Rocky Mountain High

(Did you really expect me to use anything else for the headline?) We finally reached Denver at around 11:30 a.m. MT. We spent about 20 minutes there, during which time the train was cleaned a bit and some supplies were restocked. We also got newspapers delivered, in this case the Rocky Mountain News. I was [...]

The scene changes

FORT MORGAN, Colo. – I had a hunch that we wouldn’t be able to make it all the way across the country without running into rain somewhere. And so it was overnight, as I rolled over at one point and saw two bright flashes out the window. Once my ears woke up, I could tell [...]

Slowing down

OSCEOLA, Iowa – A couple of things happened this afternoon that were reasons to pause and think for a while. The less prosaic events were delays, a few of which were considerable. Two were the result of stop signals on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe-owned tracks, while a third was the result of tugboats traveling [...]

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