I’m leaving in about an hour on a three week trip that includes (1) a brief visit with my daughter and her family in the San Diego area, (2) the semi-annual meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) in Washington, DC, (3) and a three-game series between the Boston Red Sox and the…
Enlightened managers of successful companies know that their employees make the difference between success and failure. That’s certainly true of Amtrak. Finding a good attendant assigned to your sleeping car is pretty much the norm these days … and the dining car staffs, too. If things do go wrong, it’s almost always because a crew…
I’ve just finished up my itinerary for travel to NARP’s annual Spring meeting in Washington. It takes me weeks to come to final decisions on departure days, flights to the mainland, trains to get me there and take me back to the West Coast, and possible side trips before or after the four days I’ll…
Every so often, if you travel around the country by rail, you’ll see an Amtrak train with one or more classic rail cars coupled at the rear. And when you do – Admit it! – you would give anything to get a look inside one of those beauties, let alone have the opportunity to actually…