[78-L] ARSC

[Philip Carli]

When I was growing up just north of San Diego, every couple of years my grandmother would travel via Greyhound from Oceanside, CA, to Alberta and back to visit her sister.  I think it took three days each way, at least, without a bed or reliable washing facilities the whole trip.  She was a very tough Norwegian farm girl; I can't imagine going that far by bus and surviving.  It seems almost like a frontier stagecoach odyssey.  PC

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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Steven C. Barr [stevenc at interlinks.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] ARSC

From: "Philip Carli" <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
>I don't know if the cross-Canada route is gone, but the Toronto-Buffalo leg
>is still up where you can pick up the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago. PC
>
There was (and may not still be?) an Amtrak/VIA passenger train
which one boarded at Toronto's Union Station around 7;30 am
and took one straight through to Chicago around 7 pm CST.
Very nice ride...I used to take it to the Chicago Blues Festival
every year...and one summer happily discovered there was a small
bunch of us Toronto blues people on board with me...!

Having ridden MANY miles on Greyhound (including one trip back
from Vancouver...and a fraction as much on trains...I give the honours
to train travel (if only because one can buy a cold beer on the train?!)
I haven't checked any Amtrak/VIA web sites as yet...?!

Steven C. Barr

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