New England Rails and Sails '08
WAA Travellers Tour Log
Trains, Trains, and Trains
Casino exit to Yankee Candle Factory. The place is like Disneyland for the candle set. Without the rides.
Someone (possibly me) was late getting on the bus (possibly because I was waiting in the wrong place... yes, this place is that big) but it only meant we missed the brief rain storm before hitting the train station.
This train was a longer ride over two trellises (one was very high) and at our stop, we had to wait 30 minutes for a frieght train (carrying salt, spools of wire and a lot of limestone slurry (and I'm surprised that there isn't a wikipedia page for Limestone Slurry)) to pass us. 67 cars and 4 engines. The conductor made us count.
Almost home, we had to wait for a commuter Amtrak train to cross us (less than 100 yards from our destination). A bus ride up into the Green Mountains in the near dark and dinner at a ski lodge.
Someone (possibly me) was late getting on the bus (possibly because I was waiting in the wrong place... yes, this place is that big) but it only meant we missed the brief rain storm before hitting the train station.
This train was a longer ride over two trellises (one was very high) and at our stop, we had to wait 30 minutes for a frieght train (carrying salt, spools of wire and a lot of limestone slurry (and I'm surprised that there isn't a wikipedia page for Limestone Slurry)) to pass us. 67 cars and 4 engines. The conductor made us count.
Almost home, we had to wait for a commuter Amtrak train to cross us (less than 100 yards from our destination). A bus ride up into the Green Mountains in the near dark and dinner at a ski lodge.
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