TRAINS & TRAVEL WITH JIM LOOMIS

My Trans-Canada Rail Journey – Part 1

ByJim Loomis 03/13/200809/06/2014

In May of last year, I took Canada’s VIA Rail across the continent from coast-to-coast. This is my account of the 8-day trip, which included a total of four nights on the train. I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, yesterday and just after noon today will be leaving on the start of a rail journey…

Canyons, Curveballs and Cornfields

ByJim Loomis 03/02/200811/07/2014

Amtrak’s Train #4, the daily Southwest Chief, departs Los Angeles Union Station on time at 6:45 p.m., beginning a two-day, 2,200 mile journey to Chicago. I’ll be leaving the train at Kansas City, however, to watch the Boston Red Sox in a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals. It’s my annual summer indulgence of…