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I am currently in the 1st bedroom on the right in car #9110 on the Southbound Silver Star train #91 We just left Carey North Carolina Next stop will be Southern Pines at about 10:36 PM
I still fly most of the time but a few times a year for a change of pace I love the overnight train
I could see through the trees as we passed (& stopped in DeLand) about 30 minutes behind schedule The Beatty WQ looks like an image out of time & very forlorn (sad) In a way I'm glad it's there (My Alma Mater from 1961)
The Silver Star & the Silver Meteor were the names of the 2 daily trains that the Seaboard Airline Railway ran between NYC & Miami in the 1st half of the last century & now glommed by Amtrak for their use without fee Only the names are the same (sadly)
Most of this trip is on rental trackage from CSX South of DC There has been improvement on much of this line since my last trip in in September
Chic, perhaps you should consider getting a private car such as the Jomar.
I believe the narrow windows are for the upper berths
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I am currently in the 1st bedroom
on the right in car #9110 on the
Southbound Silver Star train #91
We just left Carey North Carolina
Next stop will be Southern Pines
at about 10:36 PM
I still fly most of the time
but a few times a year for
a change of pace I love the
overnight train
I could see through the trees
as we passed (& stopped in DeLand)
about 30 minutes behind schedule
The Beatty WQ looks like an image
out of time & very forlorn (sad)
In a way I'm glad it's there
(My Alma Mater from 1961)
The Silver Star & the Silver Meteor
were the names of the 2 daily trains
that the Seaboard Airline Railway ran
between NYC & Miami in the 1st half
of the last century & now glommed
by Amtrak for their use without fee
Only the names are the same (sadly)
Most of this trip is on rental
trackage from CSX South of DC
There has been improvement
on much of this line since my
last trip in in September
Chic, perhaps you should consider getting a private car such as the Jomar.
I believe the narrow windows are for the upper berths
Post a Comment