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!
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.
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. 
A GOOD DAY 
Jenny posted at 9:30 pm ; Monday
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Mmm..you had me at cheesecake!! haha. I’ll have to go check this out one day
You look so cute!! I love that photo of you sticking your head out the train window, haha :3 Such great photos overall though~
& omg your new bag is HUUUGEEE, hahaha! Looks like you can fit a ton of stuff in it! ;Dvv
I don’t know if it’s obvious but the train was moving too! xDD They actually have a ton of open windows like this for you to basically risk your life xD.
Ah yeah the bag expanded beautifully since at one point both of us needed to store our outerwear into it!
That sounds awesome! Definitely have to look into that and see if they have anything like that in my area.
Yeah there’s actually quite a few out there. Nearly one in each state I think I recall!
Aw, it seems like such a fun trip!
Awesome~ That sounds like a lot of fun and a cool thing to do near home…
I’ve never been on a real (steam) train and I definitely want to someday. My city is a train city…I wonder if we have something like that? ^^
Also, cute coord as usual
There’s a bunch around the nation actually! They run during the summer.
Thanks for the info! I’m going to try to find some!
Your outfit is so cute! The Western Maryland looks like a classic and fun thing to do! ^^
Wow! This is so cute! i have always wanted to do something cute and romantic like that~ and you look so pretty, as always!
I absolutely love your outfit and I’ve always wanted to take an actual train ride! The closest to a train ride I’ve ever taken was the bullet train in Japan and that….doesn’t count hahahaha.
Yea, I take a “real train” to work every day but it doesn’t count either. This historic & restored train felt like THE REAL DEAL. A real slice of Americana!
It looks like you had fun! I should see if there are any train tours like that in Oregon. I love your outfit, too, btw. It looks comfy and stylish :}
There probably is! On the PBS special it looked like there was almost one in every state!
That sounds like such an exciting little trip! I love that those sorts of things are around for people to still enjoy- it’s such a nice way to preserve a bit of history~
Glad you had a nice day!
What’s great is that it was sold out too! So people are definitely out enjoying them!
The food looks yumm & I love your bag
Love your outfit! Looks like a lot of fun.
That looks like so much fun! And you has such an adorable outfit. Looks like a fantastic day to me ヽ(*´▽)ノ♪ I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this. Looks like so much fun ;w;
fotos lindas,vc sempre linda…foi um dia perfeito ne?
abracao e bom diaaa!!!
obrigado!
seems like very fun
this is exciting!!! what an awesome day trip! you are sooo adorable sticking yourself out of the window :3
Out of a MOVING window! BTW steam powered engines have dust filled steam hahahah! Found that out doing this
That’s so romantic!!! I love trains so much and haven’t sat in one since I moved here ;___;!!~
I’m glad you guys had such a wonderful time~
There may be one by you, only if you’re interested of course. On the special it looked like there was one in each state. I was so surprised!
cute outfit xD
i use to take trains in china all the time, not exactly like this, but nonetheless exciting!
I LOVE your style to bits. I’ve been thinking of getting a pair of tan shorts and I believe I will now. Enabler!
Haahaa sorry to enable!!! But these are great! Casual without being TOO casual. I got mine at H&M.
i love the train, it looks soo vintage
looks like you two had fun 8)
these photos are adorable~ like a little photoshoot for jenny! especially the one with you leaning out the window!! riding a train like this seems so relaxing and romantically nostalgic…
The window one was a bit scary because it was moving. I JUST knew my head would get chopped off by a big tree limb or something but… spared! They had a bunch of these open areas for you to take photos through etc. Definitely worth the 2hr drive there :p
I love your outfit in the last photo! Where did you get them? :O
Let’s see, the shorts are from H&M, the pink moccs are from Target and the top, cardigan, and bag are from Yesstyle!
http://www.yesstyle.com/en/info.html/pid.1024281630
http://www.yesstyle.com/en/info.html/pid.1024132768
http://www.yesstyle.com/en/info.html/pid.1024256039
Owwwi trains are awesome, especially the old one. Looks like u spend a wonderful day ^^
and I love your outfit
Oh I love trains myself! Too bad we don’t have anything that spectatcular here
D Seems you had lots of fun and your outfit is adorable!! :-)
omg! i’ve never been on train like those!
its very different from japanese train.
it reminds me of the movie the tourist!
is it expencive??
where do they run specifically??
i wonder if they have around NC…
oops, wrote the name in japanese accidently ! lol
There’s like a BUNCH of similar historic scenic train routes throughout the country! There might be one near you because the special on PBS showed nearly 1 in every state! It wasn’t too expensive. For first class I think the tickets were $40 each. You get a bunch of food and it takes up a good day!
Looks like you had a great day ^__^
Your outfit is so lovely. I totally adore your style.
I loveee your outfit! So cute ^ ^ and that trip looks so nice and charming! :3
AH! Wonderful! I love trains so much :3 Looks like you had a lot of fun
Looks and sounds like such a fun day out, and i love your outfit ,too cute
I love yout outfit!
I never had a lunch on a train before and it looks fun!
Cape Cod has something like that! I’ve always wanted to go!
Reminds me of North by Northwest or some cool movie like that when people took classy trains everywhere *swoon*
This looks like so much fun! I love the outfit you’re wearing
OMG!!! This looks so nice! I wish we had something like that here T_T I love how everything looks so vintage =D I especially love the photo of you leaning out of the train! It’s times like these when life is good and we all need to slow down to smell the roses!
WOW, LOOKS SO MUCH FUN!!! THEY HAVE THESE TYPE OF EXCURSIONS HERE TOO BUT I THINK THEY’RE PRIVATE :\…LOVE RIDING THE TRAIN BACK HOME, THOUGH!!
CUTE OUTFIT TOO!
I just realized I typed in caps-lock -___-
whaaaa! train…! i really LOVE trains, oh dear. enjoying scenery from a train is just the best! i go by train to my boyfriend’s place every week, loving each minute of the 63 minutes i’m riding the train. haha ^^
i don’t think they have trips like these in my country though. i’ll look it up! thanks for sharing, i loved this post *-*
Looks like so much fun! I love trains; I used to go on a trip with my Mum by train every year when I was younger
And your outfit * Q *
So perfect in every way xD !
That sounds like such a lovely day~ Makes we want to go on a mini vacation. :0
Looks like a fun day!
haha
A steam train used to pass mine and Emmas Uni occasionally
Once time i passed after we had watched a video about the Bullet Train and I felt so old fashioned
Your coord is so cute! And your train ride looks like so much fun! I’d love to have that experience :3
Lovely photos and outfit! Good to hear you and Mike had a good day ^^
I had cheesecake this weekend too!
Sounds like a great day out. I love random days out like that. The more spontaneous the more fun
You’re as cute as a button!
Steam train ride~ How romantic~~~
You are the cutest thing!!
That snap of you hanging out the window is so perfect.
I thought of Rinka as soon as I saw it haha