There’s a railroad bridge near Jupiter, Florida, that crosses the Loxahatchee River. It’s a drawbridge that sits in the raised position to allow pleasure boats to pass underneath and lowers...
Amtrak’s Sunset Limited operates three days a week between Los Angeles and New Orleans, and it’s a wonderful trip. In fact, I’ll be on the eastbound Sunset in a bit...
This Friday will mark the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, certainly one of the more devastating storms every to strike the mainland United States. The story of the havoc Katrina...
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...