Mostly in Europe but some in the US as well

London to Gloucester

Washington DC to Philly (Final AEM run)

Sofia to Bucharest
Prague to Amsterdam
Amsterdam to Brussels to Paris Thalys and TGV
Bucharest to Brasov (Dracula's Castle territory)
Amsterdam to Cologne on the ICE

Also rode trams in Prague, Kiev, Amsterdam

Also rode metros in Dubai, Istanbul, Sofia, Washington DC

Also rode funiculars in Kiev, Prague, Budapest, Istanbul (underground) and Pittsburg

New Haven to NYC

After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, I took a job at the airport in Groton-New London, CT.  For the holidays I flew my girlfriend up from Mississippi and we took Amtrak from New Haven, CT to Grand Central Station, NYC on December 22nd, and returned on December 24th.  When the Spring came, I moved back to the Gulf Coast.  The only other train I've ridden on was the 3' narrow gauge Cedar Point & Lake Erie at the Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, OH.  As a kid that was our annual family vacation destination.  It's been almost 30 years now since I was last there.

- Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr

- Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr - Osceola IA to Sacramento CA

- Amtrak San Francisco Zephyr - Sacramento CA to Denver CO

- Amtrak California Zephyr from Chicago IL to Sacramento CA

- Amtrak California Zephyr from Sacramento to Chicago IL

- Amtrak Lake Shore Limited from Syracuse NY to Chicago and back

- Amtrak from Syracuse NY to Washington DC via NYC

- Newcastle England Metro from Newcastle airport to South Shields England

- Newcastle England to London Kings Cross station and back

- Munchin Germany to Copenhagen Sweden

- Nickle Plate steam engine excursion train from Bloomington IN to Tulip Trestle and back.

- Washington DC metro (commuted to work for a while - and also to the mall)

Galesburg/Chicago/Altoona Pa.

Galesburg/Chicago/Altoona Pa. twice.

Galesburg/Chicago/ Seattle Wa. 

Trains...

The Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle and back. Awesome trip. 

TGV to Paris. Seemed more like a plane than a train to me. 

My favorite trip was through the Alps to Florence, Italy, mostly hanging out the window. 

Berlin(East and West), Munich, Hannover, Hamburg, Trier, Amsterdam, Brussels, Florence, Salzburg, Luxembourg City, etc. 

Used to work on a tourist line in Indiana, rode that train a LOT, often in a caboose.   

Two or three steam excursions in Ohio. 

Randy

What City(ies) Did You Ride A Train In?

PC and Amtrak

North East Corridor

Trenton,NJ to Providence, RI

New London, CT to New Haven, CT

New London, CT to NYC round trip many times

MBTA

Mansfield, MA to Boston round trip many times

NYC subway system

Washington DC Metro

SF cable cars

The New London to New Haven ride was on one of the last runs of the Turbo Train and I was in the lounge which was looking out the windshield through a glass divider between the lounge and the engineer.  I grew up in this area and we seemed to be going a lot faster than 60 mph in some areas.  I could see the speedometer but not really read it.  I thought the large numbers were 20,40,60 etc.  When we got to New Haven I asked the engineer and he said no it is 30,60,90 etc. 

Link to a pic from the lounge out the windshield.  Link due to copyright etc.

http://www.morscher.com/rr/1977/19771221_03.jpg

Had I known they were soon to be gone I would have ridden them more.

Ernie

My Dad was an executive at

My Dad was an executive at Amtrak. We had employee passes. I was a CSX conductor. It might be easier to tell you what trains I haven't ridden!

How about countries I've ridden trains in? USA, Canada, England, France, Switzerland, Austria, (West) Germany, Holland.

Trains I have ridden

Frisco - Memphis, TN to Kansas City, MO then ATSF to Topeka, KS and return. Three or four times as a child ( less than 10 yo)

Frisco - Memphis, TN to Kansas City, MO then UP to Manhattan, KS. Probably four trips each way when I was in college. 

On my first trip on the Frisco I remember eating in the dining car. My last trip was one coach and the handful of passengers got box lunches at a stop along the line... sad.

Tourist trains: Georgetown loop, Durango and Silverton, Combres and Toltec, Black Hills Central, Sugar Cane Train Maui.

Washington DC Metro, Denver RTD light rail, SF Cable Cars, BART

Do these count? : Seattle Monorail, Denver International Airport

Grand Central Terminal

Not Station, just to pick nits.

