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When I was small enough to find the entire experience extremely exciting, my parents took my brother and me on the Autotrain - from somewhere in northern Virginia right on down to my grandparents? house in northern Florida. It promised to be romantic and glamorous - rather like those soft-focus, murder-on-a-train movies starring Marlene Dietrich. And for my brother and me, it was. We enjoyed nearly every moment of the entire 36-hour journey. Meanwhile, my parents, who had to endure a day and a half in a small compartment with two Coke-fueled kids, emerged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'd Love to Love Amtrak — But It's Hard | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

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