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Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
In a couple weeks we’re Flying to Los Angeles to catch an AmTrac Train to the Grand Canyon. LA to Flagstaff AZ is an over night trip so we got a sleeper car.
Once in Flagstaff it’s a short ride to Williams AZ to catch a Steam Loco to the South Rim for a 2 night Stay then reverse to get home. 5 days total I’ve taken the Train to Reno a couple times , it’s a lot slower than driving but the scenery is much better and a LOT more stress free. We get home first week in August so I’ll let you know how it was then Looking forward to going
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
Too cool! But I'm quite jealous. I really like traveling by train. But your schedule needs to be flexible since the trains schedule is.
![]() I've taken the train from PDX to San Francisco and Sacramento, taking in the rail museum in Sacramento. And when I was in first grade we took the train from Reno to Sacramento when they were still running dome cars on the Feather River route. Hope the trip goes well. I'll be looking for reports.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
Hmmm I may do this someday, I'm here for the pics.
EDIT: Yikes, looked at the prices. Might have to wait til retirement for this one lol |
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
Done the Sacramento to Reno and back several times and was always a good trip..it's like a party train.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
I am retired. We paid $3600
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
There are some pretty cool videos on youtube from this guy that rides the sleeper cars cross country. Look and sounds like a great trip to me.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
We were at the Grand Canyon in May. We saw that train, looked neat.
We looked at some of those cross country train trips and man they can be really pricey.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
We’ve been looking at doing a train tour through the Canadian Rockies. That ones a 10-12 day trip so we thought a 5 day trip would tell us if we want to set on a train that long
Would hate to be day 2 of 12 and Not Like It. Hopefully Next Year
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
take plenty of foto s
would be interesting to see the surroundings of the train trip
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
Always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon. I flown over it a few times and it still looks cool even from 35,000 feet.
Seems to me someone told me they flew to Vegas and then rented a car. Then drove 4? hours the Grand Canyon. |
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
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Sounds like such a cool trip...from my Online "research" I have learned that train travel can be a lot of fun. It's certainly a much slower, more casual and sometimes cramped experience. The surrounding landscape becomes front and center and you have chosen a great route for that methinks. Take pics please and share here. Try to get a shot of your riding companions near the window when there's lots of close up trees or other objects flashing by outside. If you can adjust your shutter speed, bring it down to as slow as you can so all the things in the window are blurred with motion and your subject is crystal clear. -Kevin
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
The wife wanted to visit the Grand Canyon, so we went a few years ago. Cab to the AMTRACK train in LA. Train to Williams, shuttle bus to the parking lot and a train the rest of the way. Herded onto some bleachers to watch a gunfight. The place has some awesome views, I can tell you that! On the train off the site, we got "robbed" by some bandits on horseback. I'll just call it for what it was, shameless grifting, imo. The shuttle driver drove like an idiot back to Williams. There was construction and he failed to merge, taking out several of the sawhorses with flashing lights on them, then swerved back into traffic from a dead stop, pulling a trailer with everybody's luggage. Thankfully no semi rigs came around the curve when we "merged". I know that I will never ride a train again, either. I served on an aircraft carrier when I was in the Navy, and it delivered a smoother ride at 30+ knots, and is quieter than a train, even during flight ops.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
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Hope this trip is the same. Don’t like to be rushed
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
My son and I for a vacation are planning to hit a couple of railway muesuems near Reno among a couple other things in the area.
We have to get back to Ely to see our brick at that muesuem. Plus we're planning to do the railway your going on for Christmas one year. |
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
I love the train went from Boston to Dallas to run the marathon, they had a glass top bar on the second floor were you could have a drink and watch the world go by, also it goes in a loop and if you wanted you could get of twice and stay at the city and get back on when it came back but that was 10 years ago
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon Train Ride would sure be a fun one to take .. be sure and post some photos Idaho when you get back ... We may get a Am Track train coming through here in Nampa again ,,, The Pacific Northwest could see two new routes under the preferred plan, serving destinations without any train service at all, such as Yakima, Boise, Missoula, and Pocatello. Both routes would provide daily service from Seattle with one running to Denver and another running to Chicago on a modified alignment from Amtrak’s Empire Builder. ,,,,,,,with all the highway traffic being so much ,, Just maybe train service would lighten the load and we could have many more train rides like the one you speak of to the Grand Canyon ..
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
We leave this Saturday. Back on August 1. Pictures for sure. Looking forward to a relaxing ride on the Train. First time overnight, Hope I sleep like a Baby
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
The sleeping part would piss me off. My intrest would be to watch the world go by. Not much the destination. You cant do that at night.
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Re: Taking the Train to the Grand Canyon
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It’s a Steam Loco from Williams to the Rim of the Canyon. Plenty of Watch the World Go By Time
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