Track either stops at the bumpers, or goes around in a reversing loop on the lowest level.

Marshall

One of many,

and probably the most unique, was during my tour at Kunsan AB, ROK in the late 70s

Janghang-eup (across the river from Gunsan City) to Pyeongtaek (about 115km, I think)

The total trip to visit friends at Osan AB was: Bus from base to outskirts of Gunsan City, Boat across river to Janghang (that was an experience in itself), Train to Pyeongtaek. Bus to Osan. Never understanding the boat schedule I would just take a base to base bus for the return trip.

Others:

Richmond CA to Sacramento CA as a Scout

San Antonio TX to Rantoul IL - basic training to tech school

Rantoul IL to Chicago

Ome, Chuo, Tokaido, and Shinkansen (plus some others that I can't remember) while stationed in Japan

Georgetown Loop, Durango & Silverton, and Cumbres & Toltec

London to Paris

NTV Italy

DC Metro

NYC Subways

Trains = countryside that you cannot see from any other form of ground travel.

A short list

My first train ride was in South Carver, Massachusetts when I was a kid--Edaville Railroad.

Many trips from Acton, Massachusetts to Boston on BUDD RDC's, once again as a kid.

All over Boston on the T

All over DC on the Metro

Amtrak, Boston to DC in the pre-Acela days.

Multiple rail excursions in Conway, NH, Lincoln, NH, and up Mount Washington

Too young to remember most of the destinations, but to Bern, Switzerland from the town we stayed in, and multiple trips through the Swiss Alps.

Long Distance Trains

I will just list the longer ones:

Via Rail Halifax to Vancouver 

Amtrak California Zephyr Sacramento to Chicago

Amtrak San Diego to Seattle and then on to Vancouver (most recent)

Russia Trans Siberian Express

France TGV Paris to Marseille 

Virgin Trains London to Edinburgh 

Lots of shorter trains in Europe, various trains in China

Thialand Bangkok to Chaing Mai overnight

Next up is Via Rail from Jasper to Prince Rupert in April.

Looks like I need to do a trip on Amtrak in the East somewhere, Chicago to ??? maybe Washington?

Cool thread

Good thought for a thread.  My list, in loosely organized by geography:

I grew up riding the LIRR and

I grew up riding the LIRR and the NYC MTA subway. Had a lot of fun on those trains. 

I have taken the Amtrak over Donner pass from Colfax to Reno for my sons 4th Birthday present(he was born in January so we got to see a lot of snow). 

Also Oakland, SFBART and MUNI, and San Diego.

I grew up and lived <1/2 mile

I grew up and lived < 1/2 mile from the RI Joliet Main, never drove into Chicago, always Metra or previous iterations.

Chicago to St. Louis

Boston

Illinois Railway Museum, and other museum/theme park trains

I put in a lot of miles as a

I put in a lot of miles as a kid, thanks to my railfan father.  In 1958 we rode the B&O’s National Limited from DC to St. Louis, the Wabash Bluebird from St. Louis to Chicago, and returned to Washington via the B&O’s Shenandoah. We rode the Lehigh Valley’s Black Diamond from Allentown to Wilkes Barre and back and took a short ride on the Lackawanna’s Phoebe Snow out of East Stroudsburg, PA.  We rode the Reading’s stainless steel Crusader from Philadelphia to Jersey City and back.  We also took a short trip on the N&W out of Roanoke while checking out the last of steam (the train was diesel-powered).  All of these are very vague memories.

As I grew older we rode quite a few excursions, including several Reading Iron Horse Rambles to Gettysburg, Tamaqua, and West Milton, and a PRR Off the Beaten Track trip from Philly to Altoona, including trips around Horse Shoe and Mule Shoe Curves.  We took a short RDC trip on the Boston and Maine our of White River Junction and rode the Reading into Philadelphia from Perkasie (RDC) or Lansdale (Electric MU), PA on numerous family shopping trips.  We rode the D&H Laurentian from Montreal to NYC and back behind PA-1s and rode the Canadian Pacific from Montreal to Quebec and return.  We also rode the D&RGW from Durango to Silverton.

I rode the Reading from Philly to Pottsville and Perkasie to Bethlehem in RDCs several times as a teenager, as well as several Quakertown and Eastern trips over the Lehigh Valley and Penn Central.  

