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re: If you owned your own pullman cars, could you hire a train engine?
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:56 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:56 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
both.
The views from a train are awesome.
I would love to take a train to California by way of Colorado.
The views from a train are awesome.
I would love to take a train to California by way of Colorado.
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Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:56 pm to Napoleon
For the right amount of money, yes you could.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:56 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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why the frick would you want to spend $1M on a train car when you could own a plane for that and get where you're going much faster?
It's not about how fast you can get from point A to point B. Having a private Pullman car is about HOW you get from point A to point B.
Travel in a private Pullman car can be contracted with the railroads, whether attached to a freight train or at the end of a Amtrak. Occasionally I've seen private cars at the end of end of an Amtrak train.
I also recall an article years ago about Tom Clancy spending a few days stranded in a freight yard (Denver I think) when he rented a Pullman for a family vacation.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:58 pm to SSpaniel
This seems absurdly expensive for not that much benefit.
Each car is $400k+++, not including the $2.60/mile or storage costs.
Each car is $400k+++, not including the $2.60/mile or storage costs.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:58 pm to Napoleon
You can hire Amtrak to pull it. Info on their website.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 2:59 pm to SSpaniel
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Seems like I remember seeing on some show that you can legally hobo up to the back of any Amtrak train in America for free
Sure if they don't catch you, just have to be fast.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:02 pm to Alleman
Thank you.
A lot of times all I want on vacation is quiet and a book to read.
I like long flights and trains for that.
A lot of times all I want on vacation is quiet and a book to read.
I like long flights and trains for that.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 3:36 pm to Napoleon
Let me know when you head to jack browns and I will join you for a seaplane rating.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:10 pm to Napoleon
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Was wondering if one could afford it, can you just pay UP or CN to haul you around?
I used to work with a guy that had a Pullman and some freight cars, flatcars, he would just hire "tag on" space from the railroad, similar to how you can hire empty space in a moving van that happens to be going in the area that you need something moved to.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:18 pm to Napoleon
Without sending me to another site, can someone answer how you'd store a private car and get it to the rail to link to Amtrak?
Is the answer that you have to store it at an authorized train yard that is already attached to the main rail?
Is the answer that you have to store it at an authorized train yard that is already attached to the main rail?
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:19 pm to Napoleon
A friend in New Orleans was talking to another friend and he mentioned what a hassle it was packing the car for a family vacation. She responded that she just had their Butler load up the family Pullman car and they were ready to go.
My friend reported being unable to suppress the sigh of envy.
My friend reported being unable to suppress the sigh of envy.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:28 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Most private cars are very luxurious.
If you rent one for a group, most come with stewards and/or cooks.
You see some great off the highway scenery:
If you rent one for a group, most come with stewards and/or cooks.
You see some great off the highway scenery:
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:28 pm to The Mick
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Is there a joke in here somewhere?
Railroad Lady, by Jerry Jeff Walker, and Jimmy Buffett
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:34 pm to Napoleon
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I would love to take a train to California by way of Colorado.
there's actually a scheduled train, not Amtrak, but a nice, well rated rr that does this, can't recall the name but I've a friends that have taken it and really enjoyed it, probably easy to google
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:40 pm to Napoleon
I'd turn it into another Cock-a-boose and party like a rock star.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:41 pm to Napoleon
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Came to me that I think having a private train car would be cool as hell.
Chinyon alter
Posted on 5/9/17 at 4:48 pm to The Mick
Amtrak doesn't own any lines afaik..tis why they have to let the other freights pass before continuing on
Posted on 5/9/17 at 6:32 pm to Fewer Kilometers
good question.
I wonder if they can get it as long as it's adjacent to their route. Maybe you have to get a tow from another engine to the Amtrack station.
I wonder if they can get it as long as it's adjacent to their route. Maybe you have to get a tow from another engine to the Amtrack station.
Posted on 5/9/17 at 6:35 pm to chinhoyang
So if you have two pullman cars and you are the second to last, do you have to let the people in the last car through your car to get to the bar car?
Posted on 5/9/17 at 6:38 pm to Napoleon
I'm in the own a huge yacht camp.
Go anchor out in the open ocean away from the jurisdiction of any nation and party however and whenever. Hookers and blow flown in from all around the globe with zero worries of an arrest of any kind. Any of them OD just kick the corpse overboard and keep on hooking and getting blown.
Go anchor out in the open ocean away from the jurisdiction of any nation and party however and whenever. Hookers and blow flown in from all around the globe with zero worries of an arrest of any kind. Any of them OD just kick the corpse overboard and keep on hooking and getting blown.
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