Re: Not Railroad - question for english friends

#6 eastbound on time!!!!!!

March - June of this year when I was working in Cedar Rapids, I would ride Amtrak #5 eastbound from Mt. Pleasant to Denver to come home and #6 from Denver to Mt. Pleasant to go back to work. It was a most miserable time having to "commute" between Colorado and Iowa........ Riding Amtrak was somewhat interesting, but during the time I was riding, #6 never arrived in Mt. Pleasant anywhere near on time. It was usually at least 2 hours late and one time over 8 hours late........

I was amazed at the number of old glass Hemingray's still along the BNSF across Iowa. Seems like they were slowly cutting the poles down across Iowa from Mt Pleasant westward... I picked up quite a few a souvenirs because the BNSF was stacking the old poles next to rural intersections that I saw from the train.

Festus