Some pics from my 2010 trip around the USA by train--I took a two week Amtrak pass and set out for Pittsburgh via NYC
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I arrived in Pittsburgh in the evening, spent a night, explored the next day, then took a midnight train for Chicago, arriving in the morning. I wasn't in Chicago long--just changing trains--but I wanted to see Cabrini Green bc I had just watched Candymanpic.twitter.com/phA3t6YhjJ
The train left Chicago, headed up to Milwaukee, across the lovely Wisconsin countryside, and across the Mississippi into Minnesota as the sun was settingpic.twitter.com/HKh0D0w6l5
We left Minneapolis around Midnight and I woke up the next morning near Minot, NDpic.twitter.com/PgBoWRd90O
as we continued west into Montana, the roads got dustier, the trees rarer, and the land flatterpic.twitter.com/pmOEvynWbt
To the south, the faint outline of the Bearpaws came into view. We stopped at Shelby, MT, then continued on to Cut Bank, passing a line of cliffs and foothills as we did--the Rockies getting closerpic.twitter.com/xyuullBiRh
Finally, the Rockies themselves were visible. Shortly thereafter, I hopped off the train.pic.twitter.com/Kdk1qIePq0
When you get out, you think you're just at this lodge in the mountains--but as the train pulls away, it reveals the town on the opposite side of the trackspic.twitter.com/1yGvrU8bbN
I spent the night at a hostel staffed by Lithuanian girls, then the next morning set out walking for Glacier NP. I didn't have a map & the park was rly driving distance away, but I managed to climb halfway up Mount Henry, turn around, and get back for the next train that eveningpic.twitter.com/qP4exJn9WG
The train passed through the Rockies overnight and I woke up near Wenatchee, then passed a tunnel to the damper side of the Cascades before arriving in Seattle. Lovely gardens there, and I got to see the Blue Angelspic.twitter.com/WFcjGp7fBz
Took the Coast Starlight the next day heading to Los Angeles--a Talgo at Portland, lots of lovely scenery, and sunny weather while we paused in San Diegopic.twitter.com/JQzUy49p4g
Through Salinas, through the golden hills, around curves so tight you could see the other end of the train in the distance, then another break at San Luis Obispopic.twitter.com/OkzFnoJFOv
When we finally reached the Pacific Coast in southern Cali, I was a underwhelmed at first...but then the clouds cleared....
...last pic is in Santa Barbara. Alas, the rest of the photos never made it to FB, but after LA I hit up SF, Denver, and Chicago, then home.
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this amtrak sta makes me feel ill
OUR BUILDINGS ARE UGLY OUR TRAINS ARE ALWAYS LATE NO WONDER AMTRAK GETS SO MUCH HATE
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