Comments on: Nearby Adventures: Auburn, Washington http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:42:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Cities for 09 April 2008 » TravelBlog Archive » Family Travel http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-75241 Carnival of Cities for 09 April 2008 » TravelBlog Archive » Family Travel Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:43:41 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/#comment-75241 [...] and photographer Pam Mandel laments the demise of rail travel in a once-splendid small town in Adventures Near Seattle: Auburn, Washington posted at her blog Nerd’s Eye [...] [...] and photographer Pam Mandel laments the demise of rail travel in a once-splendid small town in Adventures Near Seattle: Auburn, Washington posted at her blog Nerd’s Eye [...]

]]> By: pam http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-75161 pam Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:16 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/#comment-75161 Not as much cheap labor? I was inspired by the idea of rail, that's for sure. I'm looking into the cheap getaways on Amtrak. Plus, our trains have awesome names. The Coast Starlight. The Empire Builder. And of course, The City of New Orleans. Not as much cheap labor?

I was inspired by the idea of rail, that’s for sure. I’m looking into the cheap getaways on Amtrak.

Plus, our trains have awesome names. The Coast Starlight. The Empire Builder. And of course, The City of New Orleans.

]]> By: Ciaran Buckley http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-75160 Ciaran Buckley Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:30:35 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/03/30/nearby-adventures-auburn-washington/#comment-75160 I could see the railways being rebuilt. Short-stay short-hop tourism is growing, replacing long-haul trips, which is best left to travel writers. People are concerned about higher fuel prices; changing work practices which means weekend breaks are more popular than long holidays; and they're afraid of terrorism. You ain't going to fly to Florida if you're worried about the Florida Liberation Front kidnapping you. Even the Irish copy-the-Yanks-at-all-costs government is rebuilding railroads that were built in the 1860s and shut down in the 1950s. We could have expected that they would be more expensive to rebuild than to build and keep open.We're just not quite sure why they are *slower* to rebuild, when they were built with picks and shovels in the 1860s and we have mechanical construction machines in Ireland today. Begorrah, we surely do. I could see the railways being rebuilt. Short-stay short-hop tourism is growing, replacing long-haul trips, which is best left to travel writers. People are concerned about higher fuel prices; changing work practices which means weekend breaks are more popular than long holidays; and they’re afraid of terrorism. You ain’t going to fly to Florida if you’re worried about the Florida Liberation Front kidnapping you.
Even the Irish copy-the-Yanks-at-all-costs government is rebuilding railroads that were built in the 1860s and shut down in the 1950s.

We could have expected that they would be more expensive to rebuild than to build and keep open.We’re just not quite sure why they are *slower* to rebuild, when they were built with picks and shovels in the 1860s and we have mechanical construction machines in Ireland today. Begorrah, we surely do.

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