Well, Valued Readers (both of you), following a string of reports about trips that were heavy on rail but light on actual riding, along comes one that figures to be a whole lotta both.
Yes, Team Whooz is getting underway once again - this time riding the rails from the outset - for the cross-country Amtrak ride to the Amtrak Unlimited 6th Annual Gathering - aka Gathering VI.
Today's departure is a twin bill: Pacific Surfliner to Southwest Chief. Along the way we'll be riding the Cardinal, a couple Keystones, several Northeast Regionals (exact number TBD en route), the Boston section of the Lakeshore Limited, the City of New Orleans, and the Sunset Limited. Not bad, eh?
Also on the agenda is a Railfest at the B&O Museum in Baltimore, and several days of rental car roaming, exact activities still unknown - but sure to be rail-centric!
Along the way we'll be updating this ongoing rant as time, connections, and material permit. I'm guessing the first major addition will come in a few days, during the Chicago layover. But who knows?
While I generally like to include some photographs and/or videos, as well as links to more, obviously there's nothing to begin with. And a montage of the MayhemMobile in my driveway while we're loading up and getting outta here wouldn't be a very attractive photo kickoff, now, would it?
But we don't wanna start off with just plenty o' nuthin', either. So to conclude this inaugural installment here's a two-year-old semi-generic view of Los Angeles Union Station, from which we'll REALLY be getting underway later today.
See you along the way!!
Yes, Team Whooz is getting underway once again - this time riding the rails from the outset - for the cross-country Amtrak ride to the Amtrak Unlimited 6th Annual Gathering - aka Gathering VI.
Today's departure is a twin bill: Pacific Surfliner to Southwest Chief. Along the way we'll be riding the Cardinal, a couple Keystones, several Northeast Regionals (exact number TBD en route), the Boston section of the Lakeshore Limited, the City of New Orleans, and the Sunset Limited. Not bad, eh?
Also on the agenda is a Railfest at the B&O Museum in Baltimore, and several days of rental car roaming, exact activities still unknown - but sure to be rail-centric!
Along the way we'll be updating this ongoing rant as time, connections, and material permit. I'm guessing the first major addition will come in a few days, during the Chicago layover. But who knows?
While I generally like to include some photographs and/or videos, as well as links to more, obviously there's nothing to begin with. And a montage of the MayhemMobile in my driveway while we're loading up and getting outta here wouldn't be a very attractive photo kickoff, now, would it?
But we don't wanna start off with just plenty o' nuthin', either. So to conclude this inaugural installment here's a two-year-old semi-generic view of Los Angeles Union Station, from which we'll REALLY be getting underway later today.
See you along the way!!
Pacific Surfliner departing on track 12, seen from deck outside board room of Metro headquarters building. Note Gold Line flyover to Chinatown, and a bit of Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine at top left.