The schadenfreude is a bonus.Crossing over freeways that are parking lots.
The schadenfreude is a bonus.Crossing over freeways that are parking lots.
Got a big laugh at that. Definitely a bonus. And I'm now aware of a word that encompasses the feeling.The schadenfreude is a bonus.Crossing over freeways that are parking lots.
Not strange at all!Call me strange if you will, but I feel right at home when I see this type of view....
Red rocks of New Mexico.By now, just about everyone knows I don't like high mountains and love rivers and even flat Florida.
What type of landscape do you like to see outside your train window?
I regret never having seen it. I'd have loved it. I left out of my favorites the marshes and swamps of East Texas and Louisiana I saw on the way to NOL, the exotic birds and the bayous... made me wish I could paint.Sad to say that one of my favorite terrain-watching route segments is gone: Sunset Limited east of New Orleans. It was a pleasure to view the many estuaries, marshes, and water crossings by bridge along the Gulf Coast. It was quite a pleasant surprise when I first rode it.
We took a detour between I think Dallas and Temple or something like that when I was on it in February. Honestly, it wasn’t particularly amazing. I don’t get why people care so much about detours. Just because it’s not the normal route doesn’t mean it’s anything particularly cool or special. Just my opinion.I'm hoping I'll finally get to catch the TE detours when they're doing trackwork in Texas. I hope it's in the summer or early fall when I do.
The thing about detours is getting a chance to ride over a line not normally used by passenger trains, scenery has nothing to do with it. You can put some special mileage in your compilation of routes ridden.We took a detour between I think Dallas and Temple or something like that when I was on it in February. Honestly, it wasn’t particularly amazing. I don’t get why people care so much about detours. Just because it’s not the normal route doesn’t mean it’s anything particularly cool or special. Just my opinion.I'm hoping I'll finally get to catch the TE detours when they're doing trackwork in Texas. I hope it's in the summer or early fall when I do.
I've been fortunate to catch the Old Mopac East Texas Route Detours by the Eagle twice.I'm hoping I'll finally get to catch the TE detours when they're doing trackwork in Texas. I hope it's in the summer or early fall when I do.
I think the Feather River Canyon and Keddie Wye, would give the 'Loop' a run for the money...I think people enjoy detours because you get to see different things, no matter how minor they are. I'd kind of enjoy a Wolverine detour because, even though southern Michigan is all pretty much the same, it would be neat to travel a different route.
In the case of the CZ detour, I think it would be fun because I could check Wyoming off my "states I've been to" list.
The crème de la crème for railfans is the Tehachapi Loop detour.
Good choice....and welcome to AU!There are some beautiful farmlands, rivers, and mountains between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, PA. Not to mention Horseshoe Curve and the Susquehanna river crossing.
Though it has been too many years since I have seen this personally, I always loved passing through small towns and big cities at night.
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