Autumn by Rail

Summer has ended.  Autumn has begun.  The leaves will be changing.  The leaves on the trees will be multiple bright colors.  It is a great time to take a walk through the forest… or you can just take your seat on the train and watch the colors as you roll by.

You arrive at the station.  Some of you want to hear the sound of the steam locomotive and watch and smell the smoke puff out of the stack, and some of you could care less.  You are on a train.  You just hope that they have open air cars where you can get an unobstructed view of the colors, but if the open air car is not available, you aim for the window seat.  You get as close to the window as you can.  You hope that the window can open so that you can feel the breeze blow through.  So your window does not open.  No worries.  You can still see the colors from your seat.  You enjoy the ride hoping that you do not get too comfortable and fall asleep.

Many people make the journey from the city to the countryside to see the changing colors of the leaves, and many people enjoy seeing the changing leaves by train leaving the driving to the engineer.  The railroad is the number two method behind hiking as the way to see the autumn leaves.  If you have never seen the leaves by rail, may this autumn be your very first time, but you will want to go early as many excursions trips fill up early.  You will deal with crowds, but the beauty of the leaves and the sound of the rails will overshadow that.

So, have a happy autumn season, and spend this season on a rail journey that you will remember for ages.