In late March, I’ll be making my annual visit to Washington for the Rail Passengers Association’s Spring meeting. It’s a day of education and enlightenment with seminars and guest speakers. The next day we meet with members of Congress, followed in turn on Day Three by a three hour business meeting and a final luncheon….
There are only two kinds of travelers; those who are traveling light and those who wish they were.” —Rick Steves I’ve received another email asking about traveling with luggage on one of Amtrak’s western trains, specifically in a Superliner sleeping car. First, Amtrak’s advice—and it’s good advice if you’re traveling with several suitcases…
Traveling in coach is fine for a daytime trip. But just imagine spending the night trying to sleep sitting up, and the person assigned to the seat next to you is a 300 pound biker who hasn’t had a shower for a couple of days. Or maybe there’s a fussy 2-year-old in the seat behind…
When you get a good car attendant–a really good one–you know it right away. We’ve got one. Macklin is a big guy … six-four or five … and you can tell within minutes that he likes his job and he likes people. My wife slept in this morning, luxuriating in the upper berth in our…