Hi! My name is Tamara. I had another account here once, but posted only one time, and lost my sign-in information. 
I've lurked here a lot, though!
Anyway, as it is I've experienced a LOT more train travel since the last time I posted.
Since 2009, I've been on:
The Empire Builder (Portland to Miwaukee, Chicago to Seattle)
Coast Starlight (L.A. to Seattle, a couple of times)
Pacific Surfliner (a couple of times)
Acela Express (just once, but my husband and I had first class seats -- that was a blast!)
Northwest Regional (two or three times)
Silver Star (three times? maybe four?)
Capitol Limited (once)
Lake Shore Limited (once)
Sunset Limited (twice)
The City of New Orleans (once, and I was asleep for most of it )
Plus my local route (The Cascades) a few times, and a couple of additional VERY short rides on the Coast Starlight (from Tacoma to Olympia) if I couldn't catch the Cascades that day!
It feels like more, but I guess that's all.
I'm about to embark on another cross-country railroad adventure ... this time, it's a trip with MANY purposes, the main purpose being that I'm going to write a book! I'm a Stage IV cancer survivor (stable right now) so even though I'm only 32, I'd like to attempt a "memoir." But I don't want it to be just any memoir; I also plan to incorporate my love of the railroad!
(So, it will be part "cancer memoir"/part train travelogue )
My working title is "Surviving the Journey: Letters from the Railroad." I'm not hoping or looking for a best-seller with this -- I plan to self-publish. If I'm successful in publishing, however, it will be something to leave behind for friends and family, and maybe it will interest a few others. AND I can say that I accomplished my bucket list goal of publishing a book!
The link below includes more about my project. I hope I'm not violating terms because it is technically a fundraising link (though most of the money pledged goes right into Amtrak tickets!). By no means am I soliciting your "pledges", though. I just thought the link might be of some interest. If you have any tips, ideas, suggestions for the cross-country trip, I would appreciate hearing them!
And if you feel inspired, PLEASE feel free to share the link elsewhere. Maybe someday I will be able to post about my finished book.
Thanks for reading!
-tamara
Surviving the Journey: Letters from the Railroad
I've lurked here a lot, though!
Anyway, as it is I've experienced a LOT more train travel since the last time I posted.
Since 2009, I've been on:
The Empire Builder (Portland to Miwaukee, Chicago to Seattle)
Coast Starlight (L.A. to Seattle, a couple of times)
Pacific Surfliner (a couple of times)
Acela Express (just once, but my husband and I had first class seats -- that was a blast!)
Northwest Regional (two or three times)
Silver Star (three times? maybe four?)
Capitol Limited (once)
Lake Shore Limited (once)
Sunset Limited (twice)
The City of New Orleans (once, and I was asleep for most of it
)Plus my local route (The Cascades) a few times, and a couple of additional VERY short rides on the Coast Starlight (from Tacoma to Olympia) if I couldn't catch the Cascades that day!
It feels like more, but I guess that's all.
I'm about to embark on another cross-country railroad adventure ... this time, it's a trip with MANY purposes, the main purpose being that I'm going to write a book! I'm a Stage IV cancer survivor (stable right now) so even though I'm only 32, I'd like to attempt a "memoir." But I don't want it to be just any memoir; I also plan to incorporate my love of the railroad!
(So, it will be part "cancer memoir"/part train travelogue
)My working title is "Surviving the Journey: Letters from the Railroad." I'm not hoping or looking for a best-seller with this -- I plan to self-publish. If I'm successful in publishing, however, it will be something to leave behind for friends and family, and maybe it will interest a few others. AND I can say that I accomplished my bucket list goal of publishing a book!
The link below includes more about my project. I hope I'm not violating terms because it is technically a fundraising link (though most of the money pledged goes right into Amtrak tickets!). By no means am I soliciting your "pledges", though. I just thought the link might be of some interest. If you have any tips, ideas, suggestions for the cross-country trip, I would appreciate hearing them!
And if you feel inspired, PLEASE feel free to share the link elsewhere. Maybe someday I will be able to post about my finished book.
Thanks for reading!
-tamara
Surviving the Journey: Letters from the Railroad
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