Have you ever taken the 'train trip to nowhere'? / LJWorld.com

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Asked at Hy-Vee, 4000 W. Sixth St. on July 30, 2010

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“Yes I did, it was in 2004. It was around Halloween so there was a lot of stuff, gory things like heads hanging.”

— Gloria Leonhard, retired clerical worker, Berryton

“No I have not. I don’t get to Baldwin very often.”

— Kane Fox, salesperson, Lawrence

“No I haven’t. I didn’t hear about it until a couple of months ago.”

— Derina Hoover, entrepreneur, Denver

“No I have not. I have been near it, but have never participated.”

— Michelle Yockel, carrier, Lawrence

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Donnuts 2 years, 10 months ago

What? Train trip to nowhere? Yeah, I ended up in Salem Oregon. I had $400 to use and nowhere to be in particular for 2 weeks so I took an Amtrak down through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and up to Oregon. There was some real pretty country side to see. I then bought a bike and hiker bike trailed through parts of Oregon until the 2 weeks was up.

thuja 2 years, 10 months ago

Salem Oregon is nowhere I'd want to be. Creepy!

Pywacket 2 years, 10 months ago

What's creepy about it? Not like it's Salem, Mass.

jonas_opines 2 years, 10 months ago

Nowhere is wherever you want it to be.

AreUNorml 2 years, 10 months ago

I went to New Jersey once from DC..definitely a trip to nowhere.

staff04 2 years, 10 months ago

Too funny! My first thought was a train ride to Baltimore!

AreUNorml 2 years, 10 months ago

did they seriously already go out and ask these questions and get them published? only been like 2 hours of daylight so far.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 10 months ago

One time in college, my friend and I took a 7 hour road trip to Raytown.

justchuck 2 years, 10 months ago

that's horrible. lol

cait48 2 years, 10 months ago

LJW please give people a clue that it's the train trip to Nowhere, not nowhere. There's a big difference. Nowhere, KS is an actual place and deserves to have it's name capitalized.

Pywacket 2 years, 10 months ago

Funniest post of the day.

snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 10 months ago

I really liked the Talking Heads version. Does that count?

somedude20 2 years, 10 months ago

that was not a train, rather it was a road to nowhere (which I hear is in Alaska) so no it does not

puddleglum 2 years, 10 months ago

dont forget the bridge

kernal 2 years, 10 months ago

I was wondering if they did the loop d'loop on 435 multiple times in which case LSD may have been involved.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 10 months ago

T_O_B, Well back then I was not the shining example of God's intentions that I am today.

Kontum1972 2 years, 10 months ago

yeah...yeah...i hopped the one in Watson Park..what a trip....!

choo..choo...choo..!

CWGOKU 2 years, 10 months ago

If in doubt, always go with brisket. Thanks for the thought and the hunger.

charliejohnson 2 years, 10 months ago

When I was in high school, a friend and I would ride from our town to another to go swimming, then we would ride back home after we were done. Gin and tonic at 8:30 in the AM? autie?

CWGOKU 2 years, 10 months ago

Yes... It is called my career.

Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 10 months ago

That's a good one!

oneeye_wilbur 2 years, 10 months ago

Driving around Lawrence is a drive to "nowhere".

coolmarv 2 years, 10 months ago

Everytime I get on the ol' 1073.

RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 10 months ago

Nope, Ronaldo has sad feet. Damn piece of hot slag worked its way in through the laces, and felt like it made it's way down to the metatarsus

snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 10 months ago

Dang. Good luck with that.

beatrice 2 years, 10 months ago

Yes. I just didn't know that is what they called it when you first become a registered user on the LJWorld site.

Dejacrew423 2 years, 10 months ago

My friend married a guy called Trainwreck (TW) the guy loves trains so much he got the grill of a train tattooed on his chin (hard to explain but pretty cool and unique). He'll take train rides to nowhere all the time. I always admired his free spirit of hopping on a train and going where to rails take ya. It's like my hobo version of Eat Pray Love.

wolflover1969 2 years, 10 months ago

I took my daughter on the Easter trip to Nowhere, KS this year, when we arrived in Nowhere, there was an egg hunt & an Easter bunny. Was alot of fun.

riverdrifter 2 years, 10 months ago

No Where is Norwood. They should call it Nowhere. I'm always glad when the train shuts down for the winter and the deer adjust accordingly. One of my best deer stands is right near the tracks -the tracks with no December trains. Hey, that sounds like a Bob Dylan song...