Railroad Pass

... , Illinois, an hour south of Chicago on Interstate 57. The easiest way to find Bourbonnais on the map is to look for Kankakee. They're basically the same place, though there seems to be an "other side of the railroad tracks" mentality regarding Kankakee.

Friday 15th July Day 5. Well today hopefully would be an incredible day on the railroad, just over 4 hours to the Seward. We had opted for the cheaper seats on this leg as the sky top views were twice the price! The carriages were a little dated but they ...

... it is the finest part of the south traverse railroad, this part was difficult to construct at that time, and it pass many tunnel, and part of this railroad is one-way traffic, and it is the only one which is non-electronic in the round-island railroad. I ...

... a couple of refuge areas on each side of the track. I put my rucksack down under a weather-beaten refuge built of old railroad sleepers for a pointman, right under the Eastern chatri, figuring anyone who could try to walk away with a 40-lbs load probably ...

... vegetables, that were served in individual packages made from banana leaves. After lunch, we travelled to Hellfire Pass, an infamous part of the death railroad, where the Australians have built a wonderful museum and created a hiking trail along a portion ...

... a few buildings away from where we ate lunch and got some timbits and iced coffee). We then stopped by at the Canadian Pacific Railroad, where the last spike took place around the 1800s. It was a big deal because that very spot connected the railroad from ...

... The cemetery holds the graves of many who died on the Chilkoot and White Passes trying to reach the Yukon gold fields before the railroad was built.  Sadly many are now marked as 'unknown’, not sure if that is because they died unknown or that ...

... as it turns out) To dispel all sense of confusion, in walks a slurring stinking drunk plainclothes Govt. Police who all Railroad Employees seemed to ignore completely while at the same time being very careful not to contradict anything he did or say... ...

... and ran from Denver to Santa Fe. It claims to be 'America's HIGHEST and LONGEST coal fired, steam operated, narrow-gauge railroad. (It's path, through steep passes and deep gorges was an engineering feat for the time.) It covers 64 scenic miles along the ...

After we arrived at Skagway from Juneau we spent the next day on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad (WP&YR).  This used to be a working railroad but closed in the 80s and has fairly recently been restored as a tourist attraction. It basically ...

... a shower" sense. The plan was to take the scenic train ride from Riobamba this morning. One hundred years ago, Ecuador constructed a railroad track that went from Guayaquil on the coast, up into the Andes mountains and ended up in Quito. The steepest ...

... so for the most part in that we arrived from a 2 hr drive south from Bangkok at our first market around 830am, the Maeklong Railroad Market.  What is special about this market is that is actually sits on train tracks for much of the market and these ...

9/15/2010 Today we hiked the old railroad bed of the Denver, South Park and Pacific RR to where they cut a tunnel under the Continental Divide in a race to complete a pass thru the Rockies.  They lost the race, but the remains of their work in ...

... as well as some of our seafood.  According to Ivar's Menu, Ivar Haglund was quite a colorful character. "On February 6, 1947, a railroad tank car at Alaskan Way & Columbia Street had ruptured a hose and more than 1,000 gallons of corn ...

... ’, for decades it ferried ore from the mines until 1982 when it closed, but reopened in 1988 as an excursion railroad. The ticket collectors on the train were dressed in period costume which was a nice touch and the carriages were vintage parlor ...

... frio" or extremely cold. And yes, all appears sunny and warm but the wind is icy cold here. The town blossomed as a railroad junction and it was founded in 1889. Its main attraction nowadays is tourism – the world’s biggest salt flats. Our ...

... feel better until the next day. I guess I wasn't exactly great company for my ca inmates, Tony and Katya. Though we did pass some of the time by playing 20 questions. Not sure how I was suppose to guess that the Terminator was a superhero? ...

... hour ride. Wow, it was awesome, so many historical points along the way and some amazing views. Hard to believe that this railroad was built over a 100-years ago! We got some amazing photos through the trip. Once we got back to town we headed ...

... we made our way to Eagle Point, West Rim of the Grand Canyon, one of the first points of interest was the Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino, Henderson, NV. Originally a brothel and casino built for the Hoover Dam workers, Railroad Pass holds the ...