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Late Trains: A Fact of Life.
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Late Trains: A Fact of Life.

ByJim Loomis 10/22/201710/25/2017

Some twenty years ago, I was heading west on the Empire Builder and having lunch in the dining car with a delightful gentleman from the U.K. He was taking six weeks to see the U.S., all by Amtrak.   Just as we were finishing our meal, a conductor came through the diner and stopped at…

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