The fact that you’ve dropped in here for a looksee likely means you’re interested in rail travel. So think about a membership in NARP – the National Association of Railroad Passengers. NARP’s mission is to promote “a modern, customer-focused national passenger train network” and it’s the only national organization that speaks for people who travel…
VIA Rail’s train # 1, the Canadian, passing 14,000-foot Mount Robson, the highest peak in the spectacular Canadian Rockies. I’ve made this trip – from Toronto to Vancouver – three times and highly recommend it. Beginning next week, I’ll be posting installments of an account of the trans-Canada train trip I took last summer –…
As I’ve noted in my brief bio, some years ago I wrote a book about train travel. It was (and still is) called All Aboard! The Complete North American Train Travel Guide.The first edition came out in 1995 and a second one followed three years later. The book sold reasonably well – something over 20,000…
It seems the woman was stopped in front of a railroad crossing in Orlando, FL, yesterday, when the car behind her started honking. MISTAKE # 1: She drove ahead onto the railroad tracks.When she realized a train was coming, she pulled forward as far as she could. Later she told a TV reporter what was…