riding the rails, poles and Moses
Rail biking is pedaling along railroad tracks in open-air cars with semi-recumbant seating. Cars are for either two or four people. The companies run their excursions on tracks that have been decommissioned for train use or scheduled between trains coming through. No need to play chicken. Excursions can run 1-4 hours. There is a rest halfway through while the guides turn the cars around. Sounds pretty cool. Joseph Branch Railriders in Oregon, Rail Explorers operates in six states and Revolution Rail Co. in four states. Might be other rail companies. Guides accompany riders and administer safety checks and provide instructions. Remember party lines? No, not the current meaning; I’m talking phone lines. I remember ours from when I was a kid in Clifton, NJ. What a pain in the butt. Remember sniffing the ditto paper before starting on the quiz? Guess we have made some progress. Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/ Decembe...