I ride from Bellows Falls (or Brattleboro) Vermont down to New York or Philadelphia (or DC) a few times a year. (sometimes I take the bus instead). Some of these trips have been to visit a (now ex) girlfriend. Others have been for work or church business of one sort or another.
I went to Chicago a month or so ago via the lake shore - for a rail advocates meeting. A few years ago I went across the country via Lake Shore and California Zephyr. That was to cover a writing assignment. I haven't flown domestically since then. (My driving has all been short-distance, except 2 trips to a friend in Halifax NS - not gracefully rail accessible and one driving trip to Virginia for a writing assignment)
I have traveled in various places by train in Europe (to visit friends and be a touriest). My most recent trip, I wasn't very adventuresome and traveled around London by train on various routes and companies, and ditto for Paris (took the bus in between) and that’s it.
I travel on commuter trains from time to time as well - I was on the MBTA and Metra (Chicago) recently, SEPTA last summer.
It would be nice to travel more, but I can't afford it. more »
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Chris Parker, based in Putney, Vermont writes this blog covering spirituality, ministry, railroads, trains, transportation, and related topics. Christopher Parker grew up Quaker, and deepened his Quaker roots at Earlham College, a Quaker School. Christopher Parker lived at Kripalu for a year and a half and now teaches at the Community College of Vermont. Christopher Parker loves to contra dance. Christopher Parker grew up alongside a railroad and made friends with the train crew when he was 11. Christopher Parker worked on the Cape Cod Central Railroad as a conductor, and earlier on the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. Trains are magic, Chris Parker feels, because they move, are part of an intricate system, have drama. Christopher Parker is a writer, covering railroads and spirituality and local issues in Vermont.
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Sunday, May 6
How Often I Ride Amtrak
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Christopher
on Sun 06 May 2007 03:20 PM EDT
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The Folk Show On New Hampshire Public Radio
Pandora (Music Genome Project) CarTalk New Hampshire Pub. Radio Vermont Public Radio wumb Boston's Folk Radio Folk Alley Folk Music online Music
Emerald Stream I've sung with this group, covering the Vermont repertoire of shape note tunes, gospel, Balkan, Georgian and other worldwide traditional songs, led by Mary Cay Brass.
Lui Collins Tracy Grammer Cheryl Wheeler Gordon Bok Seth Houston Mary Cay Brass Stuart Kenney Solas Magazines
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Railpace Railroading in the Northeast Vermont Guardian For The Independent Mind Utne Reader The New Yorker The Sun A gem! Railway Age Spirituality and Health Reseurgence I can't afford this, but I'd read it if I could. Business 2.0 |
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