CHICAGO–The ride here from Boston on the Lake Shore Limited was really enjoyable. For one thing, the train passes through countryside that starts all my old New England genes clanging...
Is it just me? Or do country folks approach grade crossings with a lot more caution than people in cities? During my recent Amtrak trip—on the Lake Shore Limited and...
SACRAMENTO–Wow! It’s enough to make a seasoned rail traveler dizzy … and first-timers really, really confused. First we have the Lake Shore Limited, beset by temperatures in the way,...
CHICAGO–The Lake Shore Limited starts out as two trains. One section leaves Boston about noon and heads across Massachusetts, passing through Springfield and Pittsfield, arriving at Albany, New York, about...