D. B. Arthur Wrote:
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> Peter D. Wrote:
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> > So. What did a little custom run like that
> cost?
>
> I was wondering when I would get hit with that
> question! As has been said, "if you have to ask,
> you can't afford it." It was about the cost of a
> couple of cruises on cruise ships. That's what
> credit cards are for! Since they'll never be
> repeated, I consider it money well spent. I know
> a lot of people wouldn't agree, but that's why
> they are who they are and I'm who I am.
>
> > Being in the industry, did you have your ear to
> a rail or 'friends' who knew you liked rare
> mileage trips?
>
> Clark Johnson and High Iron Travel advertised in
> newspapers, magazines and on the Internet. I was
> on his USPS and email mailing list. He had a
> client list of about a hundred dedicated people
> and he could easily fill a train and add cars to
> match the client interest.

Ah. Well. I didn't have access to a credit card like that for 26 more years, that darn L/S industry! But an Amtrak run south from Portland provided me a future wife, whom I married in Britain, following a run behind the Flying Scotsman. We all get our RAIL thrills when we can!