Even Less Gloom?

Kinda misses the point of the experience, though.

You mean the jerking, bumping, swaying and noise?

Hee hee! Agreed.

My parents used to LOVE that part of train travel. They said the
bumping, swaying and noise made for a great night's sleep.

And my grandfather worked for Santa Fe, so trains were in my family
blood.

Personally, I think trains are cool (one of my fondest memories is of
taking the Santa Fe Super Chief from Chicago to LA as a child), but
I'll fly any time over them. Too slow and clunky to make them viable
cross-country transportation.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Recently, Jay Honeck posted:

Kinda misses the point of the experience, though.

You mean the jerking, bumping, swaying and noise?

Hee hee! Agreed.

If that's how you really feel, why you would fly on anything smaller than
a 747 puzzles me.

Personally, I think trains are cool (one of my fondest memories is of
taking the Santa Fe Super Chief from Chicago to LA as a child), but
I'll fly any time over them. Too slow and clunky to make them viable
cross-country transportation.

For those with the resources to fly, travel by train *is the point of the
trip*, not "getting somewhere" fast. The Santa Fe Super Chief is still a
great experience (we took that one about 5 years ago). You get to see the
country from a historical perspective, since the railroad tracks seldom
pass through the suburbs. More importantly, one gets the chance to meet
and chat with people that you wouldn't normally encounter. There is no
comparison between those folks and the obnoxious jerks that think their
airline ticket entitles them to make everyone else's experience miserable.

In a similar vein, when I choose to fly spam-cans I'm not in a hurry to
get somewhere. To the contrary... I want to *prolong* the experience. So,
I fly Warriors, Archers, 172s, etc. I'm not interested in "faster" planes
that guzzle twice as much fuel to get me somewhere 30 minutes sooner.
YMMV.

Neil

"Neil Gould" wrote:

I'm not interested in "faster" planes

What!?!?!!!

Heretic!

Don't you know there's no such thing as a fast enough airplane? ;^)


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Recently, Dan Luke posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote:

I'm not interested in "faster" planes

What!?!?!!!

Heretic!

Don't you know there's no such thing as a fast enough airplane? ;^)

If I'm being shot at, my priorities change. ;-)

Neil

In article ,
"Neil Gould" wrote:

For those with the resources to fly, travel by train *is the point of the
trip*, not "getting somewhere" fast. The Santa Fe Super Chief is still a

In the U.S., that is. Just got back from 3 weeks in Germany -- 4
successive business trips on ICEs up and down the length of the
country. G-d, they live better there than we do.

"AES" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Neil Gould" wrote:

For those with the resources to fly, travel by train *is the point of the
trip*, not "getting somewhere" fast. The Santa Fe Super Chief is still a

In the U.S., that is. Just got back from 3 weeks in Germany -- 4
successive business trips on ICEs up and down the length of the
country. G-d, they live better there than we do.

So move there.

[crickets chirping]

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Kinda misses the point of the experience, though.

You mean the jerking, bumping, swaying and noise?

Hee hee! Agreed.

My parents used to LOVE that part of train travel. They said the
bumping, swaying and noise made for a great night's sleep.


Yeah...sleep...uh huh, sure.

Our parents were much more....um, savvy...than we realize.

They were, however, very discreet.