Fellow travellers,
I am a small-time gricer from India, living in Lawrence, KS, and a newbie here.
I am setting out on a fortnight-long trip of the west from Lawrence in 3 Southwest Chief later this month. Could someone tell me what the interesting railway curios I should be looking for are? I will be taking the Chief till Los Angeles, then continue to Berkeley/Emeryville. I am undecided whether I should travel along the coast or the San Joaquins valley. From Emeryville, I am travelling in 6 Calif. Zephyr to Chicago, catching 3 Chief or 303 Ann Rutledge to get back to Lawrence.
Another important question: is it okay to sweet-talk railway personnel? I have taken the Amtrak only once before, between San Diego and Los Angeles on a P. Surfliner, but I found the driver and the conductor rather stoic, so to speak.
Thanks a bunch.
Manoj.
I am a small-time gricer from India, living in Lawrence, KS, and a newbie here.
I am setting out on a fortnight-long trip of the west from Lawrence in 3 Southwest Chief later this month. Could someone tell me what the interesting railway curios I should be looking for are? I will be taking the Chief till Los Angeles, then continue to Berkeley/Emeryville. I am undecided whether I should travel along the coast or the San Joaquins valley. From Emeryville, I am travelling in 6 Calif. Zephyr to Chicago, catching 3 Chief or 303 Ann Rutledge to get back to Lawrence.
Another important question: is it okay to sweet-talk railway personnel? I have taken the Amtrak only once before, between San Diego and Los Angeles on a P. Surfliner, but I found the driver and the conductor rather stoic, so to speak.
Thanks a bunch.
Manoj.