Apparently, there are not one, but two festivals taking place this week here in New Orleans. The biggie is the French Quarter Festival, but the annual Strawberry Festival is also...
A week or so ago, I posted an item about the proposal for Amtrak to increase service between San Antonio and Los Angeles. The current three-days-a-week schedule is now being...
I’ve written here a couple of times about efforts to restore the New Orleans-Orlando portion of the Sunset Limited’s route. Large sections of track in Mississippi and the Florida panhandle...
New Orleans is well and justifiably renown for Mardi Gras, for the French Quarter, for wonderful jazz, and for great restaurants. But any visit to New Orleans should include –...