My web site, http://www.thetraintraveler.com, has become much more popular in a much shorter time than I could have imagined. I began the site at an inauspicious time for travel, September 15, 2001. Yet from the very beginning the site has attracted readers and those numbers increase daily. There surely are many travelers out there who love to travel by train.
In addition, I have been working on a guide to train travel in New England, and that too has taken up substantial amounts of my time. The guide should be published in June 2002, and I hope that all of you will seek it out.
I continue to be as committed to train travel as I ever was. I truly believe that we in the United States are entering into a new golden age of rail travel. Witness the phenomenal success of the Downeaster line, between Boston and Portland, Maine; the ever increasing ridership on the Acela Express, between Boston, New York City and Washington, DC; the increasing popularity of the Pacific Surfliner between Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Even as Congressmembers with a distinct lack of vision threaten to destroy Amtrak by significant budget cuts, new Amtrak lines are being developed and are proving to be very successful. In addition, changes are being made to older lines in order to increase their viability and their ridership.
To all of you who ride the rails, or would like to, please continue to support our railroads, including Amtrak, VIA Rail and the interesting and unique excursion and dinner trains that are popping up all over North America. And, if you haven't already, please check out my web site, www.thetraintraveler.com.
Happy Rails to all of you, Lynne
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