I’m about to wrap up a very nice three-day visit to Seattle which, of course, included another superb dinner at Assaggio, a wonderful Italian restaurant run by my friend Mauro Golvari. My first night here in Seattle, I dined alone at Assaggio and took an open spot at the bar, finding myself seated next to…
First, a disclaimer: I have no prior knowledge of any specific plans for new equipment on the long-distance trains. But, based on God-knows-how-many miles traveled in Superliner sleepers, I do think I have some valid suggestions for a second generation of these sleeping cars. 1. I would prefer single-level sleepers, but if the design team’s…
If you have never been on a long-distance train, I’ll acknowledge you might have a hard time understanding how anyone could justify taking three days to cross the country when it can be done in only six hours by plane. And I’m guessing much of that hesitancy is because you have an image of spending…
Westbound out of Chicago on the Southwest Chief about a dozen years ago, I awoke on the first morning and peered out the window to find that we were stopped in Dodge City, Kansas. Five minutes later, the conductor called “All Aboard!” and as we gathered speed, we passed a hand-painted wooden sign that said…