Covid-19 Getaway: Taste of Busch Gardens Williamsburg
As I mentioned in my two previous posts here and here, due to COVID-19 I hadn’t been out of Baltimore
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Amtrak
Colonial Williamsburg: A Convenient Covid Getaway
A nearly empty Amtrak car en route to Colonial Williamsburg. (Credit Leonard Kinsey) Due to COVID-19 I hadn’t been out
Read moreFreight-hopping risks from Klamath Falls to Oroville (1992)
Anybody know any hobbies that don’t include large industrial machinery? After 15 trains and 2,800 miles in two summers of
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Running from the bulls from Belen to Barstow (1996)
Barstow, Calif., midway between Vegas and L.A., is the hottest yard of the hottest Western railroad, the Santa Fe. I
Read moreRiding the Feather River Route (1991)
I completed a 12-hour, 354-mile run up the Feather River canyon in the Sierra Nevada and through the Black Rock
Read moreHiding from the bull’s eye and catching a little freight train ride
Every time I flexed my right arm, the triceps ached. Yep, the train I had just jumped had probably been
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