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 [...]

Goodbye, Colorado

The Rocky Mountain News: April 23, 1859-February 27, 2009. more about “Goodbye, Colorado“, posted with vodpod

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 [...]

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 [...]