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...OVERLAND TRAIL CLICKETY-CLACK BACK TO A MORE GRACIOUS PAST If there is a time machine that allows you to relive the days when going by rail meant going in style, when women dressed up and wore gloves and men sported fedoras and suits with wide lapels, it is the Overland Trail, a 1939 club lounge car that was once a part of the Southern Pacific streamliner that ran from Oakland, Calif., to Chicago. Owners Bill and Debbie Hatrick of Santa Ana, Calif., have restored the car to its original condition and made it available for private parties and public...
This year the Overland Trail will travel with a regular Amtrak train every second Saturday, starting May 13 and ending Dec. 9. The round trips will all originate in Oakland, with either Los Angeles or Santa Barbara as the destination, and fares will range from $125 to $595. Hors d'oeuvres will be served on the short runs, complete meals on longer trips. On the June 17 ride to Los Angeles, passengers will be asked to pay homage to the '40s by dressing in the fashions of that...
...nineteenth century, brave American pioneers traversed overland trails and forded rushing rivers to establish new settlements for the burgeoning nation...
...society ordered Monica Lewinsky to wear a scarlet letter A, she would giggle, convinced that it stood for Awesome! DEBORAH BUCKNER Overland Park, Kans...
...everyone who chose to ignore the taunts of sideline voyeurs and Purple Hearts to those who sustained injuries from the snowballs of fully clothed cowards. Tradition is one of the cornerstones of Harvard University. Each has special meaning for those Harvard men and women who participate. PETER A. OVERLAND...