I have mentioned The Man in Seat 61 here on previous occasions. His name is Mark Smith and he’s the person behind what I consider to be THE definitive website for train travel . . . and I mean train travel anywhere in the world. It was a great disappointment that I missed the opportunity…
Travel by train around the United States and, if you’re paying attention, you’ll soon notice that Amtrak engineers blow the whistle quite a lot. And if you’re really paying attention, you’ll notice that there are several different whistle patterns—for example, two short toots when the train is about to move forward; three toots when it’s…
Comes now Eurostar announcing that they’re ordering a whole new fleet of trainsets which will go into service at the end of next year. The new equipment will run at sustained speeds of 320 km/hr (200 mph) which is almost 20 mph faster than trains they’re now operating. The design work, inside and out, was…
I’m going to be on the east coast in June and am working on an itinerary for a couple of weeks in Italy after that. It’s a good thing I enjoy the process because there are so many options … so many choices to be made … and every one affects how much time and…