Time

WILMINGTON, Del. – Time is both relative and absolute. When my flight from Los Angeles landed in suburban Baltimore at 7:00 this morning, it was 4:00 a.m. in Klamath Falls, Oregon. It was also 5:00 a.m. in Whitefish, Montana; 6:00 a.m. at Wrigley Field in Chicago; and 12:00 p.m. at the Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground [...]

Day 2

CHICAGO – Greetings from the South Side, home to the largest rail traffic choke point in the United States. I woke up this morning at around 6:30, having fallen asleep in Cincinnati at around 1:00. That was far later than I wanted to be awake, but I got in a groove writing the last blog [...]

Close of play on Day 1

CINCINNATI – I was born and raised a city kid, and I suspect I’ll continue to be one for a long time. But after traveling through West Virginia for the second year in a row and making my first ever trip through southwest Virginia, I can’t help being attracted to the spectacular landscapes of Appalachia. [...]

Underway

MANASSAS, Va. – That’s the view at the moment from inside Roomette 7 on the Cardinal. It’s a pretty tight space, but not much more so than the Superliner Roomette I had on the California Zephyr last year. I’ll have that same accommodation on the Empire Builder to Seattle on Monday, and again on the [...]