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Blogger Jannet Walsh at the Union Station in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 24, 2011. Video and photos by Jannet Walsh.

Cover Photo: The early morning photo was taken Nov. 1, 2011, in Whitefish, Montana, with an iPhone. Details of the photo include an ISO 200, 3.9 mm lens at f/2.8, 1/15 of a second. Time was 7:23 a.m. at the Whitefish Amtrak Station.

Blogger Jannet Walsh staying connected to her blog via Verizon MIFI and MacBook Air laptop in her sleep car compartment on the Coast Starlight route near Klamath Falls, Oregon, Oct. 31, 2011.

Above: Blogger Jannet Walsh’s late father, Martin J. Walsh, 1924 to 2008, stands next to a Great Northern Railway caboose, circa 1940s. Her father was employed by the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railway from 1943 to Dec. 31, 1984. He spent several years as a station agent and telegraph agent in many towns in Minnesota, including Jannet’s home town of Litchfield, Minnesota.

Below: Blogger Jannet Walsh in Havre, Montana, at the Amtrak Station, Nov. 1, 2011.

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Route Guide

A L L A B O A R D ! S TA R T I N G N O V. 7 , 2 0 1 1

By Jannet WalshMurdock, Minnesota

Ride the rails on the famous Amtrak routes of the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight starting Nov. 7, 2011, with Minnesota blogger Jannet Walsh.

All trains departing from Minnesota Native Daughter’s main station, http://mnnativedaughter.areavoices.com, allowing you to travel back and forth in time from Jannet’s blog, depending when you start your journey.

Travel roundtrip from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Santa Barbara, California, and experience the adventures of rail travel. Jannet’s actual travel was Oct. 23, 2011 to Nov. 2, 2011.

Passengers accepted at all station stops, with virtual travel provided via iPhone videos, both in coach seating and sleeping cars. iPhone users can get the Amtrak iPhone App free at iTunes. If you really want to travel, you can learn more at amtrak.com, and start your own adventure!

Learn as you follow ALL ABOARD!If you wish to follow along with more details of the routes, please go to amtrak.com to download your own personal Route Guides for the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight as you follow Minnesota Native Daughter’s ALL ABOARD! series. An interactive route guide is provided online by Amtrak. Also, you might like to learn about Operation Lifesaver, a rail safety program

Please watch your step while boarding the train.

All aboard!

Ride the rails on the famous Amtrak routes of the Empire Builder and Coast Starlight starting Nov. 7, 2011, with blogger Jannet Walsh.

All trains departing from Minnesota Native Daughter’s main virtual station,http://mnnativedaughter.areavoices.com.

S A I N T C L O U D , M I N N E S O TA

Your journey will start at the Saint Cloud Amtrak Station, traveling west toward Portland, Oregon. Jannet will describe how the Empire Builder approached the station in the early hours of Oct. 30, 2011. Travel friendships and polite society are still alive and thriving on Amtrak’s Empire Route. Jannet Walsh

Rugby, North DakotaGlasgow, Montana

P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N

Upon arrival in Portland, you will disembark the train, and experience an eventful layover with Jannet. You will travel on one of Amtrak’s premiums trains, the Coast Starlight, going south along west coast, until arriving in Santa Barbara, California.

Columbia RiverBingen, Washington

John’s CafePortland, Oregon

S A N TA B A R B A R A , C A L I F O R N I A

In Santa Barbara you will experience arriving at the Spanish style station late at night, visiting surrounding historic sites, such as the Old Mission Santa Barbara, the Danish city of Solvang, Harry’s restaurant, and other note worthy locations before starting the return trip to Saint Cloud. Solvang, California Old Mission Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

Join a virtual train trip with blogger Jannet Walsh, departing from the connivence of your computer!