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Mark Twain and Charlie Chaplin look-alikes, trailed by a freckle-faced Huck Finn, greet passengers as they come up the gangplank of the Mississippi River's newest paddle-wheeler, Emerald Lady. A Dixieland band lays down tune after tune, while a jokester on stilts tosses colorful doubloons. Waitresses with...
But now, looking back at the week-long excursion, Buxeda says he couldn't have planned a more worthwhile vacation if he tried.
Bush and his White House handlers were hoping that last week's excursion carried its own antidote to pessimism. There were 350 journalists accompanying the President, and most of them seemed to approve of his performance. The network anchors rushed for their desert tunics and created as much stir among...
Nostalgia is a great magnet for the iron horse, as is curiosity for a generation that grew up speeding down the interstates and making bicoastal parabolas at 30,000 ft. A train ride is a visceral excursion into history. You can hear, if you listen carefully, the hiss of escaping...
Today that quality is mirrored on some private lines. The Napa Valley Wine Train, which rolls sedately through some of the best wine country in the U.S., serves elegant meals accompanied by wines from the vineyards that it passes, including Domaine Chandon and Grgich Hills. California-based Sentimental Rail Journeys...