A Train to Nowhere 🚂

BellaAineBellaAine
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Late night thoughts: I want to take a trip on a sleeper train, preferably one with a bed and big windows, where we can just lie back, cuddle, and stare at the passing scenery. 🍂🍁🏔️I don't care about the destination, I care about the journey. 🏞️

Would you hop on a train with no destination in mind, or does it matter to you where you're going? There are no wrong answers!

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  • JustAGuy215JustAGuy215

    That sounds lovely, the only times I've been on a "train" has been subway systems. I would love a long trip in a comfy cabin with some company and cuddles.

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @JustAGuy215 I haven't either. ☹️ That's probably why I started daydreaming about it. The only trains I've been on didn't have the most pleasant odor, but they did drop me off right in front of my university. 😁

  • mauvefoxmauvefox

    I’m not sure about no destination. But I’ve always wanted to take one of those two week Alaska tours. Where part of it is on a boat and part is on a sleeper train inland.

  • softopensoftopen

    I love a sleeper train 😍 Best trip I've taken was the "Harry Potter" train from London to the Highlands. I've looked at some options in the US, especially options during this time of year. But it's a shame how horrible (inefficient/illogical routes, pricing, upkeep/cleanliness, schedule, etc.) train systems in the US are. 😞

  • BearBear

    If it was long enough trip, I would be happy to for sure. Yet what I really wanna do is take a cut cross country train sightseeing trip with a sleeper.

  • JohnR1972JohnR1972

    The only train I have been on was on a business trip where I was traveling from Brussels to Paris. The whole trip only took about 90 minutes because the train was moving around 180 mph. It was an INCREDIBLY smooth ride. My cup of coffee didn’t even have a ripple on the surface because the tracks were so smooth.

    I have no idea how smooth the passenger / sleeper cars are in the U.S. However, this past summer I drove to California and I saw passenger trains out West that made me think about taking a train next Summer when I go out west again.

    There is a lot of beautiful country out there and I would be open to taking time off and playing Jack Reacher for a week or so visiting random locations and taking in the scenery. However, I would travel with a backpack, I couldn’t get away with traveling with nothing but a wallet and toothbrush in my pocket. 😂

  • CuddleTherapy70CuddleTherapy70

    Yes @BellaAine . Packing my suitcase, when do we leave?🤣

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @mauvefox A train ride AND a boat ride! The dates will be just as important as the destination for that one since it has to be planned around the Northern Lights. Oh, I can just imagine! 😍

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @softopen There’s a Harry Potter train ride?! How whimsical.

    Yeah, it looks like our Canadian neighbors have us beat when it comes to scenic sleeper trains.

    @Bear That's the plan!

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @JohnR1972 Maybe with a Mary Poppins style wallet, you might be able to get away with it. 😝 Imagine playing a real life game of Clue on the train. No actual victims, of course. How exciting! 🤗

    @CuddleTherapy70 Let's gooo! 👯‍♀️🚂

  • JohnR1972JohnR1972

    @BellaAine - wow, I have thought about that movie in decades! After seeing the passenger trains running parallel to the road for miles and miles, I am genuinely interested in giving it a try. The idea of a sleeper car, a cuddle partner, and big window to watch the countryside go by sounds really relaxing. 👍

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @JohnR1972 That movie is deeply ingrained in my childhood memories. I used to be so proud walking around singing the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious song. 😭 It does sound very relaxing, doesn't it? 💆‍♀️

  • AngelNextDoorAngelNextDoor

    I love napping on the train! If you have a long enough journey, you get to spread out in a couple seats all to yourself. They're big, they recline, and they're padded enough to make it a nice spot to sleep if you bring your own pillow.

    The train that runs along the east coast is perfect for this type of travel. The view you see is like something out of a time machine, when insanely nice Victorian houses and entire cities + neighborhoods were built around railroads as if it were the only mode of travel at the time. 😇 Even the abandoned bits which nature has taken back are a beautiful sight while you ride.

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @AngelNextDoor That's sounds lovely and a good alternative option! That type of scenery would make me want to bring a journal and just write while taking in the view. ✍️

  • AngelNextDoorAngelNextDoor

    I have done that as well - 10/10 recommend. Some good music in your ear buds while you do makes it perfect! :)

  • TheFunCartelTheFunCartel

    I recommend the Pacific Surfliner that runs along the Pacific from LA to San Diego. Took it several times as a kid when we lived in SoCal for a few years. I really loved the Rocky Mountaineer I took a few years ago from Vancouver to Banff in Canada. Didn’t like the train at the local pumpkin patch as it seemed to be made for children.

  • Finnegan2017Finnegan2017
    edited November 9

    @BellaAine Would you perhaps be taking this train at midnight?

  • MeltMyWayMeltMyWay

    Taking a train was something I got to take off my bucket list this past summer. I took the train from L.a. to Sacremento up the coast. It was absolutely beautiful. It made what would of been a 8 hour drive 14 hours in the train. But it was much more comfortable then flying or driving and people were great I made a few connections. I just had a regular seat though not a sleeper train.

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @TheFunCartel good thing I'm still a child at heart. 🎃 👋🚂 I'll take all three recommendations! 🫡

    @Finnegan2017 to Georgia 💃🎶

    @MeltMyWay I'd take the 14-hour train ride over the 8-hour drive any day!

  • Finnegan2017Finnegan2017

    @BellaAine Different song than I was thinking, but still works!

    I was thinking you took a midnight train going anywhere...

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @Finnegan2017

  • 7gem7gem

    I took an amazing 4 day train trip from Toronto to Vancouver 12 years ago. Time to go again. I would recommend it.

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @Finnegan2017 That song fits way better. He even says "born right here in Houston" in the live version. Hahaha.

    @7gem I was looking at Canadian train trips last night. Their sleeper cabins look so much more spacious! Take all of us with you! 🥺

  • 7gem7gem

    @BellaAine That trip would be even more amazing with a cuddle buddy for sure.

  • IronicMaidenIronicMaiden

    Amtrak sleeper cabins are a bit on the small side. I've only gotten roomettes - theoretically 1-2 people, but trying to squeeze a second person in would probably make me feel claustrophobic. It does offer privacy, quiet, and the ability to take a nap whenever I want. And no problem getting a window seat.

    Getting enough people to rent an entire sleeper car would probably be fun, though.

  • TxTomTxTom

    We're planning to go on one of those Canadian Rocky Mountain trains in a couple of years.

    We hope to, eventually, ride the Trans-Siberian Railway.

  • BellaAineBellaAine

    @7gem You already know! 🫂🚂

    @IronicMaiden Sounds like Amtrak would make for a good solo trip to clear my mind. And yes, yes to your idea of getting enough people together to rent an entire sleeper car! 🚂🚂🚂🤗

    @TxTom Now that is exciting! Just make sure you bring a suitcase big enough to fit all of us in. 😁

  • AlexxaAlexxa

    I would happily jump on a sleeper car going to an unknown location with one of my favorite cuddle buddies. Spending time watching the sunset and gazing at the stars. Waking up at sunrise to have breakfast and do it all over again! Cuddling the whole time 🤗

  • TxTomTxTom

    @BellaAine

  • JustAGuy215JustAGuy215

    @BellaAine haha same. Loved skipping traffic and ending up on campus. Still, would've been nice if the seats were comfy and it didn't smell like mystery liquid every time.