Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Trains....

I like trains. I enjoyed HO scale trains when I was a kid. In 1984 I took the Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles and back. It was a fun way to travel and see the country. There are three more trains I would like to ride some day - my "bucket list" of trains.

The Rocky Mountaineer - Across Canada -
http://www.rockymountaineer.com/

The Blue Train - Across South Africa -
http://www.bluetrain.co.za/

The Ghan - Across the middle of Australia -
http://www.gsr.com.au/our-trains/the-ghan/the-journey.php

I liked sharing meals with people I did not know, watching the scenery roll by, reading while traveling at eighty miles an hour and the whole idea of traveling in a relaxed fashion.

"Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas, we return!" - E. M. Forster

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