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  1. ZINGARA 250GTL

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    #1 ZINGARA 250GTL, Oct 4, 2007
    I saw an add for this train on TV. It's out of Romney, WV. Has anyone taken it? It looks like fun.
     
  2. fenzo92

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    #2 fenzo92, Oct 4, 2007
    Yes..it was interseting..got to see a few Bald Eagles. The food was less then exceptional but all in all it was what you made of it

    http://www.potomaceagle.info/
     
  3. ZINGARA 250GTL

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    #3 ZINGARA 250GTL, Oct 5, 2007
    10Q!

     
  4. E60 M5

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    #4 E60 M5, Oct 5, 2007
    I heard an ad for one of these train ride companies on WTOP radio here in DC this morning. They have a link on their website for further info, www.wtop.com. Apperantly the fall foilage is looking awesome up there for a train ride.

    Robert
     
  5. Protouring442

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    #5 Protouring442, Oct 5, 2007
    It looks very cool... then again I may be biased, my family has trains in their blood. My great uncle drove a switcher on the Illinois Central, and my father was the mascot when they christened the train "The City of New Orleans."

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    Bill

    Ridin' on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail...
     
  6. ZINGARA 250GTL

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    #6 ZINGARA 250GTL, Oct 5, 2007
    I know it well. It is something of a sad anthem to the days of rail. I had the privilege of riding across country twice, as a child, in a vista-dome car. I left Silver Spring station in the afternoon glued to the window as we climbed through cumberland, MD and down into Chicago. On to Ohio, Kansas, so flat and so vast; and the slow rise to the "high Plains." I crossed the Royal Gorge, Climbed the majestic Rockies and marveled (as only a child can) at the Painted desert. My son will never know that thrill. The term, "fly-over country" is so very melancholy, even by the sound of it. So much missed, and so much lost forever. Yeah, I'll take that one last ride. I am, after all, one of the last riders. Thank you.


     
  7. fenzo92

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    #7 fenzo92, Oct 5, 2007
    http://www.wmsr.com/

    This is the one in downtown Cumberland...pretty cool place also. Getiing tickets will be hard once the leaves turn but definitely woth it.

    Make a weekend of it and do both...

    http://www.rockygapresort.com/

    10 minutes or so from Cumberland.
     
  8. Protouring442

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    #8 Protouring442, Oct 5, 2007
    Unfortunately, I have yet to have much of a real train ride. We are going to France (next year I think) and I absolutely HAVE to go for a ride on the TGV! I just have to figure out where to take the thing. We will be going to Normandy and Brittany.

    As for The City of New Orleans, one of these days I will find the newspaper article on the christening. I know the date 4/25/47, but I haven't found an article.

    Shiny Side Up!
    Bill

     

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