This might have been the FIRST trip report I read here on FT. The words "wanderings" and "train" caught my attention.
Enjoy this well written piece. I long have a desire to "train" it in America (never done it in USA), and I think your report had given me a kick in the rear-end to start planning a train trip (want to incorporate Canada into it as well). Issue is time!
I enjoyed and treasured the experience of travel in Europe and Japan. Have one coming up in Japan in the summer. Look forward to that.
Re planning for train travel in the US (and Canada): aside from the usual obvious web sites for information, any unique sources where one can really get a taste of the journey before it is taken? (on the web preferred).
I think I ought to visit the Trip Reports sub-forum more often so that I don't miss gems like this. Nice post, punctuated with interesting pixels. ^
Thanks again OP.