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Hey! You Can Swap Air Miles for Amtrak Miles!

ByJim Loomis 12/22/201111/01/2014

UPDATE: Apparently this offer is only good through December 31st. Get cracking!—————————————————–According to the boingboing blog, anyone with frequent flyer mileage on Continental can swap those miles for points in Amtrak’s Guest Rewards program. I have no idea how long this opportunity will last, but it would certainly be worth considering. I’m a member of…

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This and That from Here and There

ByJim Loomis 08/18/200909/06/2014

From time to time, I have written about deaths caused by grade crossing accidents and suicides. Almost 100 percent of the train-car crashes are the result of carelessness and/or stupidity on the part of the driver involved. And suicides? Well, there’s nothing careless about someone who is fed up with life and thinks the answer…