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 high-stress job in Philadelphia and was treating herself to several relaxing days at the famous Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. I…
(The following is an account of one of my several trips on the Cardinal. It was originally published in the Columbus Dispatch. Part 2 on Monday.) The Cardinal isn’t a big train – a locomotive, a baggage car, just one sleeping car, three coaches, and a diner. And it runs only three days a week…
The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is pretty much the ultimate get-away, and has been for a hundred years. Very classy … very tasteful … very, well, very. It’s a beautiful facility in one of the most beautiful parts of this country. The first hotel was built on the property in the…