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<blockquote data-quote="Wild and Free" data-source="post: 130817" data-attributes="member: 406">Wife and I did it to try something different, neither of us had ever traveled by Amtrak train before, I would not want to go any further as the train get pretty funky by the time you get to Portland or Oregon as it runs from Chicago with no cleanings, they turn em around and clean and replenish out west and in Chicago, It was an experience getting on for the last half headed west and noticing the aroma of un-showered folks for 2 days and then the difference of a clean train getting on out west for the trip back on the first half.Probably would not do it again but was worth the experience of it.Was a drag ass trip back due to high temps in Montana, if the ambient temps are over 90* the train can only travel at top speed of 25 mph due to the tracks warping or something along those lines and the train can't speed up until ambient temps are below 85+- for a couple hours, made for a long boring trip across eastern Montana @ 25 mph for many hours plus all the stops.But I had my hand held GPS with and di witness speeds of 85+ mph a few times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wild and Free, post: 130817, member: 406"] Wife and I did it to try something different, neither of us had ever traveled by Amtrak train before, I would not want to go any further as the train get pretty funky by the time you get to Portland or Oregon as it runs from Chicago with no cleanings, they turn em around and clean and replenish out west and in Chicago, It was an experience getting on for the last half headed west and noticing the aroma of un-showered folks for 2 days and then the difference of a clean train getting on out west for the trip back on the first half. Probably would not do it again but was worth the experience of it. Was a drag ass trip back due to high temps in Montana, if the ambient temps are over 90* the train can only travel at top speed of 25 mph due to the tracks warping or something along those lines and the train can't speed up until ambient temps are below 85+- for a couple hours, made for a long boring trip across eastern Montana @ 25 mph for many hours plus all the stops. But I had my hand held GPS with and di witness speeds of 85+ mph a few times. [/QUOTE]

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