Now tell me this isn’t absolutely gorgeous!

It’s a photo of the head end of the original Texas Eagle when the train was operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. I found it on what has become a favorite blog, The Reluctant Blogger, who happens to be one Henry Kisor.

Henry retired a few years back as the book review editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and has written a number of murder mysteries.

But more to the point for those of us who enjoy train travel, in the mid-’90s, he wrote a wonderful book, Tracking a Dream Across America, an account of his cross-country trip on the Amtrak’s California Zephyr. It’s terrific and I heartily recommend it.

In fact, I recommend anything with Henry Kisor’s name on it.