I like people in general and I do believe that the main reason I have enjoyed travel on Amtrak so much is the interaction with other passengers. Traditionally, most of that interaction occurs in the dining car. I’ve had some truly memorable encounters in Amtrak dining cars. Here are just two examples that struck me…
I had an interesting conversation the other day with someone who has been around the intelligentsia, the rich, and the powerful throughout his professional career. Furthermore, he’s familiar with and sympathetic to what RPA is trying to accomplish: more trains, better trains, faster trains. Early in our conversation, I was complaining about the loss…
As mentioned here a few posts back, the Highway Trust Fund is about to run out of money and, as a result, an effort is being mounted to come up with a comprehensive bill to fund all modes of transportation. The question then becomes which mode gets how much? NARP is part of a new…
I’m back on the West Coast after traveling to and from my old prep school reunion in Connecticut on four Amtrak trains: the California Zephyr from Sacramento to Chicago and the Lake Shore Limited from Chicago to Springfield, Massachusetts; and again on the Lake Shore back to Chicago, connecting with the Southwest Chief to Los…