I just wanted to thank everybody who helped me plan an itinerary for my (roomette) Amtrak trip from Chicago to Los Angeles via the Empire Builder and the Coast Starlight departing in September. You guys are the greatest! I took all your advise to the "T".
Also, I wanted to call your attention to a little story that I wrote about the "High Line" in New York City. I happened to visit it last spring and it has definitely given me some hope for the future.
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Thanks for sharing your article about the "High Line" with us. While I've heard of it, these are the first photos I have seen. It does look inviting.
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How cool is that??? Never heard of the High Line, but I like it! What a unique idea. I'd love to visit and walk the entire length. Thanks for the report.
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It's something I intend to visit if I ever get over there again (and beyond JFK where I spent far too many hours earlier this month).
I've walked a couple of former railway lines, both in the UK. They really are fascinating. One has been open for years as a walk/bike/bridleway but there is an interesting fight going on between the walkers and the preserved steam railway that operates at one end which wants to extend over the former trackbed. Another railway line passes through the city of Bath where the former station terminus is now a supermarket car park but further along the line is a tunnel which gets opened to the public every few years, maybe half a mile long and curved so it's dark in the middle - again, fascinating to imagine those old steam engines chugging along.
Come to think of it, I also drove part of the old Moffat route, high above Denver. I only got a couple of miles in before a couple of feet of snow defeated me. That's one I want to return to one day.
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If you roam around youtube you'll also find lots of others. My favorite would be one with a focus on the flora, which changes with the seasons.
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