In 2007, I took my daughter and her 2 adult kids on a train trip through the NW National Parks. We had a ball but the freight trains rules the rails. We had to pull off the main rails several times to let the freight trains through. We were blessed that we went because GrandLuxe went out of business the next year. We are now planning a trip in the Canadian Rockies. Don’t get me wrong. I think some freight trains need to go through on time but they despise passenger trains. My grandson and I think Christmas in the Rockies would be a great trip. We want my 2 great granddaughters to get a few years older so they can remember the memories we make. They are 5/6 now.
Conrail owns the track; not passenger trains. They get the right-of-way.