Jun 2019 #5

Sorry about that wryter2000 Jun 2019 #6

No. rsdsharp Jun 2019 #8

I love sleeper trains always have. katmondoo Jun 2019 #2

the idea sounds very romantic to me HeartlandProgressive Aug 2019 #11

I crossed the country 2 times montanacowboy Jun 2019 #4

Yes, if it didn't cost a fortune customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #7

I've taken the train several times Staph Jun 2019 #9

Sleepers! Karadeniz Jun 2019 #10