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February 2010
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Five Weeks and 7,400 Miles -- Circling the USA on Amtrak We made our plans for a five-week sentimental rail journey with stops in California, Arizona, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania.   |
Real Travel Adventures
November 2007
B. & B. Neely |
Copper Canyon: Mexico's Grand Canyon Batopilas, at the bottom of Mexico's Copper Canyon, is one of the oldest cities in Mexico. Through the centuries Franciscans and Jesuits, Spaniards and Americans came and went, taking over the canyon for the rich veins of gold, silver, and copper. |
BusinessWeek
May 10, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
Ride Like A Railroad Baron Here's how you can charter a luxurious vintage private car -- and hook up to an Amtrak train. |
Outside
July 2006
Lewon & Lisagor |
Summer Escapes A varied menu of weekend adventures, whether you're looking for epic bragging rights, a quiet escape for two, an easy-to-reach nexus for a group gathering, or a wild road trip. |
Outside
September 2002 |
Fast Getaways You'll find endless rewards in just 48 hours of freedom. We've got 50 close-to-home adventures right here. |
Outside
March 2007 |
Biking New Orleans, Louisiana Do not bike along the muddy Mississippi levee near New Orleans for clean air or beautiful vistas. Bike the 120 miles for the memories it invokes. |
BusinessWeek
June 24, 2010
Ondine Cohane |
Afternoon Escapes Get from the office to one of these hidden beaches in two hours or less. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Train Trips Yes, train journeys are making an unexpected comeback -- thanks in large part to delayed planes, seasickness and dodgy road trips. |
Outside
April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
Real Travel Adventures
November 2007
Marion Dreyfus |
The Last Steak On The Lake Shore Ltd. Amtrak will close down the Lake Shore Limited's chef-run galley. No longer will riders be served strip steak, served on a china plate, during the 18 hour trip from New York to Chicago. |
Mother Jones
December 2000
Bill Donahue |
The Same River Twice It's been a horror movie set, a sewer, a flood control ditch. Now environmentalists, and some politicians, are pushing a novel idea: They want to turn the Los Angeles River into... a river... |
TIME Asia
August 16, 2010
Austin Ramzy |
Engines of Growth At a time when infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe is aging fast, China's railways may give it a competitive edge over the world's leading economies. |
Real Travel Adventures
May 2006
Andres Mariani |
Making All the Days Count Through Europe Traveling from Spain via the Trans Mediterranean ferry to Patras, Greece. |
Popular Mechanics
April 9, 2009
S.E. Kramer |
Railroad Stimulus: How to Spend $14 Billion to Improve U.S. Rail There are many ways to improve the country's passenger-rail network. Experts agree that to get more people off the roads and onto trains, the government must pick and choose projects wisely. |
Popular Mechanics
June 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
10 Lessons Learned From Past Rail Accidents It's calamitous enough when one train rear-ends another, as happened yesterday in Washington. But it's often deadlier when two trains meet head-on. |
Wired
June 26, 2007
David Wolman |
Hey America, Make With the !@~$ High-Speed Rail Already French engineers have created Ligne a Grande Vitesse, a Paris-to-Strasbourg high-speed rail system the moves at a record- breaking 357 miles per hour. This new system provides a glimpse of next-generation railway travel. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2005
Robert Painter |
Across Canada on American Orient Express The legendary Grand Trans-Canada Rail Journey begins at the Pacific coast in Vancouver, British Columbia, traverses the Canadian Rockies, across the vast prairies and ends in the wonderfully European city of Montreal. |
PC Magazine
November 15, 2006
Angela Chang |
Traveling for the Holidays All the technology you need while you traveling by air or train. |
American History
February 2008
Charity Vogel |
The Angola Train Wreck A deadly train wreck brought tragedy to a western New York village -- but it gave John D. Rockefeller reason to be thankful. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2007
Charmaine Shucker |
Amazing Royal Gorge and Its Historic Railroad Lovely scenery, food and a little excitement all at one location. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Bey |
Top 10: Trains Train travel is hugely popular abroad, and these 10 trains have qualities that make them good rides, as well as good models for domestic adaptation. |
Popular Mechanics
September 11, 2008
John R. Quain |
5 New Super Trains on Fast Track to World's Fastest Bullet The case for high-speed, low-impact train travel is clear, and many governments have ambitious high-speed train plans in the works. But are they realistic? The author evaluates proposals for the 200-mph trains of the future. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
Chris McGinnis |
Ticket to Ride Flying to New York City is a breeze compared to the hassle of journeying from any of its three airports to Manhattan. Here's some advice and options on getting downtown in a jiffy. |
Job Journal
May 29, 2005
Mary Ann Bailey |
Career Pros: All Aboard for a Better Future Better to take risks and enjoy the adventure, says a life coach. |
CIO
July 1, 2001
Simone Kaplan |
Cellular Ambivalence Subways were once a safe haven from ubiquitous phone chatter. Depending on where you live, however, they are now becoming another arena for the battle between cell phone lovers and cell phone haters... |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Kris Eddy |
A Long Ride Home What role should government subsidies play in the travel battle between trains and planes? |
Salon.com
November 21, 2001
Christopher Ott |
Off track Air disasters spotlight a need for better train service -- but American rail infrastructure and technology suffer from decades of neglect... |
