Just wanted to let you all know that I am shortly going to be heading out on a train trip to sunny (I hope) Florida and may not be able to get on line again until I return, so I wanted to wish everyone a very happy 2010 . . . good health, good weather, good travel, and may all your trains be comfortable and on time!
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Don't forget your winter clothing! It may be sunny down here, but no shortage of wintry cold weather for the next few days. Hope your "Silver Service" is shiny.
Posted by train lady (Member # 3920) on :
I have a close friend living in Ft. Lauderdale. She told me the other day it had gotten cold there about 60 and it was 40 in Miami. Of course since the wind chill here is in the single didgets that doesn't seem too cold. Have a great trip and keep us posted
Posted by Jerome Nicholson (Member # 3116) on :
Have a great trip!
Honestly, I don't know how you folks manage it! Posted by DeeCT (Member # 3241) on :
Sojourner,
Enjoy your time in the sunshine state.
Bring some of the warm back with you.
Dee
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
Sojourner -- it's 35 here this AM, with a high of only 50-something predicted today..... (at least we don't have any snow!)
Have a great trip!!
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by RRRICH: Sojourner -- it's 35 here this AM, with a high of only 50-something predicted today..... (at least we don't have any snow!)
Have a great trip!!
My wife was hoping to hop a 'cheapjet' to the Orlando area in a couple or three weeks for a weekend away from North Carolina winter.
Her plans are on hold at the moment as YOU are having North Carolina winter. We are having Dubuque, Iowa winter!!!!
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Speaking of Iowa winters, I spent a lifetime one winter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Posted by CG96 (Member # 1408) on :
I'm currently typing this while in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Having lived in Wisconsin most of my life, to me this weather feels somewhat Spring-like. Oh, well. I have no complaints.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ocala Mike: Speaking of Iowa winters, I spent a lifetime one winter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
And I spent an entire winter one January weekend in Dubuque!!!!!
The weather that weekend topped out at about 7 below and a friend who lives in Dubuque says "It hasn't been above freezing for the last 63 days."
That's the year I decided that future visits to the upper midwest would be confined to an April - October timeframe!
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
quote:Originally posted by notelvis:
quote:Originally posted by RRRICH: Sojourner -- it's 35 here this AM, with a high of only 50-something predicted today..... (at least we don't have any snow!)
Have a great trip!!
My wife was hoping to hop a 'cheapjet' to the Orlando area in a couple or three weeks for a weekend away from North Carolina winter.
Her plans are on hold at the moment as YOU are having North Carolina winter. We are having Dubuque, Iowa winter!!!!
Wow!! Global warming strikes again.
Posted by sojourner (Member # 3134) on :
I would like to go to Dubuque some time. Not in winter, though.
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
"I spent a year in Ely, Nevada, one week back in 1970........" but that is a different story and had nothing to do with trains!!! (CAR trouble!!!)
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
quote:Originally posted by George Harris:
Wow!! Global warming strikes again.
Of course, it goes without saying that WEATHER is what's happening today, while CLIMATE is what takes place over long periods of time. Kind of like feeling wealthy on payday, right!
Posted by palmland (Member # 4344) on :
RRRich - We had a great time in Ely several years ago - everything a small desolate western city should be. The Hotel Nevada was a hoot and a real time warp. Of course the big attraction is the Nevada Northern RR and fully functioning steam era shops. It's also convenient to the relatively new Great Basin N.P. with its almost 5000 year old Bristlecone Pine Trees (sorry for the pine tree referene).
The drive out on US 50 from Carson City ('The loneliest highway')was spectacular. First time I have gone over an hour on a designated U.S. highway without seeing another car, but we were stopped briefly by cattle wandering on the road. Good example I guess of how some places have improved with time. But, no, I would not want to be there in January.
Now back to warmer climates of Sojourner's Florida escape...
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
Ely, NV!
I spent a lot of money there one day in 2005 and lived a childhood dream.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by sojourner: I would like to go to Dubuque some time. Not in winter, though.
Aside from flying, the only public transport is a bus operated by Burlington Trailways. Seems like it's something like a Chicago - Cedar Rapids run. One bus a day in each direction.
Posted by RRRICH (Member # 1418) on :
Didn't AMTRAK's "Black Hawk" operate Chicago to Dubuque many years ago? I had forgotten about that train - perhaps that route would be a good candidate for a corridor route worth looking into again (and it would fit into GBN's vision of "what 21st century railroading is about."). How about it, Gil?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Off the top of my head the State supported Black Hawk operated Chicago-Dubuque from about 1973 to 1981. "There's been talk' about restoring the route under the 'reawakening" of Illinois passenger service:
Among the many challenges such a restoration of service faces would be a station facility in Dubuque.
The IC depot came down (I believe) in the 1980's during implementation of a traffic flow improvement plan. (IE: station area is now a northbound traffic lane.....)
A plexiglass Amshack would be worthless in Dubuque from mid-October until about May!
Posted by DeeCT (Member # 3241) on :
quote:Originally posted by notelvis:
A plexiglass Amshack would be worthless in Dubuque from mid-October until about May! [/QB]
Not just in Dubuque but many other places also. However, that has not stopped Amtrak up to now.
We have one in Windsor Locks, CT, just a few miles west of me where it is currently a balmy 22º. (Which is why I drive a few extra miles to the Springfield, MA station.)
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