Two interesting comments came in today. The first is in the form of a report on one portion of an extended rail journey: the Boston section of the westbound Lake Shore Limited. “My husband and I recently returned from a trip to Sacramento via the Lake Shore Limited and the California Zephyr. The Lake…
Ask someone who has just made their first long-distance train ride what they liked most about the experience. Then find a veteran rail traveler, someone who’s made a dozen overnight journeys on passenger trains here in the U.S. and in Canada. Ask them the same question: What do you enjoy most about your long-distance train…
Dear Mr. Anderson … Out here—which I guess means anywhere in the country except Washington, DC, and maybe New York City—there is real concern that your long-term plan is to pull the plug on the long-distance trains. We certainly hope that’s not true and I’d like to give you a couple of specific reasons…
. . . VIA Rail has announced the awarding of a $12.6 million (US) contract to refurbish four dining cars which are used on their marvelous transcontinental train, the Canadian. According to the report in TRAINS magazine, the work to be performed by Rail GD will include new kitchens, new electronic and electrical components….