点评:I'm glad I paid less than $20. I'm less glad at giving up three hours of my life.
Great views of the regional sewage treatment facility, the back of a strip mall (both of which our tour guide made a show of pointing out) and bits of the Lackawaxan River, though mostly obscured by foliage for most of the ride.
The ride... Up one direction, until we could go no further 'as they're riding the rails today' (those bicycle-powered things which run on train tracks. Totally cool, by the way.)
Engines are 1940s and 50s vintage diesel-electric. Not steam, as so many other historic railways feature.
My biggest gripe (saved to the end for those who read this far) was the Nanny of a tour guide (nee "Conductor," which is not in fact true). He was a bit too zealous telling people to sit down and keep their arms and hands inside the (open) windows. This was the first such train ride where I've been scolded for moving to a different location to get photos, and ordered to sit down in my assigned seat (despite the car being only 1/4 full).
To say I won't visit again is an understatement.
翻译:我很高兴只花了不到20美元。不过,牺牲了三个小时的生命时间,就没那么开心了。
沿途可以欣赏到地区污水处理设施的壮观景象、购物中心的后侧(导游特意指着这些地方给我们看),还有拉卡瓦克桑河的一些片段——不过在大部分行程中,这些景色都被树叶遮挡住了。
至于骑行过程……我们朝一个方向骑行,直到再也无法前进——因为“今天有火车在铁轨上运行”(那种由自行车驱动、在铁轨上行驶的装置。顺便说一句,超酷的)。这些机车都是20世纪40至50年代生产的柴油电力机车。并非蒸汽机车,不像很多其他历史铁路那样。
我最不满意的一点(留给看到这里的读者吧)就是那位像“保姆”一样的导游(其实他叫“列车员”,不过这个称呼其实并不准确)。他过分热心,不断要求乘客坐下,还让他们的手臂和手都不要伸出(敞开的)车窗外。这是我第一次乘坐这种列车时,因为挪到别的位置拍照而遭到训斥。我被命令坐在分配给我的座位上(尽管车厢里只有四分之一的座位有人坐)。
说我不会再光顾简直是轻描淡写。