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Train Travel Offers Something Extra to Many Travelers
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Train Travel Offers Something Extra to Many Travelers

ByJim Loomis 11/28/201309/06/2014

A lot of people ride trains just to get somewhere. For the rest of us, the experience is quite different and it affects each of us in different ways.  In 1948, Harry Truman won re-election as president in an upset victory over New York governor, Thomas Dewey. Credit is usually given to Truman’s “whistle-stop tour”…

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Chicago to Washington on the Capitol Limited
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Chicago to Washington on the Capitol Limited

ByJim Loomis 05/06/200909/06/2014

The Texas Eagle arrives in Chicago’s Union Station close to on time and I go directly to Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge to stash my bags. The lounge is crowded at that time of day because several trains are coming and going. The California Zephyr departs at 2:00 and the Southwest Chief leaves at 3:15. After trying…

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