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To cool - - I love the RR my grandpapa (and no I didn't say it that way totry to make you feel old) was a Sleeping Car conductor w/ the Milwaukie (and everything they were before and after that) for years. It is my favorite way to travel (even though Amtrak is funny).
I've used the nic " Bigriver " due to the fact that I work on the Mississippi River. I'm a Louisiana state pilot for the route between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Been working on the river for over 32 years, and have called this place home for a long time. Sometimes I feel safer out on the river than I do on the highway !