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Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2004Longest journey?
Salvé A question regarding railway journey's here, Assuming one travelled from the very north of north america (USA or Canada) how far South can one go travelling only by Rail? where would the journey start ( Alaska or Newfoundland and what town....) and where would it end and on what railways (railroads) would one travel? travelling by taxi for the purposes of changing Railroad lines is ok if it's in th same town. Beowulf On 3/5/04 12:08 PM, in article Oo32c.28413$zm5.10084@nntpserver.swip.net, > Salvé > A question regarding railway journey's here, Assuming one travelled from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Beowulf Offhand, I'd say Churchill on Hudson's Bay to someplace in Mexico. IIRC, Alaska isn't connected by rail to the lower 48, and to Canada only by a narrow gauge line that dead-ends. Now, If you include barge traffic, the Alaska RR can be added.  SignatureBrian Ehni >Offhand, I'd say Churchill on Hudson's Bay to someplace in Mexico. IIRC, >Alaska isn't connected by rail to the lower 48, and to Canada only by a >narrow gauge line that dead-ends. The Alaska RR runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks (?). No connection to the south by rail. The White Pass & Yukon, when I was there in 1992, said it was no longer a common carrier and was only a tourist line. It used to connect Skagway to Dawson, Yukon. But again, there's no rail connection to the south. Churchill is the farthest north I'm aware of without digging. Jay CNS&M North Shore Line - "First and fastest" <<Churchill is the farthest north I'm aware of without digging. Wife & I have taken the Churchill train several times since we are avid photographers. It's the best rail trip in North America. There used to be two different companies running passenger service. We always took the private company's train--I think it was Northland. They only haul grain now. There is still VIA rail that goes up there. Not sure what the south end of a connection would be. There are active railroads all the way down to the ends of Argentina but I don't know if they are connected. Wife & I have the Rossia #1 on our "to do" list. That's also known as the "Trans Siberian Express." My oldeset son started learning Russian last Fall. Kent in SD >>Offhand, I'd say Churchill on Hudson's Bay to someplace in Mexico. IIRC, >>Alaska isn't connected by rail to the lower 48, and to Canada only by a >>narrow gauge line that dead-ends. > > The Alaska RR runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks (?). No connection to the south > by rail. He did question whether connections by barge might be allowed. The Alaska RR does have a car float operation from Seattle to Whittier. http://www.akrr.com/freight/alaska_rail_marine.html Imagine seeing Conrail boxcars in Anchorage. :-{) SignatureRick Jones Proud to be an American. Ashamed that Bush is our president. Remove the Extra Dot to e-mail me The Lake Erie & Oregon Railroad http://www.geocities.com/seventysixinchesoffun/ Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Salvé > Offhand, I'd say Churchill on Hudson's Bay to someplace in Mexico. IIRC, > Alaska isn't connected by rail to the lower 48, and to Canada only by a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > Brian Ehni Barge away dear boy, : ) beowulf Good Morning! > Beowulf wrote: > Assuming one travelled from the very north of north america > (USA or Canada) how far South can one go travelling only > by Rail? .... travelling by taxi for the purposes of > changing Railroad lines is ok if it's in th same town. Forget the exact details but it was possible to travel a rather good distance in the 1920s by Interurban-- TrolleyCar from New York well into Wisconsin -- But M-a-n-y changes. Believe a book on this subject was published. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Waiting for a bus is as thrilling as fishing, with the similar tantalisation that something, sometime, somehow, will turn up. George Courtauld <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> James B. Holland • Holland Electric Railway Operation....... "O"--Scale St.-Petersburg Trams Company (SPTC) Trolleycars and "O"--Scale Parts including Q-Car mailto:pghpcc@pacbell.net • Pennsylvania Trolley Museum http://www.pa-trolley.org/ • Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), 1930 -- 1950 • N.M.R.A. Life member #2190; http://www.nmra.org <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Forget the exact details but it was possible to > travel a rather good distance in the 1920s by Interurban-- > TrolleyCar from New York well into Wisconsin -- But > M-a-n-y changes. My mother took me to visit a friend of hers in Chicago and see the Railroad Fair in 1951 - we left Decatur on the Illinois Terminal RR and transferred to the Roarin' Elgin. Not a super long trip, but decidedly better than taking the 'Hound. SignatureSteve Caple > My mother took me to visit a friend of hers in Chicago and see the > Railroad Fair in 1951 - we left Decatur on the Illinois Terminal RR > and transferred to the Roarin' Elgin. Not a super long trip, but > decidedly better than taking the 'Hound. I'm envious! That would have been a great trip... > I'm envious! That would have been a great trip... I remember some Santa Fe stuff the most: a Navajo sand painting crew, and what I think was a Blue Goose Hudson, although I don't think they were on regular runs at that time. Maybe they ran it in for show, or it might have been some other road's streamlined steam engine. I was not particularly conversant in steam loco lore at the age of 8: I remember taking the Wabash from Decatur to Peru around that time and being surprised by one of their semi-streamlined class P-1 Hudsons with elephant ear smoke deflectors. Quite a sight in that Wabash blue. SignatureSteve Caple On 3/6/04 6:33 PM, in article MPG.1ab40d3d1321a51f989e2e@netnews.comcast.net, "Steve Caple" <stevecaple@commoncast.net> wrote: >> I'm envious! That would have been a great trip... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Hudsons with elephant ear smoke deflectors. Quite a sight in > that Wabash blue. Not just "a" Blue Goose Hudson; it would have been "the", as ATSF had only one. SignatureBrian Ehni On 3/5/04 4:40 PM, in article 40490212.74CFA171@pacbell.net, "Jim Holland" <PghPCC@pacbell.net> wrote: > Good Morning! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Believe a book on this subject was published. And also back in the day, you could travel from the Great Lakes deep into Texas via narrow gauge! SignatureBrian Ehni > Salvé > A question regarding railway journey's here, Assuming one travelled from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Beowulf A friend of mine was trying to get hired by a company that was working towards the early stages of setting up a rail connection across the Bering Straits to Russia via British Columbia, theYukon and Alaska. Personally, I have big doubts this is possible with current technologies, so I am happy they didn't hire her. I have the idea it was all a big scam. But on the off chance they ever are successful, there is a new longest journey. :) Babboo >>Salvé >> A question regarding railway journey's here, Assuming one travelled [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Babboo New York to London in how many years...? :-) John > A friend of mine was trying to get hired by a company that was working > towards the early stages of setting up a rail connection across the Bering > Straits to Russia via British Columbia, theYukon and Alaska. Wow...if they did it you could go from Halifax all the way to Moscow by train....that would be some trip |
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