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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 13:22:00 JST Adrianna Tan

   Sometimes when people who don’t like trains say ‘what? 18h? You can drive it in 8’, I say yes but that’s 10h of not riding a train; which sucks.

   That confuses them.

   #Trains #Transit #Amtrak

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 13:44:20 JST Adrianna Tan

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     That’s actually 18h of not being in a train, and 8h of being in a car, so no

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 14:07:43 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • consumableJoy

     @consumablejoy California Zephyr? Yeah I’d love to try a roomette sometime!

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     consumableJoy (consumablejoy@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 14:07:44 JST consumableJoy

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     @skinnylatte I enjoy driving. But we took the train back and forth from Emeryville to Glenwood Springs, CO, which took like 28 hrs or even more (there was a delay). We had a private roommette with a bathroom (so important). And it was absolutely lovely. Would do again.

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     Ian Z (soviut@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 14:16:20 JST Ian Z

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     @skinnylatte And the only reason it takes 18 hours is because driving has been prioritized.

     In Europe they literally have RailJet where it's faster than flying when you consider all the waiting, check-in, baggage claim, traveling to and from the airport, etc.

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     Denton Gentry (dgentry@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 22:22:45 JST Denton Gentry

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     @skinnylatte Our eldest sprog attends UC Davis, while we live on the SF peninsula.

     We love love LOVE the Capital Corridor Amtrak. Just sit back and let someone else bring us to and fro, and never an urgent stop to find a bathroom along the way.

     We only drive at the start and end of the school year, when the amount of cargo is a bit much to schlep onto the train.

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     Das (srdas@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 01:29:29 JST Das

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     @skinnylatte I truly, deeply miss long train journeys. By long I mean 36+ hrs, some even 2 nights.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 01:29:29 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Das

     @SRDas haha I once did the kanyakumari to Assam one. 50+?

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     Local Agency (laprice@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:03:11 JST Local Agency

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     @skinnylatte apparently the mastodon android client has a bug that prevents adding alt text to photos and voids the post. It looks like the tap is propagating to the second layer so you click the back arrow to add the alt text and the message is also passed to the next screen where the X close action is.

     AFAICT this only happens during replies.

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     Local Agency (laprice@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:03:12 JST Local Agency

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     @skinnylatte I was riding a section of the old Oregon Electric Railroad right of way this afternoon.

     (photo un momento)

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.