train travel
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
26 Nov 24
I have had the experience of both long and short distance travel by train in the US.
The entire process is so satisfying including getting in and out of trains The platform almost touches the train having no need to climb...
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
20 Oct 23
The train's history goes back to 2,200 BCE when wagonways were introduced. Wagonways were wheeled wagons that ran on stone "wagonways". In the 1500s wagonways were used to haul material from mines.
In the 1790s iron rails...
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
5 Mar 23
When I was working my then boss got a transfer to the US and his wife mentioned to me that if ever I take a trip to the US I should take a train journey by Amtrak along the sea coast of California
And I got that opportunity...
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
28 Nov 22
Travelling on a daily basis by train in a city like Mumbai is a real feat. With loads waiting to get in and there being no limit as to how many can get inside a compartment the compartments get jam packed and if anyone has to...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382342)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 21
We’re moving towards summer and it’s a beautifully warm day today. Shortly we are catching a train to the northern suburbs of our city of Perth in Western Australia. A friend will board the train a couple of stops along then...
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L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
10 Nov 16
I am heading to a small Ontario town just about two hours east of here to visit my brother. His wife passed away last year and he will appreciate the time with company. There's a Go Train that ends up just outside of his town so...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
15 Jan 16
Do YOU remember me talking about this? I would absolutely love to do this one day. I've been on a train in the train museum as a child, and another before that. I don't remember the one before the trian museum, but was told I went...
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bubblyapple
@bubblyapple (2653)
• Philippines
28 Nov 08
Has anyone tried traveling by train? When I say train, I literally mean the TRAIN. Not the subways or the metro trains in the cities. I like the idea of traveling by train, with its "chug-chug-chug" sound, its whistle before it...
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denax1
@denax1 (708)
• United States
7 Nov 06
Have you ever taken a vacation by train? I've always thought it would be fun. What were some of the advantages and disadvantages?
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