In several earlier posts I’ve talked about the ongoing problem of trains hitting cars at grade crossings. Just yesterday, there was a report of a fatal accident in a suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia. I see similar reports from around the U.S. probably three or four times a week. For the record, in a train-car…
Once again we’re back in the middle of the trackless hot and dry area that makes up most of the middle of the Australian continent. The first to successfully settle and populate this area could not have done so without the camels and, if you doubt that, book a trip on the Ghan and spend…
Most people think that three nights on a train is an eternity. Me? I’m always sorry when I near the end of a train ride, no matter how long I’ve been on board. It’s true again as I sit having breakfast on the last morning of the last day of this ride on the Indian…
An interesting question has been raised via a comment to an earlier post: Are these trains – the Indian Pacific and the Ghan – essentially “tourist trains” or do they also carry local residents between intermediate stops? As to the Indian Pacific, not everyone travels the entire route between Sydney and Perth, with some passengers…