USA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [2636] | 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, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [860]
Lonely
Planet USA describes Las Vegas, New Mexico as “one of the loveliest towns in
New Mexico”: all I can say is, the “eminently strollable downtown (with its)
pretty Old Town Plaza and some 900 historic buildings” was not on the ... Read more >
Tags: amtrak staff, santa fe, southwest chief, train travel, usa
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 [2651]
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
