A little over two weeks ago, on April 7th, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief came to a stop at La Plata, Missouri, on its way from Los Angeles to Chicago. From the...
He once said, “You get a real feeling of this country and the people in it when you’re on a train.” He was right, too. When you take a long-distance...
Harry Truman was trailing badly in the 1948 presidential campaign, but he took his case directly to the people of small-town America by train … and he won. Senator Barak...
If I had to make a choice among Amtrak’s long-distance trains, it would be the Empire Builder, which operates daily between Chicago and either Seattle, Washington, or Portland, Oregon. I’ve...