a sample of my trip west
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It looks a grand place to visit Sumpter250
Love the pictures, thanks .
Hope you are O K now.
Wooden Parlor Car 350 looks beautiful
Love the pictures, thanks .
Hope you are O K now.
Wooden Parlor Car 350 looks beautiful
Good photos and fantastic scenery. Looks like you had a fun time.
Hope you've recoverd from you injury .
Hope you've recoverd from you injury .
The scenery is beautiful, especially the mountain shots. Sounds like you had a great trip.
Hope you're doing better
Hope you're doing better
Pete,
This convinces me to take the ride, now if we can only convice Peggy.
Great shots, I'm going to see if we can't do it later this month.
Dpm
This convinces me to take the ride, now if we can only convice Peggy.
Great shots, I'm going to see if we can't do it later this month.
Dpm
Great pictures. I must have missed something about your injury. Anyway, hope you are doing better.
Thank you for the pics, Pete. I love that shot of the High Line! You got the most beautiful spot perfectly!
And yes, Don, the D&S is a MUST if you are in this part of the country. Absolutely spectacular scenery! (Oh well, and don't forget the trains - they also could be of some interest... )
However, I heard from a friend that you have to book your seats well in advance. Is that still so, Pete?
Hope your foot is recovering fast!
Ron
And yes, Don, the D&S is a MUST if you are in this part of the country. Absolutely spectacular scenery! (Oh well, and don't forget the trains - they also could be of some interest...
)However, I heard from a friend that you have to book your seats well in advance. Is that still so, Pete?
Hope your foot is recovering fast!
Ron
Nice unspoiled landscapes just like in Montana. The Garden State should definitely be renamed to the toxic waste state because I think soon you can chew the air around here. Coming back from the Jersey shore is such a pleasure when you get to the refineries.
I left Jersey 50 years ago and it sounds like things haven't changed that much. I remember the smells of the refineries, the stench around Sycacus and the fact that you couldn't drown in the Passaic River because of the waste being dumped in it.
The air around the big cities in the west does have its problems, and we don't have the Jersey shore that I dearly miss (along with decent cheescake, NJ tomatoes and kosher pickles), but I don't think I'd trade what we have here for going back to the things I did like.
Don
The air around the big cities in the west does have its problems, and we don't have the Jersey shore that I dearly miss (along with decent cheescake, NJ tomatoes and kosher pickles), but I don't think I'd trade what we have here for going back to the things I did like.
Don
the ride on the D&S is good pic are exlant 550 is called the million dollar highway a lot of people have lost ther lives on it in winter when we lived in montrose in 92 there was a plow driver killed in snow slide ,have rode C&T(cumbres &toltec) and D&S like C&T better steeper grades double header on locos got to do the snow special once that was a blast.
ps
ezdays the grand canyon railway in williams is closer and have hear it is ezyer to get tickets to ride ,might be ezyer to get peggy to go there
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ezdays the grand canyon railway in williams is closer and have hear it is ezyer to get tickets to ride ,might be ezyer to get peggy to go there
I was told that tickets for the GCRY, and the D&SNG needed a month advance booking. The train was full, in both cases.
Jim,
US 550,, steep grades, sharp curves, and when I passed the sign that informed me that I was over 10,000 feet elevation, I was suddenly aware there were NO guard ralis on the highway.........sweet!
Belg,
Even though radio humorist Jean Shepherd once referred to New Jersey as "the lost continent", there are still some really beautiful areas there. On one trip east, I exited I80, and drove south along the Delaware, then I78 east. Very scenic drive, no stench!.
For all,
I didn't get a permanent cast on the ankle till I got back home, it'll be another 6 weeks before I'm out of the cast, and moving normally.
Jim,
US 550,, steep grades, sharp curves, and when I passed the sign that informed me that I was over 10,000 feet elevation, I was suddenly aware there were NO guard ralis on the highway.........sweet!
Belg,
Even though radio humorist Jean Shepherd once referred to New Jersey as "the lost continent", there are still some really beautiful areas there. On one trip east, I exited I80, and drove south along the Delaware, then I78 east. Very scenic drive, no stench!.
For all,
I didn't get a permanent cast on the ankle till I got back home, it'll be another 6 weeks before I'm out of the cast, and moving normally.
Jim,
Yeah, Williams is a lot closer, but we took that ride twice already. It isn't as scenic as the Durango ride, that is until you approach the Grand Canyon. Wow! I'm sure we'll go again, but If I wanted ez, I'd take the Verde Valley RR just about two hours north of us.
D N
Yeah, Williams is a lot closer, but we took that ride twice already. It isn't as scenic as the Durango ride, that is until you approach the Grand Canyon. Wow! I'm sure we'll go again, but If I wanted ez, I'd take the Verde Valley RR just about two hours north of us.
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