Re: Railroad Related Christmas Gift
Author: Michael Mahoney
Date: 12-13-2010 - 18:06
I was in college in Oregon; my family lived in Chicago. My parents sent me a check to pay for an air ticket home for Christmas. Air ticket? No way. I bought passage on the North Coast Limited, and there was even enough money to pay for one of those mini-compartments. We swept across the snow-covered prairies, and I think we got into Minneapolis about 30 minutes late, as NP tended to be a little poky. No problem; the Burlington grabbed the train by the scruff of the neck and hurled it down to Chicago, arriving on time.