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In case you want to visit, both the Amtrak Texas Eagle (LA to Chicago) and the Amtrak Sunset Limited (LA to New Orleans) pass right through Van Horn. The Amtra

• briandear 9y ago
  Have you ever been to Texas? Why would you take a train for a dozen hours when you could fly and rent a car for far less money? When you finally get to Sierra Blanca, then what? There aren’t any car rental places there and certainly not any taxis.. and I am sure you aren’t going to just walk everywhere — look at the distances. The West Texas Light Rail Project hasn’t quite made it as far as Sierra Blanca or Van Horn. Your advice to take Amtrak is just ridiculous and could get some idealistic, yet ignorant hipster eaten by vultures or, at the very least, severely sunburned and dehydrated.
  • lardo 9y ago
    Idealistic hipster here. I've hitched a ride from Kent to Van Horn which is about as far in the opposite direction. West Texas is beautiful. Bring a bicycle, and don't go in the summer.
  • Bucephalus355 9y ago
    I’ve always lived in Texas. I’ve taken Amtrak from Austin to San Francisco, and also from Seattle to Chicago to Dallas. There are lots of car rental places in those small towns. A good example is another Amtrak stop, Alpine, Texas. You can rent plenty of types of cars, lots with 4x drive, before venturing on to Big Bend National Park.