It was a spur-of-the-moment thing—probably because I got an email saying that one of my friends is going—but I’ve decided to attend the meeting of the Rail Passengers Association next...

I’ve posted about this incident before, but it bears repeating. It started with an overnight trip to Honolulu I made a few months back. I had booked a room on...

One time—I was probably 12 or 13—our entire family drove to Florida from our home in Connecticut. It was over Spring Break, which was known as Easter Vacation in those...

You’re rolling along, enjoying the scenery passing by outside your roomette and suddenly you’re crossing a river. Sometimes the train slows to cross. Sometimes the speed doesn’t lessen, almost as...