Posted on 07/29/2010 6:43:09 AM PDT by Willie Green
LOL. We’re talking seniors here. The average age of the club members is around 70, probably.
When you’re old yo haven’t got time to waste on a stupid choo-choo!
For me, it was from London to Hong Kong, with the biggest highlight being the Trans-Siberian. What a trip! I love travelling by train. Beats any other.
Train excursions are both more affordable and more scenic than most airline or cruise ship packages.
...and is operated without subsidy by a private company. Feel better?
That also is not true.
At best, it is a self-supporting non-profit organization subsidized by tax-exempt status and "volunteers" performing maintenance/restoration work as well as operating the museum.
So you are trying to sell this like a vacation or adventure? Because head to head, I’ll compare airline ticket prices and time of travel to train tickets and time of travel to the same destination any day of the week and you know very well how trains stack up in that case.
I don’t mean to break your heart Willie, but private not for profit corporations are still “private”.
So you are trying to sell this like a vacation or adventure?
I have a better idea.
How about you read the article that was posted,
and then try to guess which one best fits with the topic of the thread?
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