[PRCo] RAIL Magazine (Issue 35)

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Wed Jul 23 21:07:38 EDT 2014


D Cramer,

I've been a passenger on the Empire Builder three times from Pittsburgh to
Sparta, WI (Fort McCoy) and return. That was when I worked for the Dept of
the Army on Leech Farm Road. The civilian administrative training center
was at Fort McCoy, WI. Under the JTR civilian employees who were required
to travel had the choice of flying coach or taking Amtrak first class. It
didn't take much thinking for me to select Amtrak. It is an excellent train
and has excellent service, especially in First Class.


Bob,
I was looking at several "Pgh Dad" videos on YouTube a couple weeks ago.
They're good and worth watching.


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:10 AM, DF Cramer <alto_trombone at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Herb. The Empire Builder is one of my favorite routes. I guess
> because it goes to one of my favorite national parks. For those of you who
> poo-poo Amtrak, you should give this train a try. The wine tasting for the
> sleeper passengers is a great way to spend the afternoon and the scenery is
> spectacular.
> This video is kind of over the top, but does give a good sense of today's
> train and the history behind it.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0JbmfXgnyY&list=WL&index=3
> The attached images are of the eastbound Empire Builder coming into
> Whitefish, Montana (with the yours truly in the shadow) and Marias Pass
> from the train.
>
> Dennis F. Cramer
> http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/
>
> > From: hrbran at cavtel.net
> > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:00:32 -0400
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> > Subject: [PRCo] RAIL Magazine (Issue 35)
> >
> > Issue 35 of RAIL attached. Lot's of good, interesting rail-transit
> reading.
> > Focus on Twin Cities.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
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Herb Brannon


*In Pittsburgh.............................A City And.........A State of
Mind *

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