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Kansas City, Here I Come.

ByJim Loomis 10/13/202210/13/2022

I’ll be leaving here in another few days for a trip to Kansas City. I’m going to get there the same way I did on my first and only other visit to that city: a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Los Angeles and, the next day, Amtrak’s train, the Southwest Chief, for the overnight ride to…

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Latest Post | Long-Distance Trains

First Leg: Maui to Chicago.

ByJim Loomis 03/26/202203/26/2022

I am, at the moment, in Amtrak’s First Class Lounge in Chicago’s Union Station waiting for the boarding announcement for the Lake Shore Limited. So far on this trip, I have flown from Maui to Los Angeles and taken Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from there to Chicago. As a long-time resident of Hawaii, I hesitate to…

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On the Road Again.

ByJim Loomis 03/23/202203/23/2022

Most of time, when you’re actually on the move, a trip is comprised of any number of little incidents . . . some of which come without any rational explanation. For example, my Hawaiian Airlines flight was due to depart Maui at 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Sure enough, we pulled away from the gate right on…

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Latest Post | Long-Distance Trains | Southwest Chief

L.A. to Chicago by Train—Part Two

ByJim Loomis 04/24/202104/25/2021

(continued from previous post.)  It was 6:00 p.m. when Amtrak’s Southwest Chief departed Los Angeles Union Station on time and the first call for dinner in the dining car came 40 minutes later. I ordered the streak with a baked potato and a half bottle of merlot.  My dinner companions that night were a personable…

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