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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 01:40:43 JST Adrianna Tan

   Everything is better from a train

   (Even if the train is extremely slow)

   #Amtrak #Train #CoastStarlight

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:21:39 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Das

     @SRDas now’s a good time. Kind of snowy through Tahoe

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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:21:40 JST Das

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     @skinnylatte we've been wanting, longing to get on the Zephyr!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:23:48 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • David Thomson

     @dwlt the Caltrain is so much better now that they’re electric. They used to run much slower and less frequently.

     The Amtrak trains are very scenic

     California Zephyr is amazing (going to Reno for the weekend is a fun short ish ride)

     I also like the coast starlight to Portland

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     David Thomson (dwlt@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:23:49 JST David Thomson

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     @skinnylatte I need to explore CA trains a bit more next time I’m over. Used Caltrain between SJ and SF last week, but need to check out any more scenic options available.

     I have used the Cascades line from Portland to Seattle which was beautiful.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:34:48 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • David Thomson

     @dwlt fun! Lemme know if you need any train or food or city advice!

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     David Thomson (dwlt@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:34:50 JST David Thomson

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     @skinnylatte yep, definitely a big difference from the first time I used it 20 odd years ago!

     Going to explore the Amtrak site before my next visit in April 🙂

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     Trapper (bigelow@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:37:26 JST Trapper

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     @skinnylatte Just took the Zephyr to Chicago, highly recommend. Better during the winter.
     Coast Starlight is incredible during the summer, waking up in an Oregon sunrise.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:41:41 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Trapper

     @bigelow yeah’ I just did the coast starlight to Portland in August. Was great.

     I took the zephyr often to Nevada but haven’t gone the whole way

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:42:14 JST Adrianna Tan

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     The trains my parents take most are the high speed trains in Taiwan so they’re experiencing a culture shock at the (lack of) speed in this train

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     Denis (constantorbit@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 02:43:59 JST Denis

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     @skinnylatte Yeah, the lack of good rail infrastructure in the US is so depressing. Even here in the Northeast, the "high speed" Acela... usually isn't. -sigh-

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 03:15:59 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Dave Spector

     @Dhmspector yeah, and all the cities with functioning transit that now don’t have any.

     I was reading a book about Chinese immigrants to the Sacramento delta in the 1800s and they were talking about taking the boat to SF and I’m like that seems easier than now haha

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     Dave Spector (dhmspector@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 03:16:00 JST Dave Spector

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     @skinnylatte we used to have a completed rail network in the US. You could literally take local trains across the country if you wanted.

     The creation of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s killed it by prioritizing cars and trucks over passenger and freight trains.

     It was a deliberate choice whose cost to the nation was/is incalculable.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 04:11:01 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • David Thomson

     @dwlt I’ve got a tome.

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     David Thomson (dwlt@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 04:11:02 JST David Thomson

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     @skinnylatte Thank you! Always need food advice, especially in San Jose!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 04:57:19 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Listening to 1980s Bollywood songs and looking at this view. Not bad

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     Trapper (bigelow@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 05:02:30 JST Trapper

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     @skinnylatte The views from SF to Denver on the zephyr are all fantastic and cover a wide gamut. Beautifully desolate deserts in Nevada and Utah, winding canyons and grand mountains in Colorado. Spectacle for landscape watchers.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 05:07:46 JST Adrianna Tan

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     This is the slow scenic way to get to my workplace that I only do if I leave on a Sunday.

     Oakland to Salinas then transfer to Amtrak bus to Monterey. If I catch a ride with a coworker it’s 2h in a car. Otherwise I just take the Airbus from SF airport (2.5-3h)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 08:07:37 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • ChasMusic (he/him)

     @ChasMusic the machine in the sad corner

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     ChasMusic (he/him) (chasmusic@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 08:07:38 JST ChasMusic (he/him)

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     @skinnylatte Then ¿where do you get the tickets for the Capitol Corridor or the one that goes to Bakersfield?