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To: mairdie
Thanks for sharing that. Very nice, and lucky for you that IBM was OK with it. When I have time I love train travel. It seems some of those scenes were filmed from the Zephyr? I've always wanted to buy one of those unlimited passes for a month, which pretty much allows you to travel on any train on any route (of course fine print says ‘some restrictions’).
 
3 posted on 08/27/2017 6:57:19 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Every company I’ve been with has been okay with it. The sort of thing you get settled upfront. I can’t remember a company ever saying no. The really hard thing for them was that they had to donate 20 percent of my time to professional groups, and I worked 50 percent of my time at home in another state. Commuted 180 miles each way once per week.

Yes, definitely the Zephyr. Good catch!

When you traveled as much as I did, it used to be nerve-wracking when the train stopped in the middle of nowhere, as that footage showed. I remember our porter hiding once. Sometimes accidents. Sometimes people giving the engineers nightmares.


5 posted on 08/27/2017 7:11:21 PM PDT by mairdie
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