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by Gabstar on August 12th, 2008
accross the english channel:) that was cool:)
by Thinker on August 28th, 2008
My first train trip was from Colorado Springs, CO to Harlingen, TX. that was in 1942. I was about 4 yrs old. I can remember there were many military on the train because it was not but a few months after Pearl Harbor and the US enterence into WWII.
by TERRYTUKER on August 12th, 2008
Del mar California
by Scrappy on August 12th, 2008
I have never ridden a train though i have always wanted to. The only train around here never goes where I want to go and it's just as expensive as flying and 3x as long so I usually fly
by Lori K still ignores stalkers and trolls on August 12th, 2008
Switzerland
by Account Closed on August 12th, 2008
I went from Michigan to Chicago 1967
by j ninja... on August 12th, 2008
New York City.. A long time ago. In fact it was my only train trip.
by dr james on August 12th, 2008
training camp
by AnonyMOUSSE on July 10th, 2009
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
by rrlady on February 7th, 2009
From Iowa to California. Got off at Los Angeles Union Station. I saw palm trees for the first time. I was about 5 or 6 years old probably.
by garry on December 31st, 2008
me and my sister andparents went to colorado on the train from illionis, oooh it was so fun and pretty too. now im married and have two little girls , and we r all going to texas on the train . they all have never been to texas , i was raised there. we cant wait
by G_tech on December 7th, 2008
That would have been about 1961 when I was 4 and the trip was from CA to OK, my Mom & I rode the train to see my grandparents for a summer vacation, funny thing is the main thing I remember is the bathroom on the train & the dinner car and the sound of the wheels on the track also sticks in my mind to this day.
by charmarrot on December 7th, 2008
My first train trip led me to Amsterdam when I was about 12 years old, 30 miles from where I lived. It was so exciting, but I'll never forget my first encounter with the 'ladies of the red light district', I was so shocked. lol
by Smurphy on September 2nd, 2008
I don't know this as a fact but I would assume into Philadelphia. I live in a surrounding suburb.
by JD. on September 2nd, 2008
i'm will be tomorrow. 21 and i've never been on a train, don't like public transport.
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on August 12th, 2008
NYC
by Galeanda on August 12th, 2008
Many amusement parks. But a real train trip as an adult was in 1987 and I went from LA, California to New York and back to CA but ended up in SF.
by Sosueme on August 12th, 2008
If you don't count commuter train trips, it was about a six hour ride through the mountains and flats of New Zealand
by Takei-Shihan on August 12th, 2008
1960 ... train from Brandon, Manitoba to Montreal, Quebec ... then onto a ship and across the Atlantic to Zweibruken, Germany.
by Sexyrabbit on August 12th, 2008
Winnipeg, MB to Vancouver, B.C.
by Little Miss Dangerous on August 12th, 2008
Michigan to Chicago IL.
by Lady Lavender on August 12th, 2008
From Schenectady, NY to New York City.
by Anonymous on August 12th, 2008
Unless you count subways and commuter trains, I've never been on a train trip.
If you only count commuter trains, it was up and down the Rhondda Valley in Wales (from Cardiff in the south to Tonypandy in the north) during a visit last year.
If you include subways, then it was around New York City during a visit in '82.
by ALF - Gordon Shumway on August 12th, 2008
Knott's Berry Farm ... What? It's the only train I've ever been on!:)
by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on August 12th, 2008
The first one I remember was with my girl scout troup. We went from St. Louis, MO to Springfield, IL.
by Takei-Shihan on December 19th, 2008
... duplicate ... please flag for deletion ...
by DreAnna on December 19th, 2008
Chicago..first and last trip on a train. :)
by ljhnstn on December 19th, 2008
I went riding to the city of New Orleans
by extinguisher on December 19th, 2008
As a baby from Lowell, Oregon to Chemault, Oregon on a Southern Pacific passenger train so my Dad could see me for the first time as he was woking in a road in 36 called the Diamond Lake Cutoff, straight east west for miles. The one I remember was in 42 to Tennessee at age 5 from Eugene to Nashville, most of it on Union Pacific. Still have a bag of salt from UT, and Kids Menu.
Amtrack trains. Do they offer electrical outlets to charge cell phones and laptops at the seat? Or anywhere on the trains?
by We miss our girl! on November 18th, 2010
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How do I get from Moscow to Syracuse, Italy by train?
by TheLiberator on April 27th, 2010
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Have you journeyed by train and did you like it?
by Chicago Lady on January 29th, 2011
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I've got a good question about Ohio's planed 3C Corridor high speed rail, how much to ride it? dayton to Cincinnati
by Defective_Brain on May 24th, 2010
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Have you ever ridden a super train, one of those really fast trains? Seems to be perfect in Japan.
by Baba on May 9th, 2010
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there's no trains in australia?? Or did you just mean trip as in "a long trip"?
by GreenFreak on August 12th, 2008
well, that was the most exciting one :P i have been on a train before, but it was only to a footy match ;) trains in other countries are always more exciting :)
by Gabstar on August 12th, 2008
I could do with a little less excitement when you have to buy the tickets, find your way to the right place and avoid ending up in the middle of nowhere :/
But once you're going, it's pretty simple ^^
Hm.. so trains aren't that common means of transportation? I take the train each day to school, and there's rarely any space at all :/
by GreenFreak on August 12th, 2008
it's mostly trams here ;)
by Gabstar on August 12th, 2008
hm.. those only work inside the cities, as far as I know, way too slow for longer distances, right? If you have to travel some 40-ish km and you don't want to drive or you simply dont have a car/license, what do you do then?
by GreenFreak on August 13th, 2008
if you're lucky, there might be a bus, and im not sure how far trains go outside the city...and yeh, mostly in the city areas...though i live in the suburbs outside the city, and there aer still trams. not as many though, that's for certain.
by Gabstar on August 14th, 2008
hm.. interesting. Of course, Denmark is much smaller, but here there's always busses or trains to other cities/towns.
it's also interesting that you still use trams.. We stopped having them here in the 60's or 70's I think, but of course those you have down there is much more modern than the last one in Denmark.
So if you want to travel, say, 400km away to another city, you have to drive?
by GreenFreak on August 14th, 2008
oh, so you're saying we're so 60's? :P
yup, you got it ;) drive or fly...:) but, where on earth would you be wanting to go thats 400km away? like, not even ballarat is that far :P or i guess you could go to the great dividing range for skiing, but i can't imagine trains going up the mountains :P
by Gabstar on August 14th, 2008
err.. you know I don't mean miles, right? Well, 400km is a bit long, but when I went to my sister in the holiday, it didn't take much more than about 3 hours. I'm not quite sure it's actually 400km from here to there, though, probably more like 300..
(here's a challenge for you: I went by train, I live in Sorø, she in Århus. How far was it? :P)
by GreenFreak on August 14th, 2008
hahaha:P im on it! :P
by Gabstar on August 14th, 2008
using my excellent geography skills... :S hehe...i came to the conclusion that it was 156km... hmm...im way off!!! :P
by Gabstar on August 14th, 2008
that doesnt sound.. completely unreasonable.. and yet.. isn't that in a straight line?
by GreenFreak on August 15th, 2008
...well, i didn't measure a straight line! but my method was rather...in-accurate :P
by Gabstar on August 15th, 2008