Passenger Trains > I made it to Portland on Train 14

I took Business Class lower level to Portland train 14 had an excellent trip great dining car staff and meals. We got in at 4:10 PM 38 minutes late
but everyone enjoyed their trip.


Chris



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/27/17 21:13 by Mudrock.

Mudrock Wrote:
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> I took Business Class lower level to Portland had
> an excellent trip great dining car staff and
> meals. We got in at 4:10 PM 38 minutes late
> but everyone enjoyed their trip.
>
>
> Chris


So---------------------?

Carol Voss
Bakersfield, CA

Yeah, so..................?

OR or ME?

What Train ?

Sound like a big bus with a box lunch.
Friday train 14 will have out standing food. Not the standard Amtrak foods.
Dennis

Posted from iPhone

The Downeaster trains are almost always on time. Is it an accomplishment to get to Portland. The Downeaster service is excellent.

Lurch_in_ABQ Wrote:
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> OR or ME?

I found a clue in the post - both Downeaster and Coast Starlight offer business class, but only one is specifically "lower level."

I wasn't going to comment otherwise.

Doesn't train 14 kind of rule out the Downeaster?

Slumbercoach Wrote:
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> Doesn't train 14 kind of rule out the Downeaster?

You're late to the party (the posts have since been edited for clarity - there are clues for that in the thread, too).

How do you know "everyone" enjoyed their trip? Did you talk to all the passengers? "Everyone" is such an overused word. "Everyone's" favorite restaurant. "Everyone's" favorite store. Etc.

Chris, did you travel from Los Angeles in  Business  Class ?

"How do you know "everyone" enjoyed their trip? Did you talk to all the passengers? "Everyone" is such an overused word. "Everyone's" favorite restaurant. "Everyone's" favorite store. Etc."


So typical for this site...I don't get it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/28/17 09:55 by wtsherman100.

Yes I traveled to Portland in the lower level with those leather seats in Business Class.



Chris

Wow.

Glad you made it. Stay safe!

Mudrock Wrote:
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> Yes I traveled to Portland in the lower level with
> those leather seats in Business Class.
> Chris

OR or ME?

Breaking news! "I made it to Portland on Train 14"

Thank you.

wtsherman100 Wrote:
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> So typical for this site...I don't get it.

We can learn a lot about communicating in the Information Age, and I find Trainorders to be a better place for that than the rest of the Internet, which is even more trolling and agenda-driven than I first thought.

Here's a read-between-the-lines lesson to put some cynics to ease:

"...everyone (that I met and talked to) enjoyed the trip."

Mudrock has been an endless enthusiast of trains. He continues to share his enthusiasm despite the trolls and cynics, and I admire him for that, even if I haven't posted replies to many of his reports.

Andersonb109 is also an endless enthusiast of trains. I try to look past his in-your-face complaining, and he has posted interesting reports (with photos) so he joins the ranks of TO contributors. I actually agree with him that the use of "every..." can be overrated, especially by agenda-driven people (media, managers, bullies) as a tool of peer pressure - "everyone" is doing it, and so should you (or else). Shame on him if he was criticizing Mudrock, because he has no sinister agenda.

The most cynical post in this thread was made by an endless instigator, who has never posted photos here on TO. He seems to relish in sarcastic put-downs, browbeating, and other acts of arrogance that puts andersonb109 to shame. :-) See if you can spot him, and read his short reply again.