Posted 9 hours ago by Railpage System User
When I have a few minutes or more to kill, I enjoy looking through the many hundreds of photograph I’ve taken on my travels over the years.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
The following is from my book, All Aboard–The Complete North American Train Travel Guide.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
A dozen or so years ago, I got off the California Zephyr in Burlington, Iowa, rented a car, and drove to the town of Dyersville, site of the 1989 film Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Before each trip, most long-distance trains are taken through an automatic car wash (a supersized version of the one around the corner where you take the family car).
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
During the Golden Age of train travel, Chicago was America’s most important rail hub, with passengers from almost everywhere connecting with trains going to just about anywhere.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
After two years of going basically nowhere, I recently took an interstate trip to Adelaide for a friend's wedding - so a few thoughts on the transport and urbanism I encountered on the trip.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Ken Jones has sent details of one his rail day trips where he visits obscure places using best value fares and tickets. Ken had already suggested sampling Hull Trains and Grand Central.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
I’ll wager that the typical young French professional—male or female—probably eats in restaurants more than he or she dines at home.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
If you travel by train across this country, you meet people.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Boston Red Sox have a young player on their roster named Tanner Houck and he’s pretty good. As a pitcher, that is.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Ken Jones has sent details of one his rail day trips where he visits obscure places using best value fares and tickets. Ken had already suggested sampling Hull Trains and Grand Central.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Let’s face it . . . Most people, even those who enjoy traveling, think it’s odd that I prefer to go by train.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
I was asked that question the other day and you’re not going to believe this, but I have no recollection of any trip I’ve ever taken that I would consider a failure.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Stand by for a possible highly significant ruling by the Surface Transportation Board
Posted last month by Railpage System User
I don’t think many passengers on a long-distance Amtrak train fully appreciate or give proper respect to the conductors working their train.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
One of the residual pleasures of travel are the “snapshot” memories that remain long after the details of the trip have faded into a blur.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Once again, VIA Rail’s Canadian has proven itself worthy of the title of Best Long Distance Train in North America.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
It’s hard to describe the feeling as the escalator at Toronto’s Union Station carries you up to the platform and you get your first look at one of the shining stainless steel sleepers.
Posted last month by bevans
Along with most other Australians, I have childhood memories of the great Aussie road trip. For our Western Australian family it was usually a drive to a holiday house in Augusta, past Margaret River in the state's southwest.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
My 2013 visit to Shanghai was only for a few days, so I didn’t get much time to look around the city. None the less, here are a few suggested places for a railfan to visit.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Continuing my recent theme of travels across mainland China, today we’re retracting my journey from Shanghai to Beijing by high speed train.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Dickens on Railways – A Great Novelist’s Travels by Train DEALS
Posted last month by Railpage System User
I am in Toronto for two days and on Sunday morning will leave this city on VIA Rail Canada’s wonderful train,
Posted last month by Railpage System User
What follows are some of the highs and lows of my trip to Washington, DC, for the annual meeting of the Rail Passengers Association.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
I am, at the moment, in Amtrak’s First Class Lounge in Chicago’s Union Station waiting for the boarding announcement for the Lake Shore Limited. So far on this trip, I have flown from Maui to Los Angeles and taken Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from there to Chicago.
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