Well, we've never heard of this Rick Whoever chap over here, so I followed Michael Steinberg's link above and found him to be a travel writer who does a lot about Europe. He seems to have a TV show in the US.
There was a lot of material about European trains. I can only say, as a caution to you all from over here:
What A Load Of Rubbish!!!!
Really, the material must have been culled from a composite of the least-researched travel books while sat in front of the fire at home. I'm sorry, but so much of it was just plain WRONG.