MangoCon 2019
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@jaredbusch said in MangoCon 2019:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2019:
@jmoore said in MangoCon 2019:
What site is this so I can look up train rides?
Just use Amtrak's own website. It'll give you all the details.
Short runs are generally good for Amtrak.
Longer runs are only good if you happen to be able to have a straight path.
... and don't cross a "holding city." Dallas to San Antonio should be super perfect, yet south of Austin is a "holding city" where the train stops and sits for half a day before continuing on to San Antonio. Totally ruins what could be the one really good train route in the state.
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@jmoore Takes a bit longer, but if you continue all the way to DAL instead of FTW, you can just take the DART directly from Union Station to Trinity Mills and not have to worry about the TRE transfer. Same price.
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Looks like a train from Atlanta is not the preferred travel method...
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@rojoloco said in MangoCon 2019:
Looks like a train from Atlanta is not the preferred travel method...
That's because no train goes between them. You have to take a train to a bus and/or go 50% farther because the train from Atlanta goes through Houston and on to San Antonio. Then a different train from San Antonio to Ft. Worth to Dallas. You literally spiral around your destination. It's terrible that there is no connector across norther LA.
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@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2019:
@rojoloco said in MangoCon 2019:
Looks like a train from Atlanta is not the preferred travel method...
That's because no train goes between them. You have to take a train to a bus and/or go 50% farther because the train from Atlanta goes through Houston and on to San Antonio. Then a different train from San Antonio to Ft. Worth to Dallas. You literally spiral around your destination. It's terrible that there is no connector across norther LA.
I feel that way about the CHI to NYC run. Delays and transfers in Albany kill the Lakeshore run.
The other choice is to take the Capitol run and transfer in Pittsburgh, or DC.
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@jaredbusch said in MangoCon 2019:
@scottalanmiller said in MangoCon 2019:
@rojoloco said in MangoCon 2019:
Looks like a train from Atlanta is not the preferred travel method...
That's because no train goes between them. You have to take a train to a bus and/or go 50% farther because the train from Atlanta goes through Houston and on to San Antonio. Then a different train from San Antonio to Ft. Worth to Dallas. You literally spiral around your destination. It's terrible that there is no connector across norther LA.
I feel that way about the CHI to NYC run. Delays and transfers in Albany kill the Lakeshore run.
The other choice is to take the Capitol run and transfer in Pittsburgh, or DC.
No commuter rail in the southern tier... it kind of sucks.
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@obsolesce and the cost.. Amtrak's costs are stupid compared to flight costs.
I like trains better, but not in america.
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@jaredbusch said in MangoCon 2019:
@obsolesce and the cost.. Amtrak's costs are stupid compared to flight costs.
I like trains better, but not in america.
Right, $1194. Is that including a massage and spa car that you can use with unlimited food and drink for the ride.
That's just insane
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Even the low end of $574. . .
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I'm thinking we need to rent out some RVs and pickup people along the way. I'll be coming from Chicago... I think it would be a fun ride down. Any takers?
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@jaredbusch said in MangoCon 2019:
@obsolesce and the cost.. Amtrak's costs are stupid compared to flight costs.
I like trains better, but not in america.
I selected a 4-bed "family room"... that took the cost to over $2000.
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@dustinb3403 said in MangoCon 2019:
@jaredbusch said in MangoCon 2019:
@obsolesce and the cost.. Amtrak's costs are stupid compared to flight costs.
I like trains better, but not in america.
Right, $1194. Is that including a massage and spa car that you can use with unlimited food and drink for the ride.
That's just insane
Oh, that's for 4 of us. (wife and kids)
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I could offer my house and Grill for a Grill night. Rojo and I might be fighting for grill time.
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@texkonc said in MangoCon 2019:
I could offer my house and Grill for a Grill night. Rojo and I might be fighting for grill time.
Depending on how many people show for the conference....That's an awesome idea.
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Anyone from the west coast, especially out of Portland going? I am considering it.
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@donahue said in MangoCon 2019:
Anyone from the west coast, especially out of Portland going? I am considering it.
Don't know of anyone else from Oregon yet. I know that @Obsolesce is San Diego and @wrx7m is Oxnard. I know that Ob is attempting to make it at least.
@Romo is coming and is west coast, but farther south. As is @MarigabyFrias. Both are very close to the Pacific coast.
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Is there any cost for bringing a guest? I would love to bring the wife. I doubt she would be interested in the tech, just a vacation.
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@donahue said in MangoCon 2019:
Is there any cost for bringing a guest? I would love to bring the wife. I doubt she would be interested in the tech, just a vacation.
I was wondering about that as well. I'll probably be bringing the girlfriend unit if I'm able to attend.
