The piece appeared in today's LA Times but was written for Newsday.
The different thing about it is the writer is a journalist sleeping sitting up all night in COACH, not in a sleeping car. And she still had a good time with her family.
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GBN, the Tribune Company sold Newsday some time ago . . . I'm not sure how the LA Times picked up the story. Maybe Newsday is part of a news syndicate that feeds the LAT. Dunno. I've been retired for almost two years now and the news industry has completely changed.
Um . . . Do you insist on booking a sleeper room even for a short day run on a LD train? Or do you simply not take short day trips?
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Segments such as LAX-EMY, CHI-MSP, or CHI-KCY I would book a room, however, for CHI-MDT that I almost did and would have done if adverse weather last December (my NRHS Chapter holds their Holiday Dinner at a trackside restaurant there), I think I would have 'tucked that out" aboard #3.
Finally, time for 'road trip"; until next Sunday, my "chattin'" here will be limited to the extent the hotels at which I will be staying have computers available for their guests to use. I think it is known that I am of the "what's a laptop" school and am at a loss to understand why all this "fruckus" regarding whether or not Amtrak offers 110VAC outlets at each seat.
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I believe the LA Times is owned by the Tribune Company. It is certainly a shadow of the paper that I grew up with as are many print newspapers. All of the Chandlers are turning in their graves.
I left home with out my Sunday LA Times yesterday so didn't see this article. Thanks for posting it, Henry.
Frank, currently in sunny Culver City next to the 405.
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