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    Bucket List trip May 2020: trains 421, 4 and 50

    Enjoyed reading your post... and good luck. I'm also from Austin and am envious... but excited that you can have some train adventures. Some great people on this web site have given me lots of fantastic suggestions for a trip. We will definitely be taking one when we can. After 50 years or so...
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    I do recall staying in a downtown KC hotel. Always assumed we had driven on that ND to LA trip... so maybe on the first trip (winter '66) we stayed in a hotel and on the later trip ('68 or '69) we slept in a sleeper car... I recall that vividly and loved the experience!
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    Thanks for the info, ehbowen... I do appreciate it!
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    This is very helpful, railiner. Thanks. Don't recall ground transport to change stations or dome car.
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    Well, my memory is about 50 years old... so perhaps it wasn't in the caboose but I can't recall a car behind it... probably because getting hamburgers was on my mind and there was no reason to try to go further back! But the dining car was certainly behind where we sat at least a few cars...
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    Thanks for the reply, railiner. The first trip would have likely been Christmastime of 1966. The second one probably occurred in 1968. As I was so young I can't recall details about the route. Since my mom had three little boys with her (and I was the oldest!), I suspect she wanted the fastest...
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    US trip [train(s) and route] from North Dakota to Kansas City - 1960s

    Hello, I am hoping someone who reads this will be able to answer my question. In the 60s as a young boy I took two very memorable and exciting trips via train from Grand Forks, ND (my dad was in the Air Force and stationed at GFAFB) to Alexandria, LA. The leg from Kansas City to Alexandria was...
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    Glad I found this site!

    Thanks Ryan. Will do.
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    Glad I found this site!

    Hello, I'm Chris from Austin. I am hoping someone who reads this will be able to answer my question. In the 60s as a young boy I took two very memorable and exciting trips via train from Grand Forks, ND (my dad was in the Air Force and stationed at GFAFB) to Alexandria, LA. The leg from...
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