02-26-2019, 05:55 PM
JoeH wrote:
[quote=Paul F.]
I am a good four hour (well, three and change, four if I stop for a couple stretch/pee/gas/snacks breaks) drive from the nearest train station, or even working train tracks.
Is that to any tracks, or just tracks that carry passenger trains? Rail freight usually covers a lot more areas than are in service for passengers.
Both... This part of California last had trains running in the 1980's. The tracks are still there, but have had zero maintenance, and some bits have fallen into rivers, slides have covered rail beds, and in one spot, slid into the ocean. There's a 5 mile stretch that does a "speeder run" during the summer for touristy purposes, but only 3-4 days a year.