Birds on the Train

[sky12065]

A friend of mine is a parrot breeder and wants to take the train from LA to San Diego to deliver a bird. The bird is valuable and he doesn't want to ship it by normal means. I know you can't carry dogs and cats on the train but how about birds. I suggested putting the bird in a box but there is no guarantee that the bird will keep his mouth shut.

No doubt the bird would behave better than many riding in coach.

Are you trying to tell us that you've run into birdbrains in coach? :unsure:

 

[oldtimer]

I think this post is getting out of control!

It is untweetable :lol:

 

[WhoozOn1st]

"Oh, no, I'm just pinin' for the fjords..."

Pinin' for the fjords!? It's not pinin' for the fjords. It's stone dead! It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisibule!

I agree that this topic is out of control, and I'm proud to contribute to its derailment.

Next thing you know we'll have the Spanish Inquisition in here.

 

[sky12065]

"Oh, no, I'm just pinin' for the fjords..."

Pinin' for the fjords!? It's not pinin' for the fjords. It's stone dead! It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisibule!

I agree that this topic is out of control, and I'm proud to contribute to its derailment.

Next thing you know we'll have the Spanish Inquisition in here.

Invisbule? :unsure:

!!!

 

[wayman]

"Oh, no, I'm just pinin' for the fjords..."

Pinin' for the fjords!? It's not pinin' for the fjords. It's stone dead! It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisibule!

I agree that this topic is out of control, and I'm proud to contribute to its derailment.

Next thing you know we'll have the Spanish Inquisition in here.

Invisbule? :unsure:

"Invisbule"? Maybe Patrick was trying to say the parrot could ride in the vestibule! Brilliant idea!

 

[rogers55]

I forgot about Special Agent Pat in San Diego.

He probably monitors all the RailFan sites. My friend and his bird would have walked into a trap.

And if he tried to take a picture of the bird at the station they would have both been caged.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

Dead body in the room, but all they do is talk about rail timetables.

 

[trainfan]

I bet that bird would fit in Wooz ,s Fez !!!!! :lol:

trainfan

 

[had8ley]

I bet that bird would fit in Wooz ,s Fez !!!!! :lol:
trainfan

Give that man a box of Fidel's finest cigars I just wish we could teach the parrot to sing, "Conductor want my ticket?" when they lift Patrick's ticket.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

A wild guess that "stopping train" would be known as a local by Americans.

 

[Long Train Runnin']

Did you just quote yourself....This thread is mind bending right now :lol:

 

[WhoozOn1st]

This thread is mind bending right now

Bending minds is what we do here, little matey. Seems to be workin', eh?

 

[AmtrakWPK]

So somebody thinks that Coach is for the birds, huh?

And every time the OP calls Amtrak to see if he can find somebody who will say it's ok, they all just keep parroting the same answer.......

 

[Long Train Runnin']

This thread is mind bending right now

Bending minds is what we do here, little matey. Seems to be workin', eh?

For sure, this forum has showed me that there is no reason to hide my foaming. before I used to just jokingly bring up taking all these rides to my folks. Now I'm on some kind of rails every weekend. I am happy to engage in a converstation with my friends about how being able to drive isn't that exciting to me. Since Id rather take the train

 

[mercedeslove]

It would be to much of a risk not to mention bad for Polly. My parrot died last month, it was the second on in less than a year. I would hate to see anyone go through that kind of pain.

 

[Neil_M]

Where does this leave the 'Texas Eagle' then?

 

[the Other Mike]

A friend of mine is a parrot breeder and wants to take the train from LA to San Diego to deliver a bird. The bird is valuable and he doesn't want to ship it by normal means. I know you can't carry dogs and cats on the train but how about birds. I suggested putting the bird in a box but there is no guarantee that the bird will keep his mouth shut.

No doubt the bird would behave better than many riding in coach.

Are you trying to tell us that you've run into birdbrains in coach? :unsure:

They don't call the CONO the "chicken bone express" for nothing.

 

[GG-1]

A friend of mine is a parrot breeder and wants to take the train from LA to San Diego to deliver a bird. The bird is valuable and he doesn't want to ship it by normal means. I know you can't carry dogs and cats on the train but how about birds. I suggested putting the bird in a box but there is no guarantee that the bird will keep his mouth shut.

No doubt the bird would behave better than many riding in coach.

Are you trying to tell us that you've run into birdbrains in coach? :unsure:

They don't call the CONO the "chicken bone express" for nothing.

So I think what you are telling us, is don't use a guide chicken on the CONO. :blink: :unsure:

Aloha

 

[Joel N. Weber II]

For sure, this forum has showed me that there is no reason to hide my foaming. before I used to just jokingly bring up taking all these rides to my folks. Now I'm on some kind of rails every weekend. I am happy to engage in a converstation with my friends about how being able to drive isn't that exciting to me. Since Id rather take the train

The right approach to dealing with this is to make the subway a part of your daily commute.

 

[rogers55]

I am just afraid someone will blame me for starting this post.

It was a bird brained idea but done with good intentions.

 

[Amtrak OBS Gone Freight]

A friend of mine is a parrot breeder and wants to take the train from LA to San Diego to deliver a bird. The bird is valuable and he doesn't want to ship it by normal means. I know you can't carry dogs and cats on the train but how about birds. I suggested putting the bird in a box but there is no guarantee that the bird will keep his mouth shut.

No doubt the bird would behave better than many riding in coach.

Are you trying to tell us that you've run into birdbrains in coach? :unsure:

They don't call the CONO the "chicken bone express" for nothing.

Yeah, but we here on the East Coast have been calling the "Palmetto" (trains #89 and #90 SAV-NYP) the "Chicken Bone Express" for a lot longer than those guys on the CONO! Even when it was a Florida train! :lol:

OBS gone freight...

 

[Amtrak OBS Gone Freight]

I am just afraid someone will blame me for starting this post.It was a bird brained idea but done with good intentions.

Yeah, but this has been a fun thread! A little bit of serious topic and a little bit of everything else!

OBS gone freight...

 

[RRrich]

Yeah, but this has been a fun thread! A little bit of serious topic and a little bit of everything else!
OBS gone freight...

And that is a great deal of the charm of this forum

 

[sky12065]

I am just afraid someone will blame me for starting this post.It was a bird brained idea but done with good intentions.

Yeah, but this has been a fun thread! A little bit of serious topic and a little bit of everything else!

OBS gone freight...

Fun is a key word here, and oh... how tweet it's been! :unsure: {Did I say that?}