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Strangers – and New Friends – on a Train

ByJim Loomis

One of the reasons I enjoy traveling on Amtrak is the opportunity to meet and briefly get to know some very interesting and entertaining people. You have time for that on the train. I boarded the Coast Starlight Wednesday morning in Davis, California, and spent quite a few of the next 14 hours relaxing in…

Amtrak’s Most Scenic Train: The Coast Starlight
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Amtrak’s Most Scenic Train: The Coast Starlight

ByJim Loomis

I’ve just arrived back in Los Angeles after making a round trip on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight … LA to Portland to Seattle and back to LA. I’ve ridden this train probably six or eight times and it never gets old. The train departs daily from Los Angeles at 10:15 in the morning and gets to…