tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828257216420711236.post2568826691688020640..comments2023-04-30T01:58:58.820-07:00Comments on Paso Robles in Photos: T is for TrainsBarbRadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899642277679265680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828257216420711236.post-90188195891782484382015-05-22T20:06:22.898-07:002015-05-22T20:06:22.898-07:00Grace, my experience riding trains has been mostly...Grace, my experience riding trains has been mostly negative. But none of it is recent. I remember a trip from Los Angeles to Galesburg, Illinois, in 1970 on the Southern Pacific. We were all bundled up for the destination, but had taken most of our layers off because the train was so hot. Then, after we were trying to sleep at night, they turned the heat off completely. By the time I arrived a day and a half later, I was too sick to enjoy the conference I went to attend and too sick to return to work for a week after I got home. <br /><br />In 1972 we went to Europe. We enjoyed the German trains. They were clean and comfortable. But when we transferred to a Greek train to get to Yugoslavia, it was filthy. That experience is worth its own blog post somewhere, but doesn't fit this blog because it's so far away. <br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your memories. BarbRadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899642277679265680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828257216420711236.post-3113357827981012372015-05-22T15:39:36.225-07:002015-05-22T15:39:36.225-07:00Your photographs are lovely and evoke such memorie...Your photographs are lovely and evoke such memories!<br /><br />At one time, I loved riding the trains. Wonderful fun! Big, roomy seats and equally big, wide windows through which we could watch the scenery passing by.<br /><br />Our last ride, which was down your way and back up north, I was shocked at how cramped and dirty the trains were, both ways. Dirty windows, and small, cramped, filthy seats, except in the lounge cars, which were always crowded with people who, like us, wanted to sit in a more comfortable seat and watch the world lumber by.<br /><br />If ever our train system improves, I expect to become a regular traveler again. It's just one of the best ways to see the country.<br /><br />Thanks for a quick jog down memory lane!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com