Tag: trains

• Amtrak to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, April 9, 2026

  I have always been fascinated by railroads. Back in the seventh and eighth grade, rather than studying (I was a terrible student) or even poring over something like baseball statistics I obsessively read train schedules. My dad supportively found me an old copy of the two inch thick Official Railway Guide which listed all the…

  Paco Marshall

  April 16, 2026

  Louisiana trips, Alabama Mississippi Trips

  travel, cycling, biking, amtrak, trains

• Memphis TN, March 16-18, 2025

  I like trains. My relationship with Amtrak is like that with a mythical demented relative. You love them, you nourish them, but it is exhausting and you sometimes silently wish it would all just end. There is a daily Amtrak called “The City of New Orleans” that runs New Orleans to Memphis to Chicago, taking…

  Paco Marshall

  March 31, 2025

  Alabama Mississippi Trips

  amtrak, history, memphis, trains, travel