A couple of posts back I mentioned the redesigned dining cars that have shown up on several of the Amtrak routes. They’re called the Cross Country Cafe and I found myself eating in one on both the Texas Eagle from Fort Worth to Chicago and again on the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington. They’re…
So far, so good. I’m in Chicago between trains, comfortably settled in Amtrak’s Metropolitan Lounge. I arrived a bit ago on the Texas Eagle and will soon be off again aboard the Capitol Limited, headed for Washington. I was delayed leaving Maui by two hours because the incoming flight had been plowing through some pretty…
There will be some gaps in posting over the next couple of weeks because in a few hours I’ll be headed to Washington , D.C., for a semi-annual meeting of the Council of Representatives for the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP). I’m lugging my laptop along, however, and will try to post brief accounts…