Train travel generates stories and memories in a way that plane travel simply does not. Perhaps this is the simple result of traveling slower and closer to the ground. Or maybe it's something else.
After I posted a story about my time on the 43-hour Southwest Chief from Los Angeles to Chicago, many wrote to tell me their favorite moments on the trains. I loved reading these stories. For a possible future story, I wanted to extend the invitation to continue sharing your memories. In the form below, tell us where your favorite train trip took you and what made it special.
To start, these are two of my favorite moments on the train:
One: Thirty years ago, on VIA Rail's Canadian train from Vancouver to Toronto, a problem on the line forced us off the train's usual route through the Rocky Mountains. The detour took us on a historic route near Banff and Lake Louise that all the experts on board (and there were many) said was even more scenic than the usual route. Jagged spikes! Green valleys! Ecstatic railway fans!
Two: Last year on the Southwest Chief, I woke up at dawn as we crossed the Arizona desert. The dawn dyed the stage gold.
Now it's your turn.
