Patient: “Doc, it hurts when I do this.” Doctor: “Then stop doing that!” * * * Well, it would appear that the dreadful on-time problems Amtrak’s Empire Builder has been...
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...
I’ll be leaving tomorrow for the annual Fall meeting of NARP, the National Association of Railroad Passengers. This meeting will be in Milwaukee which, happily for me, is on the...
I always look forward to dining car meals when I’m traveling on Amtrak. Family-style seating is the drill, which means you will usually be seated with strangers at one of...