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If, as so many are here, you’re in the Bay Area, the Coast Starlight from San Jose is a great way to travel down to LA or up to Portland or Seattle. It’ll take
by jrmg 4y ago
If, as so many are here, you’re in the Bay Area, the Coast Starlight from San Jose is a great way to travel down to LA or up to Portland or Seattle. It’ll take a while - but the trip, and the scenery, are part of the point.
- phillipcarter 4y agoAs a caveat: try not to do it around the holidays, though. Very busy and very little scenery in the PNW due to shortened days. ...and also sometimes you'll get a passenger who talks about chemtrails, a concessions stand worker who's Officially Had Enough Bullshit, a locomotive that stops working, and someone dying of a heart attack in the middle of nowhere. But I'd like to think that these are more exceptional circumstances.
- jrmg 4y agoYou can minimize this by booking a room in a sleeper car and/or moving around or going to the observation car - if it’s not too busy to do so. I have had some interesting tablemates in the restaurant car though - they always fill all seats so you never know who you’ll be sitting next to for a meal! In retrospect maybe that actually was part of the charm too?…