Country Notes
February 20, 2019
The Romance of the Rail in West Texas
The railway and Marfa are forever intertwined.
Trains
Travel & Outdoors
April 19, 2018
Seeing the Lone Star State From a Seat on the Texas Eagle
The Amtrak train offers a way to revel in the expanse of Texas.
Being Texan
April 30, 2005
Strangers on a Train
There was something irresistibly romantic about the gutter punk’s description of stowing away in freight cars. No wonder I wanted to try it—even if, at 38, I probably should have thought to myself, “You’re too old for this.”
Art
July 31, 1992
Workin’ on the Railroad
Meet the people who keep Texas' trains on track.
Travel & Outdoors
July 31, 1974
Why I Like to Ride the Train
Enthusiastic railway passengers maintain that fast is not necessarily the same as best.
Travel & Outdoors
April 30, 1973
Copper Canyon Spectacular
Over the Sierras to Topolobampo and back by the headiest of Mexican railroads.