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Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - JPK - 02-26-2019
In Chicago, we call this shorts weather.
JPK
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - mikebw - 02-26-2019
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
If it hadn't gotten stopped by snow, I bet the scenery would have been spectacular.
I have wanted to take the trip from L.A. to Seattle (and many others) but just haven't quite gotten around to it.
Everett, WA to Portland, OR is lovely.
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - hal - 02-26-2019
My friend from Eugene just sent me a picture of the snowman she made yesterday - it was a darned good one - plenty of snow :-)
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - btfc - 02-26-2019
Not too far from my Oregon place. There was about 2.5 feet of snowpack when I left a week ago, probably 4-5 feet now, judging by webcams. Proximity to an Amtrak stop
Is one of the reasons that I bought that place.
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - Mr Downtown - 02-26-2019
freeradical wrote:
Who in the world would take an Amtrak train from Seattle to L.A?
Those of us who enjoy the journey.
I've been to 30 countries, and I've ridden an intercity train in 24 of them.
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - Lemon Drop - 02-26-2019
mikebw wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
If it hadn't gotten stopped by snow, I bet the scenery would have been spectacular.
I have wanted to take the trip from L.A. to Seattle (and many others) but just haven't quite gotten around to it.
Everett, WA to Portland, OR is lovely.
Vancover BC to Portland is great too. Recommend Amtrak Cascades. 8 hour trip; $50 one way.
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - jh - 02-27-2019
Or even more worse:
Stranded streamliner Sixty years ago, an intense winter storm trapped 226 people aboard the City of San Francisco in the Sierra Nevada mountains
Snowbound in the Sierra: 3 days of hell on a train in 1952
Newsreels:
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Two
Three
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - Lemon Drop - 02-27-2019
Wow, that's quite a story. And it happened at Donner Pass, but this time no passengers found themselves on the menu.
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - NewtonMP2100 - 02-27-2019
....so theyRgone.....in Oregon......???
Re: It could be worse: you could be trapped on the Coast Starlight - blooz - 02-27-2019
I lived in Eugene in the early seventies and I was amazed that Lane County, which is at least twice the size of Massachusetts, had three snowplows, all in the Three Sisters mountain passes. When it snowed in Eugene, it was a disaster.