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The following photographs are from a recent trip to California and back to Iowa.
Station at Osceola, Iowa. Note the time of day. Train is only two hours late at this point. It arrived much later that day. The woman on the left drove from Columbia, MO, and the man on the right drove from the Twin Cities. Other passengers joined us.
Carmela and Cammy, two of the attendants in Coach Class. Can you guess which one is friendlier?
This little girl sat on her grandfather to get a better view.
Washing the windows at the Denver stop. They take about two seconds per pane, and it shows. That's not two seconds for wash and two for squeegee, two seconds total per pane.
One of the old style observation cars. It is my understanding that all of these old cars are now privately owned, and apparently restored inside, although I was not privileged to peek inside. Our train had two of these old cars on the rear.
Ordinary folks posing for a souvenir photo, also in the Denver station.
This shot shows the relative sizes of the old and new cars. The new ones are two levels in height, where most people are in the upper level, and the lower level may have some seating for people who cannot negotiate stairs, and will have the toilets and mechanical and electrical rooms.
I'm not sure if I would ever do this again, but if I do, I will concentrate on taking photographs.
Station at Osceola, Iowa. Note the time of day. Train is only two hours late at this point. It arrived much later that day. The woman on the left drove from Columbia, MO, and the man on the right drove from the Twin Cities. Other passengers joined us.
Carmela and Cammy, two of the attendants in Coach Class. Can you guess which one is friendlier?
This little girl sat on her grandfather to get a better view.
Washing the windows at the Denver stop. They take about two seconds per pane, and it shows. That's not two seconds for wash and two for squeegee, two seconds total per pane.
One of the old style observation cars. It is my understanding that all of these old cars are now privately owned, and apparently restored inside, although I was not privileged to peek inside. Our train had two of these old cars on the rear.
Ordinary folks posing for a souvenir photo, also in the Denver station.
This shot shows the relative sizes of the old and new cars. The new ones are two levels in height, where most people are in the upper level, and the lower level may have some seating for people who cannot negotiate stairs, and will have the toilets and mechanical and electrical rooms.
I'm not sure if I would ever do this again, but if I do, I will concentrate on taking photographs.