In early May, I’m going to be taking one of the world’s great rail journeys: VIA Rail’s premier train, the Canadian. Appropriately designated train #1, the westbound train runs between...
The first item today is about Amtrak’s Downeaster. If there is a better example of public demand for rail transportation, I can’t think of it. About a dozen years ago,...
It was near midnight by the time our ferry finally docked at Port Hardy near the northern end of Vancouver Island. We had ordered a taxi for the 20-minute ride...