CHICAGO–The ride here from Boston on the Lake Shore Limited was really enjoyable. For one thing, the train passes through countryside that starts all my old New England genes clanging around, especially the stretch from Springfield through Pittsfield to Albany and then west from there until it’s too dark to see much. Furthermore, we had…
The next leg of my trip, from Chicago to New Orleans, is in one of three vintage rail cars operated by Pullman Rail Journeys. Two sleepers and a dining car/dome car have been added to the rear of Amtrak’s daily train, the City of New Orleans. I was assigned to a bedroom in the sleeper…
CHICAGO–The Lake Shore Limited starts out as two trains. One section leaves Boston about noon and heads across Massachusetts, passing through Springfield and Pittsfield, arriving at Albany, New York, about 5:30. The other, bigger section departs New York’s Penn Station at 3:40 in the afternoon, heads up the eastern bank of the Hudson River,…
I’m sure there are veteran train travelers out there who will disagree, who will have their own particular favorite train for viewing the Fall colors. But for my money, acknowledging the Adirondack as Number One, my next two choices would be the Downeaster and the Cardinal. (Yes, yes, I know … I’ve omitted the Maple…