This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure. Library Journal All Aboardfirst published in 1995, and here completely revised and updatedis much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. It will make any trip smoother and more enjoyable with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. With trains attracting new riders in record numbers, the time is perfect for a new edition of All Aboard. All Aboard is more than an ordinary travel guide. The author tells us how and why the first railroads came about, describes the building of Americas trans-continental railroad, and explains how individual trains are operated. He also offers advice that can only come from a veteran traveler: booking trips, finding the lowest fares, avoiding pitfalls, packing for an overnight trip, what to do on board, whom to tip and how much. This new, fourth edition includes a new chapter about eight major railway stations, and is updated throughout with new information and photographs. It discusses Amtraks new locomotives and Viewliner sleeping cars, changes in rules regarding pets and bicycles on American trains, and much more. Jim Loomis writes frequently about train travel for Sunday newspaper travel sections and has ridden every one of Amtraks long-distance trains multiple times, logging nearly 200,000 miles. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Railroad Passengers.
- | Author: Jim Loomis
- | Publisher: Chicago Review Press
- | Publication Date: January 01, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 416 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1569761760
- | ISBN-13: 9781569761762
