As if the passenger cars on Amtrak are THAT roomy...

I wish. 6'4" and can't stretch out or sleep on an incline.

20 hour trips are killer.

OK, you got me there.

I only speak from experience. And I only wish I could have slept like that when I took the train to Pittsburgh that one year. Aparrently that time a few kids were doing 'rumspringa' (sp?), and had about six to seven hours of hearing chatting, going from Dutch to English and back and forth.

Outside of that, it's a cute pic of Candi.

You said it,  Milgrove. Man I remember one trip up to Boston years ago... sardines would have felt cramped!

LOL, that was my first thought. I want to be on that train because leg room! If trains were that roomy, I would take them over the much more cramp airplanes despite the enormous speed (and thus time) advantage of the latter.

I'll agree with her. Wake me when we're there.

From her bare midriff, I'd say this was her "navel expedition."

Back in the 70s, my father worked for an airline out of Florida after he got out of the airforce in the 60's. We would take trips constantly as a perk of his. Back then, you dressed up in your sunday best to fly. It was a cultured and exclusive of sorts, way to travel. THe next best thing was the train, it was not exactly elegant, a lot cheaper, but still classy. Next was a bus. it was spartan, but still, had some class.

Zip forward. Today, bus stations are like well lit alleys for winos, the trains are not much better, and since my last job for about 4 years had me flying everywhere, all the time (i think i spent more time a year in airport lounges than i did in my living room), I discovered that airline travel wasnt much better than either of those anymore.

Waiting in air terminals is interminable. Once aboard, the seats are tiny and cramped. They airlines no longer feed you unless you're in flight long enough that people going into a diabetic coma is a liklihood. The windows are tiney as well, so even if there was something to see below, you probably can't see it very well. I used to like flight. But that was when I was going to California in the summer, not winter, when you could generally watch the desert and mountains go by. Then Confurence moved to winter and all you could see is clouds. And the airlines got stingier and stingier. Finally, you had to pass the guantlet of armed soldiers at airports, thanks to 9/11. Flying has lost most of its appeal for me... which leaves me staying at home.

Well, window size is a structural thing. I have a Single engine - land pilots license... Higher flying AC need them smaller. - other than that, I agree, although until my layoff it was what i had to deal with. I love to fly, but at the same time, it is nothing grand like it used to be.

I just wish i could afford my own plane, then it would be fun again 8-)

Flying over the American Southwest at 3,000 to 5,000 feet is my idea of flying! No flight plans, no flight lanes, no other planes in the air. While there's no alternative to today's heavily regulated use of the air, one can dream of a time when it wasn't so.

The closest I've been to it was a ten minute helicopter ride over Badlands, North Dakota.

At least when you're flying long-haul you've got the option of land to look at...

Flying outside of my country has you looking at ocean for at least two hours in ANY direction. At least there's the fun of arriving at LAX in the morning of the day you originally left in the evening from Auckland

At least New Zealand is large enough to call a country. You could live on Norfolk Island, which is almost small enough to back out of your drive way and into the ocean on the other side of the island by accident.

Awww, poor cutie! She's K.O.!!

Hehe, nice.

I like to travel by train - do it whenever I have the time.

Wimp,... At least you take the Metrolink from Fullerton,... I get in with Amtrak at Santa Ana!

I so agree it is nearly as stimulating as waiting in the doctor's office.

The best part about trains is no TSA! I used to fly all the time, but not now.

That depends... The rail trip that Schirm and I took from Montreal to Toronto in 2009 was fascinating. The landscape was nowhere as dramatic as it can be in California, but it was picturesque at times, with the farms and fields as a backdrop, gigantic storm clouds drifting by on the horizon, then, after dark, moonlight on fog coming off the St. Lawrence River. We were generally busy too, with a good meal brought to our seats, and lively conversation. Of course, the first class seats were roomy and comfortable.

Maybe you were taking something like Amtrak? I found the couple of times I've taken Amtrak on the East Coast to be something like a two hour ride in the subway, with nothing but junkyards and billboards going by.

I took the Metrolink from Fullerton to Los Angeles. Not so scenic.

How can you not wax grandiloquent about the scenic wonders of glorious Buena Park? And all those backyard sheds you can see when you close in on the junction with the Blue Line? And surely that rusting scrapyard near that industrial park moves you to poetry.

"Oh thou Metrolink, still better than taking I5 through L.A. during rush hour..."

LOL!

Not to mention the picturesque burned out car's posed artfully on the side of the road or the still burning car lighting the streets and allowing the fleeing gang members to find their way safely through the night. 'course that was many years ago....or was it last week.....not sure right now. Either way, fun times.

Don't sleep on the train or you will end up in Albuquerque!

Two words: Shinkansen, Eurostar

Trains are thrilling!

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is an equivalent in the San Francisco Bay Area to the Metrolink.

Had a 2 hour commute when a job was moved to another city in the area. It was a reverse commute...and very quiet.
The most quietest was the first car of the train....great for napping or chilling out with a cd. The only best part of the long daily commute.

Got laid off after 8 months. Back to the faster but crowded express bus commute within the city for the next hjob..

I actually enjoy the fact you can sleep on trains.

True. The occasional jerky stop was a wake-up call of sorts.

Somehow the rhythmic rattle of the train wheels on the rails seem rather soothing when one gets used to it...as well as the knowledge that someone else is doing the driving...

That must be Fantasy Train where you get the entire car to yourself and it's ride is sooo smooth you get seats with foot rests unattached to the car floor. Where can I get a ticket.

Also you ride trains for enjoyment. You ride buses for adventure,like doing 80 over the Shasta Mt.'s in a pouring rain at night. Its fun to wake up, look out your window and see lights in the distance and the tops of trees literally whizzing by and realize you're only a flimsy guard rail away from 1500+feet straight down!! Bonus points for a batshit insane driver ( having a whispered but violent discussion with his coffee cup for taking sides with his doughnut over something ) with a schedule to make up!

Yeah, that is WAY more legroom than I got.

aww poor BunBun all tired ^__^

Heh... Candi looking her sexiest best!