I have mentioned here on a few occasions that I prefer traveling by myself. My wife and I have traveled together quite a bit, but now we’re retired and she has a couple of horses to keep her occupied. Me? I’ll never get over the love of travel. But what is it about traveling solo…
There are five bedrooms on the upper level of an Amtrak Superliner sleeping car. Let’s start with the reasons FOR spending the money to travel in one of these rooms. Compared to the roomette, it’s much bigger. There’s a sofa-style seat just as you enter that pulls out perhaps a foot to become a bed…
If I had to choose between the two, I’d go for Train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, my reason having nothing to do with the scenery en route. Rather, it has everything to do with the possibility of an early arrival into Los Angeles by the westbound train—occasionally a very early arrival. It’s happened to…
As far back as I can remember—and, trust me, that’s a long way—it was always a big deal whenever I was able to catch a glimpse of the locomotive from where I was sitting in the train. I can recall pressing my cheek to the cool window glass to get the best possible view towards…