As an adult I’ve ridden Amtrak’s Crescent from Philadelphia to New Orleans, regional and Acela service from NJ to DC and Palmetto service to Charleston and Savannah and return.  I’ve also ridden several NJ Transit routes and lots of tourist lines, including Cumbres and Toltec, Georgetown Loop, Cass, Blue Mountain and Reading, Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern, Strasburg, Gettysburg, etc.  There have also been rapid transit rides in DC, Philly, NYC, and others, including riding a Brill bullet car on the Philadelphia and Western interurban.  I’ve been to Europe several times but haven’t had a chance to ride the rails over there. 

The first train to come to St George

I rode as engineer on the first train to come to St George (within the last two years).  A 1/4 scale CP Huntington on Thunder Junction at the city All-Abilities Park, a venue with facilities and attractions specifically designed for people with special needs.  The passenger cars can hold three wheelchair patrons.

Amtrak California Zephyr Salt Lake to Sacramento

Amtrak Coast Starlight Sacramento to Seattle

Durango Silverton

Heber Creeper (cab ride)

Disneyland (cab ride)

Bad Kissington, Germany to Lucerne, Switzerland to Mulehouse France to Bad Kissington

Seattle Center Monorail

My turn & nice thread

I've done the Amtrak from Orlando to NYC round trip. when I was in the military a ship I was on drydocked in the Naval Philly Yards I rode the SEPTA while we're there. Did a few trips the NJT to NYC round trip. Also a few attraction park trains in the Smokey Mountain area. 

David

Going to have to think on this....

Seattle, WA and Salem, OR a couple times (Starlight & Cascades)
LA & Salem, OR (Coast Starlight)
Anaheim to LA (Pacific Surfliner)
Baltimore Light Rail from Glen Burnie, MA into Baltimore
DC Metro - mostly from Greenbelt to Capitol Mall
Disneyland 
Knott's Berry Farm
Disney World (multiple parks)
EuroDisney (maybe... don't remember)
Augsburg, GE to Munich, GE multiple times (DB)
Augsburg, GE to Luzern, Switzerland
Bad Aibling, GE to Rosenheim, GE (DB)
Heidelberg, GE to Augsburg, GE
Augsburg, GE streetcar
Munich, GE streetcar
Heidelberg, GE streetcar
Heidelberg, GE funicular up to the Koenigstuhl (walked down)
Skagway, AK (White Pass & Yukon)
Garibaldi, OR to Rockaway, OR and back (Oregon Coast Scenic RR)
Hood River, OR to Parkrose, OR (Mt. Hood Railway)
Chehalis, WA (Chehalis & Centralia RR)
Prineville, OR (CIty of Prineville dinner train)
Oregon Zoo train many times (even have a cab ride)
Linnton, OR to Astoria, OR and back (Lewis & Clark Explorer train)
Portland, OR light rail (MAX)
SEPTA from Camden, NJ to Philly, PA
Portland, OR - the Holiday Express train from OMSI to Oaks Park and back.
Salt Lake City TRAX light rail to Sandy, UT (between the NMRA convention hotel and the NTS). 

I think that's it. 

Fun Topic this is.

Whoa, where’s an old guy start? I guess with my first one.

Philadelphia-Minneapolis via B&O/MILW Road.

