I'm a long-time fan of trains, with my first acquaintance of them going back to the 40s, riding the B&O or the Chesapeake & Ohio (don't remember which), since I was born and raised in Cleveland. Our family cat, in fact, was named "Chessie" in honor of the adorable corporate symbol of the C&O. As a college girl in 1958, I rode the Texas Eagle into Houston, having boarded in Kensett, Arkansas (a whistlestop back in the day), and again in 1962, pulling into the really nice Union Station that used to exist here in Houston. Since 1997, I've made several Amtrak trips (Texas Eagle, California Zephyr, Empire Builder, Coast Starlight, and the Sunset Limited from LA to Orlando). My next trip is scheduled to start on National Train Day (if the #22 Eagle actually gets to run that day), taking me to Chicago for a couple of days before boarding the Zephyr for another trek out to San Francisco.
It's a real treat on this site to reminisce, get information, and just be able to read the discussions of long-term rail people, fans like myself, and new riders who are learning what fun it is to ride the rails!
It's a real treat on this site to reminisce, get information, and just be able to read the discussions of long-term rail people, fans like myself, and new riders who are learning what fun it is to ride the rails!
to Catch the Eagle in Longview!! 
