[78-L] ARSC^

[Ron L'Herault]

Around 10 years ago I took the Lake Shore Limited from Boston to Chicago for
a meeting.  I booked a private sleeper and it was such a nice trip.  I
boarded in Boston at around 4:00 and, even though according to AMTRAK, the
sleeper would not be available until later in the trip, I was guided to my
private roomette.   I had a pleasant trip, rehearsed my presentation, read,
listened to the walkman, ate and slept well, and the next morning at 10 or
so, arrived in the center of Chicago, a 10 min. cab ride from my hotel.
That's the way to travel.

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 12:44 AM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] ARSC^

On 5/5/2011 12:22 AM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "Ron L'Herault"<lherault at bu.edu>
>> No one goes by train any more.
>>
> Not quite true...although I am not sure if I can still travel to
> Chicago by train!

We've lost so much of our train travel possibilities here in the U.S.  
In other places EVERYBODY travels by train.  I've spent several Summers 
in Europe going all over the continent by train.  You would think that 
it would be a Conservative value to support good old fashioned train 
travel, but it is the progressive areas like Europe, Japan, and even 
China that support and continually improve their train travel.  It often 
is much more convenient and even faster by train than by plane, 
especially when the train takes you right into the center of town rather 
than you having to drive two hours to the airport and fly East to get 
your connecting flight to go West, and then have another long drive back 
into town.  (And in Europe you can usually take a train to and from the 
airport!)

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  .

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