I’m going to be attending NARP’s annual April meeting in Washington, DC, and, as usual, I’ll be flying to the West Coast and taking the train from there. Hawaiian Airlines will get me from here to Seattle, then I’ll take Amtrak up to Vancouver, BC, the following morning. Next comes my eighth time aboard…
There used to be a daily train from Washington to Montreal—the original one, the Montrealer, was operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad and then by Amtrak beginning in 1972. The Montrealer was a popular train, especially in winter months with skiers traveling north in search of powder. In fact, there was even a…
It was probably 20 years ago, perhaps even more, when I rode an Amtrak train called The Montrealer, from New York up to Montreal. I remember the trip particularly because it was an overnight ride and I, in my sleeping car roomette, was awakened in the middle of the night by a series of jerks…
In October of 1975, Emperor Hirohito of Japan came to Honolulu on a state visit. Frank Fasi was Honolulu’s mayor at that time and the governor was George Ariyoshi. He and Frank were intense political rivals and, as one of the mayor’s department heads, I had a ringside seat. As part of the emperor’s official…