Rail Freak
Engineer
Well, I flew out of Tampa a couple of days early to avoid Isaac, & arrived in El Paso with 2 days to spare. I stayed at the La Quinta on East Gateway, which had a Denny's on one side & a Mexican restaurant on the other. ( nice place to hang out watching the weather channel to track the storm) Took the American Shuttle to the station on Tuesday (the 28th) to catch the #1, car #130 rm #7, to LAX. Train was on time & Lisa was my SCA. I have read horror stories about Lisa, but she was quite good & even though we arrived at 4:30 AM, she allowed me to stay on the train til 6:30. ( Although she did want to make up the bed around 6 AM) I checked my bags for a few hours ($4 per bag) so I could check out Phillippe's. Then, went to the Trax Lounge to hang til boarding #14 (#1431 rm #7) The wait time at LAX was nice as I enjoyed the cool breeze with the beautiful sunrise!!! Around Mt Shasta, I got a call from Amtrak saying my #59 trip would terminate in Memphis, so I was fortunate to be able to cancel New Orleans Hotel & change Plane reservations to Memphis!!!
Arrived into PDX 4 minutes late & ran from the #14 to the #28 (Car #2830 RM#10) with only minutes to spare. The #10 rm was great beacause of the back Rail Fan Window!!! Charles was my SCA on the #28 & he ran a smooth ship!!!! We arrived in Chicago with 5o minutes to spare & was able to catch the #59 with no problem!
I'm currently in the Memphis La Quinta Airport Hotel. Just came back from Marlowes Restaurant, on Elvis Presley Blvd. They picked me up & brought me back in a Limo, stopped by the Graceland Gates & took my picture out front. Tomorrow I'm taking a 6 hour tour of Memphis before flying back to Tampa on Tuesday!
This has been an extremely relaxing & enjoyable 2 zone trip!!!!! ( One of those "Roll With The Punches" types)
RF
Arrived into PDX 4 minutes late & ran from the #14 to the #28 (Car #2830 RM#10) with only minutes to spare. The #10 rm was great beacause of the back Rail Fan Window!!! Charles was my SCA on the #28 & he ran a smooth ship!!!! We arrived in Chicago with 5o minutes to spare & was able to catch the #59 with no problem!
I'm currently in the Memphis La Quinta Airport Hotel. Just came back from Marlowes Restaurant, on Elvis Presley Blvd. They picked me up & brought me back in a Limo, stopped by the Graceland Gates & took my picture out front. Tomorrow I'm taking a 6 hour tour of Memphis before flying back to Tampa on Tuesday!
This has been an extremely relaxing & enjoyable 2 zone trip!!!!! ( One of those "Roll With The Punches" types)
RF