Recent content by RuthS

THANKS to jimhudson, ScottP and Guest_Bob for update information on the #21/#22 Texas Eagles for this weekend. If the sunshine holds, drying out the Midwest, I'll be on the #22 on Saturday (May 7), arriving in Chicago on Sunday afternoon -- a day late for the NTD festivities! Here in Houston...

Assuming the #22 Texas Eagle runs on Saturday, May 7 (fingers crossed!!), I'll be on it but won't arrive in Chicago until around 1:00 p.m. Sunday, missing the festivities of National Train Day at Union Station. Wonder if any of the exhibits will still be up -- or will I have missed everything...

I'm a long-time fan of trains, with my first acquaintance of them going back to the 40s, riding the B&O or the Chesapeake & Ohio (don't remember which), since I was born and raised in Cleveland. Our family cat, in fact, was named "Chessie" in honor of the adorable corporate symbol of the C&O...