I love trains! I love riding on trains! I loved taking the Zephyr! No one has seen America till they have taken the train. Highways take you through strip malls, gas stations, and billboards; trains take you through America's back yards! Thank you for posting this series.
Well, one good thing is that there is a hotel right across the street from the train station in Creston Iowa. I'll have to buy an 8 segment 15 day rail pass and ride 8 segments of "one day coach" across the entire eastern half of the USA from Philadelphia Pa with 1 overnight ticket to start my trip. Chicago to Creston Iowa will definitely be a 2 day round trip just to get out that far.
Dang dude , just E of Ottumwa , on the E side of Agency ,IA. , you missed Chief Wapello's Grave site , on the N side of the track . It used to be a bit more shady and I often ate my lunch there after delivering industries in Ottumwa before heading home to Keokuk ! One day I watched in horror as a carload of kids ran around the crossing gates and got hit by the WB California Zephyr at track speed (79 mph) ! The car just exploded ! The Engineer had absolutely no time to do anything , by the time it got stopped you could barely see it !
Dear friend: In the next month of June, I will travel through the United States, start in Chicago with the Empire Builder in Seattle, from there I will take the Coast Starlight to Los Angeles and return from San Francisco in the California Zephir to Chicago. Any comments about it, information, videos, blogs, etc., will be very beneficial for my trip. From already thank you very much. Sincerely, Fausto Brindisi, from Rosario, Argentina.
I love trains! I love riding on trains! I loved taking the Zephyr! No one has seen America till they have taken the train. Highways take you through strip malls, gas stations, and billboards; trains take you through America's back yards! Thank you for posting this series.
i watched the whole set, 1-10, i found it very interesting and nice to watch and very relaxing. thank you for sharing
Thank you for your interest and support! :D
Excellent video
Well, one good thing is that there is a hotel right across the street from the train station in Creston Iowa. I'll have to buy an 8 segment 15 day rail pass and ride 8 segments of "one day coach" across the entire eastern half of the USA from Philadelphia Pa with 1 overnight ticket to start my trip. Chicago to Creston Iowa will definitely be a 2 day round trip just to get out that far.
Dang dude , just E of Ottumwa , on the E side of Agency ,IA. , you missed Chief Wapello's Grave site , on the N side of the track . It used to be a bit more shady and I often ate my lunch there after delivering industries in Ottumwa before heading home to Keokuk ! One day I watched in horror as a carload of kids ran around the crossing gates and got hit by the WB California Zephyr at track speed (79 mph) ! The car just exploded ! The Engineer had absolutely no time to do anything , by the time it got stopped you could barely see it !
Dear friend:
In the next month of June, I will travel through the United States, start in Chicago with the Empire Builder in Seattle, from there I will take the Coast Starlight to Los Angeles and return from San Francisco in the California Zephir to Chicago. Any comments about it, information, videos, blogs, etc., will be very beneficial for my trip. From already thank you very much.
Sincerely, Fausto Brindisi, from Rosario, Argentina.