Airline and rail fares, and how they’re calculated, have always been a mystery to me. Of course, I realize that it’s usually a case of supply-and-demand. When fares go up,...
In addition to enjoying long-distance train travel, I’ve always been fascinated by freight railroading. It’s a huge business in this country and the various freight railroads have all undergone big...
I wish I had kept track of all my Amtrak journeys. It would be fun to know how many times, for instance, I have ridden the Empire Builder between Seattle...
If you’ve lived in Hawaii for as long as I have – It’ll be fifty years in May – you’ve become used to being treated differently from folks living in...