Amtrak’s train, the Cardinal, gets my vote for the most scenic of all the eastern trains. It takes a meandering southern route between Chicago and New York City, passing through...
Prince, West Virginia, is the latest Amtrak station to lose its station agent and the locals are unhappy. One, a lady named Kristy Roberson, was upset enough to send me...
Some years back, I met a woman over lunch on Amtrak’s train #51, the westbound Cardinal. I was heading for Chicago following a NARP meeting in Washington. She had some...
For several weeks now, I’ve been working on several interesting projects for NARP—that’s the National Association of Railroad Passengers. One has to do with producing some public service radio spots...