Holiday Travel – Cross Country By Amtrak With Pictures.
You want it, you got it…after mentioning that my wife and I were taking the train across the country over the holidays, I got a bunch of emails asking for a review and/or pictures of the trip so I figured I would put something up. (Some of you might have seen most of this on my other site, so I apologize if you are one of them – but thanks for reading both sites!) The image to the left is one of the pamphlets that are throughout the train, and it is the timetable for all the stops between Los Angeles and Chicago. I love the design of it – it looks like it is straight out of the old days, so it is quite fitting for a train ride. When I told a friend we were taking the train to Chicago, he said “You know, they make these flying machines now, it’s not 1889 anymore”…and although he was half joking, he was also half serious. You get a lot of these type of responses when you tell someone you are taking the train over 2,000 miles! The trip to Chicago took 39 hours and the trip back to Los Angeles took 41 hours. It was supposed to take 42 hours, but Amtrak got in an hour early, which I guess they never do. When was the last time a flight got in an hour early?
