National Train Day is May 10 in the USA.
Americans will "celebrate" by whining. Most will whine about high gas prices for their cars.
I and other Train advocates will whine about American trains being so far behind European trains.
Irony of the week. American Automobile Association (AAA) gives a 10% discount for Amtrak train tickets.
So AAA is, in effect, helping to fund trains to replace cars.
We like it.
(Photo: Julie gets complimentary coffee, newspaper and meals on our Amtrak trip from New Orleans to Wisconsin this week. We got a roomette, cost still cheap.)
I'm taking the train to Montreal tomorrow and looking forward to a pleasant night's sleep. It's the same price as a discount plane ticket (with the fuel surcharge added of course).
Posted by: Harold Jarche | May 09, 2008 at 09:05 PM