Minneapolis-Chicago via Milwaukee Road many times

Minneapolis-Chicago via CB&O several times

Minneapolis-Chicago via Soo Line

Minneapolis -Duluth via GN

Minneapolis-Duluth via NP

Minneapolis-KC via RI

Minneaolis-Montevideo via MILW

minneapolis-Fargo via GN

Fargo-Minneapolis via NP

Cloquet,MN-Saginaw, MN via D&NE mixed train

Osceola, WI-Marine, MN via Soo Line

Seattle-Minneapolis via NP

Fort Hood, TX-KC via AT&SF

Temple, TX-Houston via AT&SF

Temple, TX-Killeen,TX via AT&SF

Fort Worth TX-Shreveport, LA via T&P

Shreveport, LA-Texarkana TX/AR via KCS

Fort Worth,TX-St.Louis,MO via MP

St.Louis, MO-Carbondale, IL via IC

Carbondale-Chicago via IC

Chicago-St.Louis via GM&O

Chicago-Jolliet via RI

Chicago-Philadelphia via Pennsy many times

Toledo,OH-Chicago via NYC

Chicago-Baltimore via B&O many times

Harper’s Ferry, WV-Charlestown Race Track via B&O

Deshler,Oh-Toledo, OH via B&O

CHicago-Newark, NJ via EL

Philadelphia-NY,NY via PRR

Philly-Washington via PRR many times

Philly-Atlantic City via PRSL

Camden, NJ-Pittman, NJ via PRSL

Philly-Jersey City via Reading/CNJ

Philly-Lansdale via Reading

Philly-Pottsville via Reading

Philly- Hatboro via Reading

Philly-Boston via Amtrak

Philly-Montreal via Amtrak

Montreal-NYC GCT via Amtrak

Chicago-Dubuque, IA via Amtrak

Minneapolis-Wolf Point, MT via Amtrak

Washington-Chicago via Amtrak C&O route

Chicago-Bloomington, IN via Amtrak.

Cinncy-Chicago via B&O/Monon route

Chicago-Indy via PRR route under Amtrak

St,Louis-Pittsburgh via Amtrak

Chicago-Detroit via Amtrak

Cleveland-Pittsburgh via Amtrak

Chicago-NYC via Amtrak NYC route.

Windsor, ONT-Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal via VIA CN trackage

Montreal-Quebec City VIA on CP route

Montreal-Halifax VIA on CN route.

Washago-Toronto VIA on CN track.

Halifax-Digby, NS on VIA using Dominion Atlantic trackage.

What City(ies) Did You Ride A Train In?

As a child in the 50's - Erie RR - Rutherford, NJ to Hoboken, NJ Ferry to NYC

As High School student - NYC Subway - A Train 42nd St to 86 St and IRT 42nd St to Canal St and South Ferry.

1964 - PRR - Bay Head Junction, NJ to Newark, NJ 

1964 - NYC Subway - 42nd St to Flushing/Queens NY for NY World's Fair

College - 1964 - 1968 - PRR - many trips - Newark. NJ to New Brunswick, NJ

1972 - Reader RR, AR

1977 - Georgetown Loop RR Colorado

1984 - MARC - Gaithersburg, MD to Brunswick, MD

1999 - North Carolinian - Durham, NC to Washington DC then AMTRAK  - Washington, DC to MetroPark, NJ

1999 - NVR Nene Valley Railway, Wansford UK 

1999 - GWR - Peterborough, UK to York UK and return

2004 - Durango and Silverton RR - CO

2010 - Southern Railway Spencer Shops, NC

2010 - Sacramento, CA Tourist Train

a streetcar named Desire

Train trips

US : Denver-Colorado Springs (1951)

Mojave-Los Angeles (San Joaquin Daylight)

Los Angeles-Mojave (Owl) 1954

San Jose Los Angeles (Coast Daylight and later Coast Starlight)

Oakland-Denver UP routing before change to D&RGW

Denver-SLC (Rio Grande Zephyr)

Santa Clara-Boston (Capitol Service to Emeryville, Cal Zephyr to Chicago, Lake Shore Limited to Albany, connection to Boston.

San Diegan LA to San Diego.

New Zealand : Christchurch-Dunedin & return. Steam hauled year before end of revenue steam.

UK (listing only mainline steam trips, not normal service or preserved lines);

Chester-Holyhead (60103 “Flying Scotsman”)

London-Exeter St. David (35028 “Clan Line”)

Bristol-Plymouth (LMS 6201 “Princess Elizabeth”)

York-Carlisle via Settle-Carlisle line (60103 “Flying Scotsman”)

Europe:

Barcelona-Geneva, Geneva-Zurich, Zurich-Vienna

Barcelona-Sevilla

Madrid-Barcelona

Madrid-Paris

Paris-Geneva

Geneva-Lucerne

Lucerne-Milan (Gotthard Line)

Milan-Florence, Florence-Rome, Rome-Naples

Florence-Salzburg (Brenner Pass)

Budapest-Vienna (got to Budapest on hydrofoil)

Vienna-Salzburg-Munich-Paris 

Mexico: Nogales-Guadalara, Guadalajara-Mexicali. 1961. Trains were all heavyweight. Those old Pullman sleepers really rode well.

Listing is not an exhaustive one.

Mike