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Well, this was a huge success. Taking the train this year was something I talked my wife into, and I was afraid things would go horribly awry and she'd hate it, but my fears were unfounded. Actually I was the one that had a less-good time, but only because I'd aggravated a back injury the...

I'd say congrats on Prop 1A if I wasn't so mad about the most politically-charged prop on the ballot. EDIT: then I'm sure this can be moved! Unless the placement of the post is more important than its subject. Criminy. it's not like mods are exactly ignoring posts today... :unsure:

links a-plenty: Tribune initial Trib followup Sun-Times

Aside from the glaringly obvious (Strangers on a... / Throw Momma From the...), what are some of your favorite train segments in movies? Here are a few, with sadly very few YouTube links: THE PALM BEACH STORY (trailer) - the 1940s casual-racist Pullman portrayals set my teeth on edge, but...

The CTA just added a gift shop. I like the cufflinks, the little Brio car (sharpie marker not included), and the puzzle looks terrific. Alas, they don't sell copies of this debut album.

So last year they were shooting this movie "The Express" around Chicago. They dressed up the tunnel under the Davis Metra platform--blocks from my home and across the way from my corporate masters -- to look like a stadium tunnel. I'd forgotten I'd taken crappy cellphone shots of the work until...

I mentioned these in my intro, and was wondering if anyone else was a fan. There are conventions of just train games, one recently in Denver. Anyone else play these? 18xx games - running railroads (usually historical companies) and manipulating stock a la the robber-baron days. Typically long...

I thought about posting this in Travelogues, but it's not mine. A Chicago blog's dining section features the fare on the Empire Builder this week. Since it's a food column, the dining is really the only aspect of the trip that's covered: Eating on the Empire Builder

My wife is big into BookCrossing.com. It's sort of like Where's George? for books, where you tag a book with an ID code and leave it somewhere for someone else to find, read, and (hopefully) enjoy. We've had books left at gas stations in Wisconsin end up in other continents. So as this...

Hi. I managed to talk my wife into taking a LSL sleeper from CHI-BOS this year for our thanksgiving trip. I found this and other sites while doing the homework. And now, armed with what to expect, good and bad, I cannot get the trip out of my head. I'm very lucky in the inlaw department, but I...