Some years ago, I took one of the more memorable train rides in the world – El Chepe, which is the affectionate name locals have given to both the Chihuahua al Pacifico...
Somebody asked a few days ago, so I‘ve been trying to figure out how many miles I’ve accumulated on Amtrak over the years. Unfortunately, until recently I haven’t thought to...
I think the one train ride I remember as being the most spectacular was the Bernina Express, which we took from Tirano in Northern Italy across the Alps to the...
I wrote a while back about how the privatization of passenger rail in Mexico more than ten years ago has resulted in the near-total collapse of any kind of decent,...