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Texas Eagle detours offer rare mileage opportunities

Train 21 (ONLY) will operate St. Louis to Poplar Bluff via the
UP Chester Sub (via Illmo, following the Mississippi River) DAILY,
from May 26 to June 16. Train 22 is NOT affected by this detour.

Trains 21 AND 22 will operate on the ex-C&EI (via Villa Grove),
between Chicago and St. Louis, on June 2 and 3 ONLY. This is due to
continued work on the Illinois High-Speed Project south of
Springfield on the ex-GM&O line.

Should the UP finish the work early, this could change with little to
no prior notice.

I would love to catch #21's detour via Illmo, unfortunately it would be almost entirely in darkness so probably not much point.

While everyone seems to have different rules about mileage collecting, to me, as long as you cover the track it doesn't matter if it's in daylight or not. 

Sorry sir. You do NOT qualify as a 'mileage snob'.

RailNet802, owevaaaah

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> While everyone seems to have different rules about
> mileage collecting, to me, as long as you cover
> the track it doesn't matter if it's in daylight or
> not. 

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> While everyone seems to have different rules about
> mileage collecting, to me, as long as you cover
> the track it doesn't matter if it's in daylight or
> not. 

I guess I understand being able to say you've "covered the territory" but if you can't enjoy the scenery, what's the use???

So say you ride the Chief every year. Several times. Like Mudrock. Unless you end up on some very late trains, there are segments of the route that you never see in daylight. But it still counts. Even if you are in a casket in one of their new shiny expensive baggage cars, you've covered the track. That's the point. I even know some who's mileage "expires" if they don't cover the segment of track every so many years. Good grief. So no, I'm definitely not a mileage snob. 

Never heard of the expire thing.  Whatever rules E.M Frimbo went by is good enough.  (I am not a mileage collector myself though I can boast of KKI to HMW behind steam in 1975.)