Where do we hold our RailFest in summer 2004?
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Posted 11 January 2004 - 12:24 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 12 January 2004 - 10:26 PM
Kevin Korell
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Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 13 January 2004 - 09:26 PM
Kevin Korell
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Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 13 January 2004 - 09:33 PM
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Posted 13 January 2004 - 10:22 PM
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Posted 14 January 2004 - 08:19 AM
HaRRy,Question: Is a passport "required" or very highly desired for a trip into/out of Canada these days?? If not "required", what is?
A passport is probably prefered and certainly easier, however it is not required. Simply having a photo ID, like a drivers license, and your birth certificate is all that you need to cross into Canada.
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Posted 14 January 2004 - 03:33 PM
Yes, but don't forget about coming back into the United States. My mother was almost forced to stay in Canada a couple of years ago because she did not have her passport on her. When our family tried to re-enter back into the US at Niagara Falls, customs was very reluctant to let her back in. It was a very long an drawn out process, so to be on the safe side I would bring a passport and also a birth certificate and license. Better be safe than sorry, especially since you are coming all the way from California.HaRRy,Question: Is a passport "required" or very highly desired for a trip into/out of Canada these days?? If not "required", what is?
A passport is probably prefered and certainly easier, however it is not required. Simply having a photo ID, like a drivers license, and your birth certificate is all that you need to cross into Canada.
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Posted 14 January 2004 - 06:29 PM
The US requirement is exactly the same as the Canadian requirement, either a passport or a birth certificate in conjuction with a photo id. Yes a passport might make things easier if there are problems or questions, but it is not required by US law.Yes, but don't forget about coming back into the United States. My mother was almost forced to stay in Canada a couple of years ago because she did not have her passport on her. When our family tried to re-enter back into the US at Niagara Falls, customs was very reluctant to let her back in. It was a very long an drawn out process, so to be on the safe side I would bring a passport and also a birth certificate and license. Better be safe than sorry, especially since you are coming all the way from California.
I've come and gone to Canada a dozen times with nothing more than my license and my BC.
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Posted 14 January 2004 - 11:27 PM
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Posted 16 January 2004 - 01:20 AM
John,I hope to get back on track; I missed last year in Chicago due to a conflict. This year the bad weekend appears to be 7/10-11, but that is far away.
If it is Dallas, I might get to a couple of new long-distance friends from the Millionaire TV show, BUT if I recall correctly the weather is brutally hot in the summer and there is a lot less to do vs. the Canada cities.
So I'm thinking either Toronto or Montreal. I voted Montreal, because I haven't been there since 1989 (I was in Toronto in 2001) and I like the Adirondack more than the Maple Leaf. Also, I've only taken the Adirondack as far as Port Kent while I've been on the entire Maple Leaf route. However, I am close to 50/50 between the two.
John
No matter which venue is chosen for the Fest, it will include the weekend following the one for which you have a conflict, namely July 17-18. However since multi-day Fests now appear to be the norm, it would obviously include many weekdays as well. If we did Dallas and those like us who were coming from the East Coast elected to go by rail, we would be involved in an 8-day vacation. It would probably run, for example, from a Wednesday to a Wednesday (with the weekend days in the middle being in the host city). For Toronto or Montreal, it would be Thursday through Sunday (including the rail trip there from New York) or Friday through Monday....again taking in that weekend of the 17th & 18th.
About Dallas weather -- while it is true that Michael and I happened to be blasted with 112 degree temps when we stepped off the TEXAS EAGLE, (well the train was late and we got to Forth Worth after it had gotten dark and cooled down to 109 degrees! ) that was a heatwave and not indicative of the norm. Also, it was August, not July, when we were there.
In Dallas there is the McKinney Avenue Streetcar, the two light rail lines (which together can fill up a day), and the Trinity Express to Fort Worth. The Tandy Subway in Fort Worth is gone, and they are redeveloping the AirTrain we rode at DFW Airport into a more modern people mover. If time allows, there is also the Tarantula tourist train.
Montreal is mainly subway lines, and three of five commuter rail lines in which it is possible to go out and return on the same day. Toronto has subway lines too, the same situation with commuter rail lines, and more than enough streetcar lines to ride.
I, too, have only been as far as Port Kent on the ADIRONDACK (gateway via ferry to Burlington, VT). When I went by rail to Montreal, I went MAPLE LEAF to Toronto, VIA's overnight train to Montreal, and then I returned on the overnight and now dearly departed MONTREALER (which was in its final phase where it was going via Williamantic & New London, CT, not through Springfield/Hartford).
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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