There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did it anyway (2019)

Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by j7ake on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:14PM (#31596732)

How do you take a cross country train and stop at Montana to do hiking ? Won’t your train and all your stuff on the train have left by the time you finished your hike ?

I imagine the train only stops for half an hour or so for long breaks…

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by chrisseaton on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:52PM (#31597380)

> Won’t your train and all your stuff on the train

…well you take your luggage off the train. Is that really what you were asking?

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by shagie on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:23PM (#31599406)

This is a "I've thought about this"...

Take the Empire Builder to Essex. https://www.amtrak.com/stations/esm.html

At Essex (7:41 pm), disembark, get a room at the Izaak Walton Inn - https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2787345,-113.6113756,3a,75y,...

Spend the following day hiking ( https://www.google.com/maps/dir/48.2784604,-113.6118791/48.3... )

Return to the town, have dinner, get on the train (at 7:41 pm) and continue on.

This becomes much easier with a rail pass: https://media.amtrak.com/2022/03/for-a-limited-time-amtrak-o... / https://www.amtrak.com/USARailPass

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by tantalor on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:35PM (#31597067)

1. Disembark with your stuff

2. Hike (leave extra stuff in storage)

3. Take the next train

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Re:There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train but I did i... by gumby on Thursday June 02, 2022 @12:39PM (#31597130)

No different from flying: you disembark and then catch a later train, likely a few days later.

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