Earlier today I was indulging in my usual daily pastime between April and October: watching the Boston Red Sox on television via satellite. About halfway through the game, one of the Seattle players hit a line drive into the right field corner of Fenway Park. The Red Sox outfielder, J. D. Drew, raced over and…
The Northeast Corridor – that’s the roughly 440 miles between Washington and Boston via New York City – is Amtrak‘s busiest route. Northbound trains out of New York travel along the Connecticut shore before swinging a bit more inland at New London for the run across Rhode Island and on into Boston. New London is…
About five years ago, my wife and I were in London where I was attending a business conference. There were meetings and panels and discussion groups – more than enough to keep the IRS happy – but there was also time for some sightseeing, which included a visit to the new Globe Theater and a…
Amtrak’s City of New Orleans runs daily in each direction between Chicago and New Orleans. Yesterday, the train hit a car at a grade crossing in McComb, Mississippi. The 19-year-old driver of the car tried to cross the tracks in spite of flashing warning lights and clanging bells. In another case of dumb luck, the…