Drive-on trains

[Mark R]

Just wondering how many places have trains that you can drive your car onto.

 

[Ackmed]

Where I grew up, that was the only way to get your car into town. It was a very small, very remote town in Alaska. There was no way to get your car to town, other than that. About a 25 miles ride, thru a few mountains.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
Where I grew up, that was the only way to get your car into town. It was a very small, very remote town in Alaska. There was no way to get your car to town, other than that. About a 25 miles ride, thru a few mountains.

Sounds kinda fun... and weird.

 

[Ackmed]

It was very remote, and old military town actually. You get fly there, take a boat, or a train. That was it. The air strip was very, very small. Most planes landed in the sound. Only 300 people in my town. No paved roads, no cable TV, or any type of TV. Our phones were on 3 digits only, not 7. Two cops, that were also fire fighters. Tunnels under the city, so that school was never canceled for snow. Even though the entire school could be covered by snow. Little town called Whittier, about 50 miles SE of Anchorage.

 

[david46675]

Amtrak Auto Train from Florida to Virginia

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[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
It was very remote, and old military town actually. You get fly there, take a boat, or a train. That was it. The air strip was very, very small. Most planes landed in the sound. Only 300 people in my town. No paved roads, no cable TV, or any type of TV. Our phones were on 3 digits only, not 7. Two cops, that were also fire fighters. Tunnels under the city, so that school was never canceled for snow. Even though the entire school could be covered by snow. Little town called Whittier, about 50 miles SE of Anchorage.

That is NUTS.

 

[AMCRambler]

Originally posted by: Ackmed
It was very remote, and old military town actually. You get fly there, take a boat, or a train. That was it. The air strip was very, very small. Most planes landed in the sound. Only 300 people in my town. No paved roads, no cable TV, or any type of TV. Our phones were on 3 digits only, not 7. Two cops, that were also fire fighters. Tunnels under the city, so that school was never canceled for snow. Even though the entire school could be covered by snow. Little town called Whittier, about 50 miles SE of Anchorage.

What kind of work did your father or mother do that they ended up there?

 

[uhohs]

zomg underground tunnels under the whole town? that sounds awesome.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Ackmed
It was very remote, and old military town actually. You get fly there, take a boat, or a train. That was it. The air strip was very, very small. Most planes landed in the sound. Only 300 people in my town. No paved roads, no cable TV, or any type of TV. Our phones were on 3 digits only, not 7. Two cops, that were also fire fighters. Tunnels under the city, so that school was never canceled for snow. Even though the entire school could be covered by snow. Little town called Whittier, about 50 miles SE of Anchorage.

That is NUTS.

Sounds like a good place to hide when North Korea and Iran join forces and invade.

 

[Ackmed]

Its not nuts. It was great fun growing up there. If you liked the out doors, it rocked. I hunted, fished, kayaked, camped on top of glaciers, etc. So many things.

My mother worked for my grandmother, who owned the Sportsmans Inn. Doing the books and bartending some. I did too, no body cared I was about 8 when I started doing it. I played pool with the fishermen and anyone else who happened to wander in. She was also the Mayor, after my grandfather died. My dad worked on a tug boat that helped guide the barges into the ports around where we lived. Among many other things, spent 10 years on the Alaskan Railroad. My grandparents live near Kenai, right on the Kenia river, the salmon fishing capitol of the world.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: Ackmed
It was very remote, and old military town actually. You get fly there, take a boat, or a train. That was it. The air strip was very, very small. Most planes landed in the sound. Only 300 people in my town. No paved roads, no cable TV, or any type of TV. Our phones were on 3 digits only, not 7. Two cops, that were also fire fighters. Tunnels under the city, so that school was never canceled for snow. Even though the entire school could be covered by snow. Little town called Whittier, about 50 miles SE of Anchorage.

That is NUTS.

Sounds like a good place to hide when North Korea and Iran join forces and invade.

As I said, it used to be a military town. Till 1960 I think. It had the biggest building in Alaska at one time. Called the "City under one roof". Several basements, a bowling alley, shooting range, movie theater, hospital, etc in it. Rumored to be where the Pres was supposed to go during the Cold war, but I dont know about that.

But yeah, a good place to hide. 🙂 I wont be hiding though, Marines dont hide. 😉