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1882: New York – Barmen

Posted on 19. October 2016 by Sibylle
mosel
The day of my departure, the 18th of February, had come. After taking a bath, I visited Mr. Hornich in his factory. He was very moved and gave me a bottle of Cognac. Also the wine merchant Kurzenberge...
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Posted in Germany, Transport, USA, 1880 Tagged Amtrak / Train, New York City / Newark, 1880 diary, Bremen & Bremerhaven, Wuppertal

1881: Ogden – Virginia City

Posted on 26. July 20167. October 2016 by Sibylle
Beitragsbild
August 1881 Not before 6:30 pm can we continue our journey; it starts with the Utah- and Northern R.R. passing Salt Lake, its lonely shores being washed by salty waters. Bright moonlight shines upon ...
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Posted in Transport, 1880 Tagged Amtrak / Train, 1880 diary, Idaho, Montana, Ogden, Rocky Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah, Virginia City

1882: Salt Lake City

Posted on 19. July 20167. October 2016 by Sibylle
Salt Lake City
February 1882 After a so-so breakfast at the station [in Dillon, Montana], for which I pay 75 cents, I can finally take the ongoing train at 9:40 of the Utah & Northern Rail Road. The weather had b...
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Posted in USA, 1880 Tagged Amtrak / Train, 1880 diary, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Sightseeing, Utah

Denver – Salt Lake City by train

Posted on 18. July 201618. July 2016 by Sibylle
Beitragsbild
After many train adventures the train ride from Denver to Salt Lake City was the first I experienced with a friend. The route from Denver to Salt Lake City is not anymore the same as in 1881, when ...
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Posted in Transport, USA, Travel Tagged Amtrak / Train, Colorado, Denver, Rocky Mountains, Salt Lake City, Sightseeing, Utah

1881: Denver – Ogden

Posted on 11. July 20167. October 2016 by Sibylle
Utah
After a layover of 3 hours, we continue north through rough rocky areas up to the mountains. At the station of Colorado Junction in the state Wyoming, we already have reached a height of 6300 feet abo...
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Posted in USA, 1880 Tagged Amtrak / Train, 1880 Tagebuch, Ogden, Rocky Mountains, Utah, Wyoming

Kansas City – Denver

Posted on 30. June 201630. June 2016 by Sibylle
KC-Denv
Kansas City - Omaha Unlike Otto in 1881, I was not able to go from Kansas City to Denver directly. I had to take a Greyhound bus from Kansas City to Omaha, Nebraska, where I would hit the California ...
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Posted in Transport, USA, Travel Tagged Amtrak / Train, Denver, Kansas City, Omaha

1881: Chicago – Kansas City – Denver

Posted on 28. June 20167. October 2016 by Sibylle
Denver
On August 2nd my brother accompanied me to the station, and I left Chicago on the midday train on the Chicago-Burlington & Quincy-Railroad. Albeit I took a so called „Emigrant Train“ - only 3rd class ...
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Posted in Transport, USA, 1880 Tagged Amtrak / Train, 1880 Tagebuch, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City

Meeting the Amish

Posted on 27. June 201627. June 2016 by Sibylle
Train
Prior to my trainride from Chicago to Kansas city I had seen Amish people during my other train rides, but for some reason, this time it was different. When I saw an Amish family just a few rows in fr...
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Posted in USA, Travel Tagged Amtrak / Train, Amish, Missouri

Chicago-Kansas City

Posted on 26. June 201626. June 2016 by Sibylle
Amtrak
I left Chicago on May 29th on another Amtrak train, the Southwest Chief headed to Kansas City. Just a few minutes outside of Chicago, the midwest really unfolded. Wide open spaces with verdant landsca...
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Posted in Transport, USA, Travel Tagged Amtrak / Train, Chicago, Kansas City, Missouri

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