Regular readers here know that I am a big fan of VIA Rail’s long distance service.  Furthermore, I can speak with some authority having traveled on The Skeena (Jasper-Prince Rupert),...

A post of some months ago recently drew the following comment: My wife and I priced a two person bedroom from Phoenix to New Orleans round trip. The price was...

 “Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this (COVID lockdown) is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.”  -U.S. Attorney General Willim Barr The chief...

When you live 2500 miles from the nearest land of any significant size, it’s a jet plane that will get you where you need to go. Here in Hawaii, the...

Someone—I can’t remember who—said that there was one quality that made baseball unique and different from all other sports: “You can go to a baseball game and relax.“ . It...

Just minutes after landing safely on Maui, dazed but relieved passengers are helped down from the battered aircraft by the flight crew. . Thirty-two years ago this past week, an...

Amtrak has taken the last remaining dining cars off the five or six long-distance trains operating west of Chicago. All of the long-distance trains, operating everywhere in the country, are...

Hudson River Tunnels Project.  I’m preparing a whole post on this subject because it’s certainly one of the most important infrastructure projects being planned anywhere in the country. These are...

Let me say right up front that I am more than glad to do my best to answer any question about train travel–especially travel on Amtrak, but I have also...

It’s Better Than a Stupid Wall Two hours after departing Toronto’s Union Station, VIA Rail Train #64, The Maple Leaf, arrives at the U.S. border, which is clearly and impressively...