It’s hard to explain why I enjoy traveling so much. Part of it is meeting different people with different interests and different perspectives. I rarely get into deep discussions with strangers, but it’s interesting to hear about their lives: where they’re going, what it’s like where they live . . . nothing too personal, but cares…
Probably the best advice I can give anyone who is about to take their first long-distance trains ride is to say “Lighten Up! Don’t expect everything to be perfect. You’re having an experience.” For instance, maybe something will go wrong. It will probably be something relatively minor—maybe the lavatory on the upper level of your…
Without doubt, the question I get most frequently is what’s my favorite long-distance train ride? And that’s really hard because the scenery varies dramatically from, for example, the desert you pass through on the Sunset Limited or the Southwest Chief to the magnificent evergreen forests you see from the Empire Builder. Some of the scenery…
The question I’m most often asked is which of the long-distance trains is the most scenic. I really like the Empire Builder and I think I’ve probably ridden the Coast Starlight more than any other train . . . of course, that was before that cretin removed those wonderful parlor cars from the train. But…