Taking a series of trains, buses and fun facts about them

[michael@social.chrisco.me]

@skinnylatte buses are great! Ours has been 1$ for a long time.

[rebe_gc@beach.city]

@skinnylatte retroactively waves as you pass(ed) Diridon

[samantha@hachyderm.io]

@skinnylatte we used to live just a block from there! You are (or were) conveniently close to Sonoratown (delicious flour tortilla tacos)

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

@samantha yup, am a big fan. One of the first spots I tried here back in the day

[samantha@hachyderm.io]

@skinnylatte god I miss good tacos. There's not much of a Mexican population in Vancouver, and thus also a sad lack of good tacos. I wonder if tacos are the best thing about America.

[psychoatberea@union.place]

@skinnylatte Coast Starlight is a bucket list train. After living on the circus train, I've run some of those rails, but some of the gorgeous bits the senior techs (fairly) claimed. If money and time weren't an issue, I'd like to go from NYC, to San Diego, via Chicago and Seattle. I'd get to check off Montana, Washington and Oregon in one trip, and go from the worst rails on the continent to the best. Still annoyed I slept through the announcement when we crossed the Great Salt Lake.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

Union Station, Los Angeles. Guess where I’m going next?

#Trains #Amtrak #Transit #LosAngeles

[draken@masto.nyc]

@skinnylatte
On a train?

[xferok@tacobelllabs.net]

@skinnylatte on the scissor lift!

[jesticulated@mastodon.social]

@skinnylatte San Diego!

[erickasimone@mastodon.social]

@skinnylatte love union station so much

[davidnielsen@mastodon.social]

@skinnylatte I have no idea, but I know I am about to learn of all the great places to eat there.

[rednikki@toot.boston]

@skinnylatte One of the most beautiful train stations I’ve ever been in.

[virtualbri@mastodon.online]

@skinnylatte Olvera Street?

[cshishido@infosec.exchange]

@skinnylatte ABQ is my vote!
I did a SNS -> LAX -> ABQ trip a few years ago using LAX as a provisioning stop both ways to visit JANM and Little Tokyo.

[chip_unicorn@im-in.space]

@skinnylatte
Philippe's? You should definitely get a sandwich au jus.

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

I haven’t been in a single automobile this week.

I might break that spell when I get to Atlanta in a few days, although I do plan to ride a lot of MARTA

#Transit #Trains #Atlanta

[va2lam@mastodon.nz]

@skinnylatte pretty sure it's no shoes, no problem on the train in NZ!

[skinnylatte@hachyderm.io]

6. Riding the Southwest Chief to New Mexico (what a name)

It’s sunset soon but I’m pretty sure I’ll wake up to some incredible desert views. I’ve never been south or southwest

The cost of riding this train in coach is usually $78ish between LA and Albuquerque, with highest prices around 200+ if you book super late. But I’m riding it as part of my rail pass

Edit: forgot my Southwest Chief fun fact. This route (which runs LA to Chicago) is pretty much the modern version of the Super Chief. There used to be a San Francisco Chief that did San Francisco to Chicago, between 1954 and 1971

#Transit #Trains #LosAngeles #Amtrak #SouthwestChief

[spacewrangler@shakedown.social]

@skinnylatte

MARTA is fine and gets you to Decatur - which is fantastic for dining and a bit of nightlife. Also, highly recommend heading to Lindbergh MARTA station and then a bus or Uber to Fat Matts Rib Shack for BBQ ribs/chicken, beer and live blues.