What is the one, big, stand-out memory that you have had while riding Amtrak?
Mine might sound odd, but it was on the CZ .... We had boarded the train in SLC and
were heading to Chicago. The train had already passed through Denver.
It was late at night and I was riding in a bedroom with my two boys.
I was still awake.... watching the train as it moved along the middle of no-where.
Suddenly, the train comes to a halt, power goes out and it's totally silent. Looking outside, there was a full moon
and you could see that you were just out in the middle of nowhere... farm land and us.
One might expect a UFO to appear as out in the middle of nowhere that we were.
Since it was late, it was very quiet. I could hear the door of the car open as the someone exited the car.
One or two others passed with flashlights, heading to the rear of the train. I just sat there,
enjoying the silence.
After a while power came back up, and then we were highballing again. The attendent later told me that they had
thrown an air hose.
Maybe it sounds weird, but that just stands out in my head for some reason.
Mine might sound odd, but it was on the CZ .... We had boarded the train in SLC and
were heading to Chicago. The train had already passed through Denver.
It was late at night and I was riding in a bedroom with my two boys.
I was still awake.... watching the train as it moved along the middle of no-where.
Suddenly, the train comes to a halt, power goes out and it's totally silent. Looking outside, there was a full moon
and you could see that you were just out in the middle of nowhere... farm land and us.
One might expect a UFO to appear as out in the middle of nowhere that we were.
Since it was late, it was very quiet. I could hear the door of the car open as the someone exited the car.
One or two others passed with flashlights, heading to the rear of the train. I just sat there,
enjoying the silence.
After a while power came back up, and then we were highballing again. The attendent later told me that they had
thrown an air hose.
Maybe it sounds weird, but that just stands out in my head for some reason.