I’ve written here on a couple of other occasions about Amtrak’s Downeaster, the train that runs several times a day from Boston up into Maine. It’s original destination was Portland, but the route has recently been extended another 26 or so miles … to Freeport and on up to Brunswick. The real story of the…
The Downeaster’s story is an interesting one … and it provides an object lesson for those of us advocating* more and better train travel across the U.S. Back in the early 1990s, several citizen groups in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine began talking about the need for a train connecting Boston with a number of…
Over the years, I have made it a point to ride as many of Amtrak’s trains as I could. My list is nearly complete and one of the last ones will be crossed off in a few weeks when I will be taking a round trip on the Downeaster from Boston up to Portland, Maine….