We had some old and very good friends over here yesterday. They brought their own food and we sat on our deck for almost three hours—each couple at a small...

So far, I have missed several of the sessions, opting instead to stay in bed and keep up with my Tylenol Cold & Flu pills supplemented with Ricola cough drops,...

I wonder sometimes if the leadership at Amtrak fully appreciates what they have in the Pacific Parlour Cars. Each one features eight overstuffed swiveling armchairs, a lounge area, and booths...

If you want to take your interest in trains to a whole new level, there’s always “private varnish.” That’s the inside term for privately-owned railroad cars and referring to the...

VIA Rail Train #1’s consist is two locomotives, a baggage car, one coach, a lounge/cafe car with a dome for the coach passengers, a dining car for sleeping car passengers,...

Here’s a thought … a trial balloon … a wild idea … and it sprang from a provocative question posed the other day: If VIA Rail has essentially the same...

VIA Rail Canada’s premier train, “The Canadian”, is one of the world’s great train rides. And I oughta know … I must admit that I’ve made the journey seven times...

I’m going to be attending the annual Spring meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) next April in Washington, DC. As is my habit—and, of course, it’s my...

I was recently asked to review a new book titled The World’s Most Exotic Railway Journeys. The author is Brian Solomon, with several others listed as contributors. I confess that...

Five years ago, I went to Australia and rode their two transcontinental trains. The first ride was aboard the Indian Pacific, which runs east-to-west between Sydney and Perth. From there...