posted 03-28-2010 10:25 AM
The "Parade" Sunday supplement -- like so much print media a sad shadow of its former self -- has a feature article today on train travel in the U.S. I was sorry to see that the Surfliner and Cascades service were not mentioned but it's a pretty good piece of publicity for Amtrak.
Frank in sunny and clear SBA
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posted 03-28-2010 11:57 AM
Gee, a four page (tops) article... can you imagine how many words fell on the editor's delete key?
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posted 03-28-2010 04:14 PM
Alas, it was only a two-page spread, including the sidebar about excursion trains. However, it was very positive throughout.
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posted 03-28-2010 04:39 PM
Parade is "uh, not exactly' The New York Times Magazine.
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posted 03-28-2010 04:55 PM
true, Gil but somehow I think more people relate to it than the times. I think, and I may be way off base, that more people are knowledgeable about train travel among those who read the times.
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posted 03-28-2010 08:34 PM
And the Adirondack only got passing mention - and not even named!
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posted 03-29-2010 05:03 AM
I loved the term "the shoilet" for the combo shower/toilet. It was a nice article.
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posted 03-29-2010 07:03 AM
This article is merely an appetizer -
I am shocked that the Great Smoky Mountains trip rated a mention but the Cumbres & Toltec did not.
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Advocating for passenger trains since 1973!
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posted 03-29-2010 10:29 AM
I figure any positive press (and this was positive) is good. I was a bit saddened that the cover story was so short, but it beats a 140 character tweet!
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posted 03-29-2010 11:04 AM
The readers of "The Times" would expect a private coach. Buffet invested in a frieght lines he knows better then to put his money into passanger service.
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posted 03-29-2010 11:25 AM
I liked it a lot. Great to see Amtrak mentioned in such a wide spread publication.
One thing that interested me though was in the Southwest Chief write up.
It mentions movies. Are these back again? I know the Starlight has the "movie theater" downstairs in the Pac Parlor car, but I thought movies were gone from the Chief.
My guess is this is just a very old report.
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posted 03-30-2010 02:39 AM
I just rode the Coast Starlight. While it does pass through some pretty country and along the beach, IMHO the California Zephyr still offers the most scenic ride.
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posted 03-30-2010 04:20 AM
As soon as a reader informed of railroad industry affairs notes this statment, the credibility of this reportage should come into question:
and why financier Warren Buffett recently made a $44 billion investment in a railroad company
But I did learn a new contraction from reading such; "shoilet'.
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posted 03-30-2010 12:53 PM
Even if my own accuracy (on another thread) is currently in the shoilet, it's useful to observe that Parade, like most other news publications, seemingly has laid off its copy editors. A diligent editor would have corrected that to $34 billion.
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posted 04-07-2010 06:47 AM
Nice positive article. Many people have mentioned it to me. A little overblown in places. Although the Downeaster is a nice train, it does not really traverse the rugged coast of Maine and the ocean is never seen (possibly once near Old Orchard Beach). And Raton Pass is not technically in the Sangre de Cristo Mts., although they are visible to the west.
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posted 04-09-2010 01:15 PM
The author Fried spoke in Kansas City at the National Archives last night and at the Union Station today at lunch. He is on a book signing tour for his book about the Harvey House restaurant empire.
There was an overflow crowd at the National Archives and every book in stock was sold for the book signing.
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