tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792349136622990269.post5793829483235854861..comments2024-03-15T03:14:00.681-04:00Comments on What I Saw: Riding the RailsChris Bonneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000537083398732641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792349136622990269.post-75450994294951348782010-08-24T11:31:36.563-04:002010-08-24T11:31:36.563-04:00One of my fellow bloggers from the UK is always po...One of my fellow bloggers from the UK is always posting stories detailing her adventures by train. This got me to thinking about the subject and I realized that, while I've seen many trains consisting of coal cars, automobile carriers, box cars, tankers, etc, I've never seen a passenger train and I've traveled all over the country in my 50 plus years!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812329358511747697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792349136622990269.post-64183253031656209112010-08-24T09:14:29.210-04:002010-08-24T09:14:29.210-04:00Awwww--you painted a lovely picture of that woman....Awwww--you painted a lovely picture of that woman. Bob's dad had worked for N&W railroad--he was Director of the IT division. He'd been with IBM up in NY state and was moved to VA and then N&W liked him and hired him on, so he stayed. We could NEVER complain about being held up at a train stop--that was how he made his living! <br /><br />I love the train--back in the 70's, when the "gas shortage" was going on, I took the train back and forth to VA with TONS of other people, to get back to school. <br /><br />I also laughed to remember that when I was growing up, we literally used to wear white gloves into NY City as kids. I am cracking up to think of that now.A Brush with Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638723986208929476noreply@blogger.com