Thank you for the update Commandant!
New World Ag said:
Couldn't the travel band fly on the same charter jet as the football team? Seems the cost to get a larger capacity airliner would be cheaper than flying separately.
Somebody on another thread posted something about a time when the British PM came to College Station and they landed a BA 777 at Easterwood.CanyonAg77 said:How big a plane do you think can land at Easterwood?New World Ag said:
Couldn't the travel band fly on the same charter jet as the football team? Seems the cost to get a larger capacity airliner would be cheaper than flying separately.
In addition, doesn't the football team leave on Thursday?
In my day, in the Band Room basement, was the sign from the end of the train the BQs used in 1955. Said "Aggie Band Special". Supposedly they marched at Disneyland while there.ABATTBQ87 said:
https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/699/212/Sunset-Limited-Schedule-110616.pdf
From the 1956 AGGIELAND:CanyonAg77 said:In my day, in the Band Room basement, was the sign from the end of the train the BQs used in 1955. Said "Aggie Band Special". Supposedly they marched at Disneyland while there.ABATTBQ87 said:
https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/699/212/Sunset-Limited-Schedule-110616.pdf
Houston to Los Angeles via the Sunset Limited. One and half days. Same as a bus.McInnis80 said:
For the Railroad nerds out there (both of you), I have a question. Could the FTAB charter a train from CS to Pasadena? I sure they could sell other cars to Ags.
I remember a few years ago UConn chartered a train from Hartford to Penn Station/MSG for the NCAA tournament Eastern Regionals. I'm sure the ride back on the Husky Express was a blast. Amtrak probably made enough on liquor sales to pay for several trains.
I think the problem would be that we don't have passenger rail lines in the southwest. We have freight lines with occasional passenger trains. Freight would have priority, and as said above, it would take way too long because of that.McInnis80 said:
For the Railroad nerds out there (both of you), I have a question. Could the FTAB charter a train from CS to Pasadena? I sure they could sell other cars to Ags.
I remember a few years ago UConn chartered a train from Hartford to Penn Station/MSG for the NCAA tournament Eastern Regionals. I'm sure the ride back on the Husky Express was a blast. Amtrak probably made enough on liquor sales to pay for several trains.
not according to Amtrak destinations:74OA said:
More interestingly, could the Band take a train from Houston to Gainsville? Since the Florida game is the only one up in the air, any solution cheaper than flying, but less painful than such a long bus ride, might make all the difference in having the Band there or not........