These days, by far the best way to travel between London and Paris is by high-speed train through the “chunnel” under the English  Channel. Before it was constructed, you could...

In 2000, George Bush won, Al Gore lost, and about half the country was sorely disappointed. But Al Gore sucked it up and he conceded for the good of our...

Most veteran train travel enthusiasts have at least one or two stories they like to tell about special moments that have occurred while they have been en route somewhere by...

In the summer of 1946, my father rented a house in Saybrook on the Connecticut shore for a two-week family vacation. Saybrook is where the Connecticut River empties into the...