PROLOGUE
My husband and I rode together on this trip. This was my husband’s first trip on Amtrak. This was my third and after I told him about the last two trips on the Sunset Limited he really wanted to give it a try. We had to be in Fairborn Ohio for a meeting on Monday and Tuesday. We also...
Yes, she was great. I did not realize it but she is in the back ground in the kitchen area of the photo I posted of my grandpa holding the Sunset Limited diner menu :)
Prologue
This is the return trip from New Orleans Louisiana back to Tucson Arizona. My grandpa, mother and I racked up 1700 miles on a rental car driving from New Orleans to Orlando, a few places in between and back to New Orleans for the past 7 days and now it was time to hope on the train for...
Thanks for the replies. :D
Outstanding! So many wonderful memories can come from journeys like this! My grandfather was a 40 year SP hand and helped give me my love of trains!
When's your next Train trip? LOL
Actually....I was so happy with the trip to New Orleans that my husband, who has...
Prologue
My grandfather is turning 90 years old this summer and had always wanted to do an AMTRAK train trip. My grandma’s ill health and eventual death prevented that trip. To make a long story short, my mother and I decided it was now or never for grandpa to take this epic train trip.
My...