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Passenger Trains > Any tips for my trip?Date: 04/23/14 17:04 Any tips for my trip? Author: RetiredGal9 On Thursday 4-24 I zoom off to Springfield, Illinois to see the Abraham Lincoln sites. Using AGR points (Yippee!) Coast Starlight to Texas Eagle, then Lincoln Service and Builder home to Seattle. Since this is my first time on the Eagle & Lincoln, will appreciate any advise on "not to miss" sites along the way.
Date: 04/23/14 17:07 Re: Any tips for my trip? Author: Torisgod Well, know the Empire Builder's OTP well, and beware the evil conductors on the Texas Evil. And have fun: the longer train ride the better, right?
Tor in Eugene Date: 04/23/14 17:42 Re: Any tips for my trip? Author: DonNadeau Before reaching El Paso, be sure that you are sitting in the sightseer car looking out toward the south.
Your train will pass so close to Mexico that you'll feel that you can almost touch it. Have your camera ready. Enjoy your trip! Map: https://goo.gl/maps/U1vqb Date: 04/23/14 18:16 Re: Any tips for my trip? Author: RetiredGal9 Thanks, OTP doesn't bother me since I'm on the way home. Have a bedroom --- it's all good. Yep, the longer the ride, the better IF we are moving. Sitting still is the pits.
Date: 04/23/14 21:54 Re: Any tips for my trip? Author: Railrev DonNadeau Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Before reaching El Paso, be sure that you are > sitting in the sightseer car looking out toward > the south. > > Your train will pass so close to Mexico that > you'll feel that you can almost touch it. Have > your camera ready. > > Enjoy your trip! > > Map: https://goo.gl/maps/U1vqb You can actually look over the fence from the Sightseer. |