Recent content by jkevkillian

I stopped off for a day in Hattiesburg MS when I took the Crescent a few years back. University city, nice downtown area, not terribly expensive city of about 50,000. Kissimmee FL is also ... OK ... lots of clubs, bars, and restaurants right by the train station, and a somewhat decent...

KMBC-TV helicopter has been circling the scene and reporting for a couple of hours now. At the time I'm posting this, it's still live. The entire train, except for the lead engine, tipped over. https://www.kmbc.com/article/passenger-train-derails-missouri-monday-afternoon/40435950

I actually was told by the station agent at Kissimmee that Amtrak does not sell Lakeland-Tampa or Tampa-Lakeland at all. I went to buy a round trip Kissimmee-Tampa-Kissimmee, just to ride down, have a drink, go in a taxi in Tampa to lunch somewhere, then come back to Kissimmee. The intent was 91...