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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

captain queeg

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2. Took Amtrak from Seattle to Kalispell one time

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 04:28 PM

Jan 2021

I think it was Kalispell, some small city in Montana. We rented a sleeping room, the good one that runs perpendicular to the train axis. It was great, and didn't cost any more than if we'd flown. Worked out that way. I'd like to do that again some time, but in most cases its too expensive.

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