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Which do you prefer?

Forward Seat
6 (50%)
Backward Seat
2 (16.7%)
Pole/Hand Strap
4 (33.3%)

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« 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.   :driving: <---but sitting backwards with no wheel or gearshifter.


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Re: Trains!
« 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.

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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 06:00:44 AM »
Forward seat guy here

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Re: Trains!
« 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. 
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Re: Trains!
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2012, 07:28:14 AM »
I don't know. never ridden a passenger train. You might be the only one.

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Re: Trains!
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 07:51:04 AM »
Are we counting monorails? Light rail? Trams?
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Re: Trains!
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2012, 07:54:11 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.

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Re: Trains!
« 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.

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« 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.
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Re: Trains!
« 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

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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2012, 08:05:04 AM »
I like when everyone in my train car settles in for some really intense binge drinking

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Re: Trains!
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2012, 08:17:06 AM »
I like when everyone in my train car settles in for some really intense binge drinking

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Re: Trains!
« 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.

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Re: Trains!
« 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.

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Re: Trains!
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2012, 02:42:54 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.
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Re: Trains!
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2012, 02:43:14 PM »
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Re: Trains!
« 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.

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Re: Trains!
« 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  :frown:
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Re: Trains!
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2012, 03:53:08 PM »
Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.

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Re: Trains!
« Reply #19 on: December 25, 2012, 04:48:54 PM »
Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.
Worst monorail ride ever
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Re: Trains!
« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2012, 05:02:29 PM »
Sideways facing out on the monorail post-Gonzaga.
Worst monorail ride ever

I was expecting a lot more.