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	Riding The Rails

debbyski

3-7-2009 10:43 AM

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3-7-2009 9:25 PM

tanyamm

I travelled by train train through the Rocky Mts years ago. What a fantastic experience. And then years later we took our children on the train from Courtenay to Victoria on Vancouver Island. Someday I would like tp take my grandchildren for a ride on a train.

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