Keith Smith
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Not sure which forum to place this in so thought I'd start here. I'm interested in learning more about the RV trips where they load your RV onto a train flat car. Is this only in Alaska and Mexico, or are there trips like this in the lower 48? I'd be interested to see a trip from the mid west to the west. I don't know anyone who has experience in these so I thought I would ask some of most knowledgable and fiendly people I know......
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rv2go
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The piggyback train tours that went to the Copper Canyon in Mexico have been discontinued. I am not aware of any other trips where you can piggyback.
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sbishop
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Keith,
Never heard of this in Alaska. With all there is to see and do there, I would never piggyback if it was available.
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elh0146
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The trip to the Copper Canyon is the only one I've ever heard about where you could load your RV on a flat bed (there has never been a similar trip in Alaska to my knowledge). As rv2go said, the piggyback trip to Copper Canyon has been discontinued due to safety reasons.
Now, you can probably *ship* your RV via railcar from one location to the other (I've never looked into that, so don't know for sure), but that wouldn't be the same thing as what you're talking about.
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tom_kat
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only cars on a couple of routes one is on the east coast to florida i think there is one along the west coast also.
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Keith Smith
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Thanks for the info. I thought it might be a good idea to make a cheaper trip out west and ease the drive through a couple of the states that are a little less scenic (if you know what I mean).
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It would seem to me that a RV-Train would be a natural, (Or at least a freight car that could take an RV or two) and I'd love to find one where I could drive onto a train car, Tie it down like a car on an auto dolly or perhaps with frame chains, Drop jacks and... Well, I'd have to leave my slides in I suppose, but I think it would be a fun way to get from Detroit to Las Vegas.. I'd pay up to 1,000 for a ride like that easily.
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Keith Smith
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That was my thinking too. Sounds like there were saftey concerns with the trip that ran in Mexico. It would be great to be able to pull the truck and fiver onto a flat car and leave the driving to them. I could even see having an electrical hookup to run the air in your rig, sit back and enjoy the view. Once you get to your destination, you could drive and camp until time for departure. Sounds like a neat idea, guess it's just not practicle.
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traindriver
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I worked for railroad for forty years and you would not like to ride across country in your rv on a railcar. I doubt that much would be left of your rv at destination. And you couldn't even get it loaded for a thousand dollars.
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opnspaces
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I briefly looked into that copper canyon vacation website. The rub was that you only loaded onto the train for a short time. The rest of the trip was just standard driving you own rig in a convoy of other rigs. It seemed to me that they were just taking a picture of the best part and leaving out the rest.
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