USA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [2635] | Comments [1]
Alighting
the train at Lamy, a blip on the train line between Los Angeles and Chicago, I
wait for the baggage cart outside an old station building with two young men
holding guitars, on a college holiday
trip to Santa Fe. ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, new mexico, santa fe, southwest chief
USA | Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012 | Views [876] | Comments [1]
The Spirit
of New Orleans backed out of Union Station and sat on a flyover for twenty
minutes in deference to another, favoured, train using the shared tracks before
jolting forward to begin the long journey south. ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, chicago, city of new orleans, mississippi, usa. train travel, yazoo
USA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [1118]
The
mini-van swerved into the dusty yard of the Santa Fe International Hostel – a
collection ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, lamy, santa fe, southwest chief
USA | Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [2650]
I left the
hostel at 5am and walked the icy block and a half to the Amtrak station for the
5.41 train to Santa Fe (peculiar how precise the timetable is when the trains are invariably up
to 2 hours late). Several goods trains rattled past - over ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak, flagstaff, new mexico, southwest chief
