Recent content by Fnarf

I sure do love the Lounge at King Street in Seattle. Oh, wait, we don't have one. Even Portland has one, even though the coffee maker was busted when we were there last, and zero other food and bev options were available.

This guy is in deep doo-doo - 83 counts of attempted murder! - but I feel sorry for his wife and two young kids, who may never see him at home again.

I love this! What are you bringing for cleaning fluid? Do you have some kind of bucket? What's the reaction of your SCA likely to be? If I see this on our upcoming trip I'm going to ask to borrow. Heck, I'll do your window if I can use it to do mine!

I had a bad experience on the Texas Eagle last October, Chicago to Austin. Terrible food, and our roomette was falling apart - one of the chairs was bent, and every blessed thing rattled like crazy. It's still fun because it's a train, but it was the worst Amtrak I've ever been on. I've never...

Exactly! Trains are just too dang heavy to sensibly be run on battery power (and will be twice as heavy with the batteries). Caternary wires are the obvious solution. I say that as a strong proponent of electric bicycles for personal urban transport.

My wife and I have been enjoying your videos for several months now. You guys are great. Trains Are Awesome is awesome!

Actually I am only a train dork, though I hope to be promoted to Nerd eventually. Frankly I think I lack the mental capacity to memorize all the acronyms and routes and model numbers, though. I've always been interested in trains. I first took one (alone, age 10) from Union Station in Seattle...