What are your favorite sights that can be seen from Amtrak, and not from the highways? Here are a few of mine.
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For reasons that should be obvious the world's largest egg at Winlock is now a Seahawk egg. :lol:What are your favorite sights that can be seen from Amtrak, and not from the highways? Here are a few of mine.
What you saw is the Castle Air Museum, one of the largest outdoor air museums in the west. It is adjacent to the now closed Castle AFB. It apparently has over 50 aircraft on display there.There is one I noticed today while riding San Joaquin- at a rather nondescript place called Atwater near Merced, CA there is an "air museum" in rather dilapidated condition that can be seen from the train, and at its entrance is a freaking SR-71 Blackbird! I was shocked, and saddened at the sight, such a beautiful and rare airplane just lying there gathering dust in a terrible condition
Here is a Street View of the location, turn the Street View guy around and you will see tracks right behind.
I'm a little surprised to hear the "dilapidated" description of Castle Air Museum. Recent TripAdvisor and Yelp reviews of the museum say the grounds and aircraft are beautifully displayed and maintained. I think that rolling by at 79mph perhaps does not do it justice.What you saw is the Castle Air Museum, one of the largest outdoor air museums in the west. It is adjacent to the now closed Castle AFB. It apparently has over 50 aircraft on display there.There is one I noticed today while riding San Joaquin- at a rather nondescript place called Atwater near Merced, CA there is an "air museum" in rather dilapidated condition that can be seen from the train, and at its entrance is a freaking SR-71 Blackbird! I was shocked, and saddened at the sight, such a beautiful and rare airplane just lying there gathering dust in a terrible condition
Here is a Street View of the location, turn the Street View guy around and you will see tracks right behind.
YelpThis is an excellent museum that has done an astonishing job of collecting, refurbishing, and displaying one of the finest collections of military aircraft from the pre-Second World War era through to the late 20th Century. As great as the displays are, the volunteers bring this museum to life.
TripAdvisorThe museum's collection has nearly sixty restored vintage military aircraft ranging from pre-WWII to the present on approximately twenty acres of beautifully-maintained grounds. In addition to the outdoor displays the museum is complemented by an indoor museum which houses a fascinating collection of wartime memorabilia including aircraft engines, military uniforms, historic photos, and personal military artifacts from the past century.
I saw many sites along our trip on the Crescent. Some inlcude:
-Ice skating in Manasis, VA
-Old Steel Mill in Birmingham, AL
-Army Deport with many tanks along the tracks - Spmewhere, GA
-Many old railroad cabooses, passenger cars, steam engines, etc. along the tracks at various locations.
-Run downed towns and cities
There was probably more but I can't remember.
I grew up in Trenton. We always said Trenton Eats What the World Excretes or Trenton Uses What the World Refuses.There is always the famed, "Trenton Makes The World Takes" sign on the Lower Trenton Bridge over the Delaware.
Not much other than hot air is produced in Trenton these days, but back when things were made there, one might want to know what Trenton made that the world took? Well, up to about 1960 or so, two of the largest industries in Trenton were Youngs Rubber Corporation, and American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. Their principle products: Trojan brand condoms and toilets. Somehow, the bridge makes sense now.
If you mean Mt Shasta in CA, that's on the CS - hundreds of miles south from the EB.I love the views of Mount Shasta as seen from the Empire Builder.
Of course, my bad, I meant Mount Hood!If you mean Mt Shasta in CA, that's on the CS - hundreds of miles south from the EB.I love the views of Mount Shasta as seen from the Empire Builder.
Jay Pea, you are correct. That is Anniston Army Depot, about 20 miles west of the AL/GA state line. It bills itself as the "Tank Rebuild Capital of the Free World."I saw many sites along our trip on the Crescent. Some inlcude:
-Ice skating in Manasis, VA
-Old Steel Mill in Birmingham, AL
-Army Deport with many tanks along the tracks - Spmewhere, GA
-Many old railroad cabooses, passenger cars, steam engines, etc. along the tracks at various locations.
-Run downed towns and cities
There was probably more but I can't remember.
I may be mistaken but I believe the Army Depot on the Crescent route is in Anniston, Alabama. I remember seeing all those Army vehicles when I rode the Crescent in 2009.
benjibear: I think that's one of the more interesting sights in Birmingham. What you're seeing is Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, which was the first Bessemer-process steel mill in the South. It's been partially restored as an attraction and as a concert venue. It's quite an experience to attend a concert there with the CSX main line right next to the performing area!I saw many sites along our trip on the Crescent. Some inlcude:
-Old Steel Mill in Birmingham, AL
There was probably more but I can't remember.
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