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✦ October
[M9] Stop This Train
“Final destination: New York!” A waving conductor yelped from the Lakeshore Limited in Chicago’s Union Station, head poking out
Travel
2022
✦ October
[M8] Avopod
For eight dollars a pop, an Amtrak attendant will microwave you as many plastic-wrapped Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches as you
2022
✦ September
[M7] What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?
They wouldn’t stop staring. Time would pass—I’d gaze out the window, jot down a note, follow the
2022
✦ August
[M6] Fresh Air / Smoke Stop
[M7] What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?Moved, a meditation on American railroadingMichael SaltzmanMichael Saltzman
2022
✦ July
[M5] A House Is Not A Home
As long as I can remember, I have been looking for home. Are you looking for home?
As a credulous
2022
✦ July
[M4] Sightseer Booths
In 1979, Amtrak began furnishing their long-distance routes with the Superliner 1: a bi-level construction featuring dining rooms, sleeper cabins,
2022
✦ July
[M3] Emergency Exit
When I was young, I summered in Maine at the lake house my Father built and recall but a handful
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✦ July
[M2] On Travel
The road has been my home for years now, the education of a lifetime. And in its course, I’ve
2022
✦ July
[M1] Foreword
In a 1967 lecture to a group of architects, French philosopher Michel Foucault introduced the concept of heterotopias. As a