I’m back on the West Coast after traveling to and from my old prep school reunion in Connecticut on four Amtrak trains: the California Zephyr from Sacramento to Chicago and the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to Springfield, Massachusetts; and again on the Lake Shore back to Chicago, connecting with the Southwest Chief to Los…
My prep school reunion is winding up and we’re approaching the part where they thank you for your past support and then ask you to double down. Still, it’s nice to see old friends and wonderful to realize that they’re still your friends even after so many years have passed. There’s always a lot of…
The California Zephyr is still Amtrak’s most scenic train ride … at least in my book. The Coast Starlight is probably my favorite Amtrak train, but much of that has to do with those wonderful parlour cars. The Cardinal gets my vote for the most scenic eastern train … the only possible exception being the…
OK … here are a few photos from the first part of this trip. The California Zephyr arriving in Sacramento. The first minor glitch was when sleeping car passengers were directed to wait where the front of the train would come to a stop. Ah, but it turned out that the two sleepers were all…