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The Questions Keep Coming.
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The Questions Keep Coming.

ByJim Loomis 02/10/201902/13/2019

Q: We live close to Sacramnto and I’ve promised to take my family on a cross country train ride. Which ones do you recommend? And would it b a good idea to make it a round trip? Or would one way be better idea until we see if everyone enjoys it. There will be four…

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To New York City on the Meteor.

ByJim Loomis 10/27/201810/29/2018

NOTE: Don’t click on any words or phrases in blue appearing here or in the text below. That will lead you to ads. It’s an insidious bug that has somehow crept into my laptop and which I will have exorcized at the first opportunity. In the meantime, I have invoked a Hawaiian curse on the…

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Coming Up: Lots of Training.
All Posts | Rail Passengers Association

Coming Up: Lots of Training.

ByJim Loomis 10/05/201810/08/2018

  The Rail Passengers Association will be meeting later this month in Miami and I’m looking forward to it as much and maybe even more than the many I’ve attended in the past.   On Friday evening, October 20th, a “Fireside Chat” has been scheduled and is not to be missed. Why? Because participants include…

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Can We Believe Amtrak?
All Posts | Amtrak

Can We Believe Amtrak?

ByJim Loomis 07/01/201807/03/2018

The Amtrak brain trust seems to be so spectacularly wrong so much of the time, we find ourselves asking again and again, “What the hell are they thinking?”   Yesterday I began working out travel arrangements to attend RPA’s annual Fall meetings in Miami this October. The final leg of my rail itinerary will include…

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