Author Topic: Trains! (Read 1643 times)

star seed 7 · « **on:** December 21, 2012, 01:00:05 AM »

Personally, I'm a backwards seat guy. Not sure why, but it's kinda cool to watch out the window at the stuff you've already gone by, kinda like time travel maybe?? who knows.

<---but sitting backwards with no wheel or gearshifter.

kitten_mittons · « **Reply #1 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:07:03 AM »

I don't know. never ridden a passenger train. You might be the only one.

steve dave · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2012, 06:00:44 AM »

Forward seat guy here

nicname · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2012, 06:14:23 AM »

It the weather is nice I prefer the open-air car, leaning on the rail.

Institutional Control · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:28:14 AM »

Quote from: kitten_mittons on December 21, 2012, 02:07:03 AM

I don't know. never ridden a passenger train. You might be the only one.

Wut?

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:51:04 AM »

Are we counting monorails? Light rail? Trams?

steve dave · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:54:11 AM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on December 21, 2012, 07:51:04 AM

Are we counting monorails? Light rail? Trams?

didn't consider this. I usually stand on airport trams to avoid the awkward offering of the seat to the old person or lady or whatever. on the disney monorail I sit where there is availability the furthest away from the worst looking children.

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2012, 07:57:18 AM »

Forward guy too. You can see the faces of everyone walking past and give them a nod if u like their style.

felix rex · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:00:05 AM »

Hmm. I rode in a sleeper car across Thailand once, but that was a long time ago and maybe wasn't a great comparison for quality trains. I'm taking a train to Alexandria next week. I will probably try backward facing.

steve dave · « **Reply #9 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:01:55 AM »

I like when everyone in my train car settles in for some really intense binge drinking

felix rex · « **Reply #10 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:05:04 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on December 21, 2012, 08:01:55 AM

I like when everyone in my train car settles in for some really intense binge drinking

Yeah. This part is going to suck. I had to wait at the airport for an hour the other night, and there's not a single bar in the place. May bring my own?

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #11 on:** December 21, 2012, 08:17:06 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on December 21, 2012, 08:01:55 AM

I like when everyone in my train car settles in for some really intense binge drinking

Friday night Acela from Boston to NYC is intense binging.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #12 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:38:32 PM »

rode in an amtrak train from kansas city to garden city once when i was like a freshman in high school. got stuck next to an old mennonite guy that talked the whole time. wanted to kill myself.

mocat · « **Reply #13 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:40:48 PM »

Faced forwards on a train from Berlin to Amsterdam. Pretty boring part of the world, terrain-wise. Would consider backwards next time.

j-dub · « **Reply #14 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:42:54 PM »

Quote from: OK Cat on December 21, 2012, 02:38:32 PM

rode in an amtrak train from kansas city to garden city once when i was like a freshman in high school. got stuck next to an old mennonite guy that talked the whole time. wanted to kill myself.

i can think of a few hundred people who would have been ok with that.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2012, 02:43:14 PM »

good one, j-dub

bones129 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2012, 05:00:49 PM »

Trains are great. Forward or backward looking, doesn't matter to me. Just as long as I'm there.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2012, 06:19:17 PM »

hmm, i didn't even think about sleeper cars. i'm sorry saul.

poll applies to all types of trains (amtrack, subway, tram, etc.)

when i was in late grade school (6th probably), i took a train with my grandparents from denver to san diego, then up to san francisco, then up to portland, and eventually back down to denver. it was like a month long vacation over the summer and it was pertty awesome. one of the best memories of my childhood. i was a bit too young back then to know about how awesome backwards seats were though

Trim · « **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2012, 03:53:08 PM »

Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 25, 2012, 04:48:54 PM »

Quote from: Trim on December 25, 2012, 03:53:08 PM

Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.

Worst monorail ride ever

Trim · « **Reply #20 on:** December 25, 2012, 05:02:29 PM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on December 25, 2012, 04:48:54 PM

Quote from: Trim on December 25, 2012, 03:53:08 PM
Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.
Worst monorail ride ever

I was expecting a lot more.

Poll

Which do you prefer?

Author Topic: Trains! (Read 1643 times)