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Growing up
Gefn:
@Wingnut
I don't think you meant a choo-choo train in a children's amusement park or county fair.
But I rode one of those and an Amtrak train in Junior High.
And a subway train.
Smokin Joe:
Subway in Toronto, Amtrack in the US.
DefiantMassRINO:
Amtrak to New York City and Albequerque, NM. Our locomotive caught fire in Syracuse and we were pulled to Chicago by a Conrail loco. The Toldeo, OH, Amtrak station looked like vacant parking lot that hadn't been repaved.
MBTA commuter rail, subway, and street car for commuting to work, school, and downtown. The drawbridge at North Station got stuck in the up position (I hoped to get home early that afternoon; no such luck). The locomotive of the train in front of us caught fire; our train had to push the other train.
Washington DC subway to go from hotel to National Air & Space Museum. The last time my disabled wife and I went to DC, there was no station near our hotel that had working escalators or elevators.
NY/NJ Path between World Trade Center (before 9/11) to Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ. NY Subway from World Trade Center to Mulberry Street, Little Italy, NYC.
When the systems are maintained they can be slower, but efficient alternatives to driving and flying. These days, it's a crap shoot if you're train will show up, you'll make it to your destination on time, or you'll make it to your destination at all.
DefiantMassRINO:
Boston still runs PCC's on it's Ashmont-Mattapan branch of the Red Line in regular service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvM_sWE2py0
I got to drive a trolley at the Seaside Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
--- Quote from: mountaineer on March 14, 2025, 07:34:23 am ---Yes, Amtrak between St. Louis and Chicago, and STL-Pittsburgh. Also innumerable times in Europe. I love train travel.
Took the TGV from Paris to Avignon, too. Super speedy.
As a kid, I regularly rode the streetcar (trolley) in Pittsburgh, too. What an adventure.
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jafo2010:
Are they still using the old cars in Pittsburgh? They shut the Shannon Drake line which was the line I used to ride on with the old cars.
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