Royal Scotsman Archives - TRAINS & TRAVEL WITH JIM LOOMIS

Enough! It’s Time to Start Planning!

ByJim Loomis 12/13/202012/13/2020

We had some old and very good friends over here yesterday. They brought their own food and we sat on our deck for almost three hours—each couple at a small table at least eight feet apart. It was nice. No, it was more than that: it was wonderful! We forget that we’re social animals ….

Of Train Rides Not Yet Taken … But May Be.

ByJim Loomis 07/02/201411/07/2014

If you had asked me eight or ten years ago if I would ever take the Trans-Siberian Express, I probably would have said, “Probably not.” Still, that classic ride had been on my to-do list for years. Something happened five or six years ago that changed my thinking. I guess I realized one day —…