That sounds delightful, Chris. I’m feeling the need to find a train . . . and
not a British one!
Chris
> On 23 Apr 2015, at 15:21, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> While waiting at the station for my departing train, a night train from
> Toulouse arrived, and I watched as the passengers gathered their luggage from
> the overhead compartments, then exiting the train and walking along after a
> good night's sleep, reading to take on the day's challenges. You can't sleep
> that comfortably on an airliner.
>
> I also got my first look at an Italian ETR-400 trainset. It wa
> beautiful, more streamlined than the French TVG Sud-Est. A few years later I
> got to walk through an ETR-450 at that Stazione Centrale in Milano that was
> fitted out for the morning run to Rome. Fresh flowers and pressed linen on
> the dining car tables. Glass panel at the engineer's compartment so you
> could see the instruments and controls.
>
> Yes, it is indeed the civilised way to travel.
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