Scenic Train Excursion

Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | 60 Comments

I haven’t had two days of NOT blogging in a row since March! But I was exhausted yesterday.

Saturday Mike and I went on a scenic train excursion! Yeah it’s a sorta random thing to do but we saw on PBS there was one a short few hours away and thought HEY, WHY NOT! I love trains anyway!

Basically we were seated in a restored dining train car being pulled through lush green mountainside by a historic steam locomotive!

at the first station stop

This one is in Western Maryland. It takes you on a round-trip from Cumberland to a charming town called Frostburg. We bought First Class tickets which gets you seated in the dining car with food and beverage! COMPLETELY WORTH IT. It’s not much extra and the coach seats were a bit grimy from what I could tell.

in the dining car

On the trip out you get served lunch. I chose the Southwest Steak with grilled peppers & onions. It was pretty tasty!! I enjoyed it

Then you get to Frostburg. You can see them turn the huge locomotive around and also explore the little town. There were ice cream cafes and coffee shops. Plus a kitty that worked at a deli and let me pet it lol!

After I few hours we got back on where dessert & coffee were waiting! DELICIOUS. Cheesecake and strawberry pie. Coffee wasn’t bad either. I had nearly 3 cups because I was exhausted by then.

On the way back home from the station we stopped off and got a pizza. Later I would realize that was a mistake, LOL (so stuffed.) I got ready for bed at about 5pm haha and mostly slept on and off until this morning.

I was surprised that there was a pretty good mix of people. I thought it would just be us and old people lol. But nope. There were other young couples, families, older couples, and the super train enthusiasts lol.