Introduction

This is going to be a blog about traveling by train in the US. I find that there is a lot of information about being on the train, but not a lot of information about what you are likely to find when you get off the train. Therefore this blog is going to focus on practical information such as walkability of the station area, access to local public transportation, access to downtowns, etc.

The first posts are based on trips taken in the western part of the US during 2007 and 2008. Hopefully, I will eventually cover all of the US and even Canada and Mexico. Amtrak stations will form the spine of this blog, but local rail systems will get attention too. I find that local light rail systems can help a newcomer get oriented to local public transport systems, including buses.

(This post is a rewrite of the first post from my Wordpress blog.)