Booked on the morning train A Journey through America
by George F. Scheer III
- Chapelhill, North Carolina Algonquin Books 1991
- 300 p.
Aboar the Crescent -- New Orleans: a spin along the levee -- Aboard the City of New Orleans -- A Sunday stroll in St. Louis -- The Eagle to Austin: dry counties and strong beer -- The Eagle to San Antonio: rolling thunder -- The Sunset Limited to Los Angeles: west of the Pecos -- On wheels in L.A. -- The Southwest Limited to Flagstaff: a walk to the edge -- Santa Fe: Pueblo silver at trail's end -- The road to Cimarron -- Narrow gauge -- The Southwest Limited to Kansas City: stormy weather -- Turnaround in Galesburg -- The California Zephyr from Denver to the bay: the golden spike route -- The Coast Starlight to Seattle: under the weather -- Seattle and the empire builder: the far turn -- The storm warning along the Great Northern -- Something of Minnesota -- The empire builder, the Lake Shore Limited, the Adirondack, and on to Boston: in next week tomorrow -- The Merchants Limited, the Shoreliner, and the Crescent again: closing the circle.
The story of a month and a half on the rails on Amtrak, following the routes of famous American trains--from the heat and torpor of New Orleans to the ice and snow of Montana, from New York to San Francisco, and all points in between.
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