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Jim Loomis is passionate about travel, especially rail travel. This engaging book is an ideal companion for armchair travelers, train enthusiasts and fellow globe trotters."Travel Tales is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of anecdotes and storytelling that is guaranteed to both reawaken your wanderlust and raise a smile at the same time "- Matt Foy, Head of European Rail Services, RailbookersIn Travel Tales, Jim shares his adventures on train trips across North America and around the world. Best estimate: he has logged more than 350,000 miles in train travel. Jim also writes about memorable personal experiences and recounts a few stories about Hawaii's unique brand of politics, including one incident never before reported when the Emperor of Japan was unknowingly a part of a local political feud.Sit back and enjoy these entertaining tales while you daydream about your next travel destination.

It’s about the journey, not the destination.All Aboard—first published in 1995, and here revised and updated—is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. Written both for veteran train travelers and those considering their first rail journey, it will keep any trip on track with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. All Aboard presents how and why the first railroads came about, describes the building of America’s trans-continental railroad, and explains how individual trains are operated. Railway expert Jim Loomis also offers advice that can only come from a veteran traveler: booking trips, finding the lowest fares, avoiding pitfalls, packing for an overnight trip, what to do on board, whom to tip and how much.This new, fifth edition includes up-to-date information on new high-speed rail projects in California, Texas, and Florida, new trains on the Copper Canyon route in Mexico, current reports on the legal disputes between freight railroads and Amtrak, and much, much more.All Aboard is the ultimate guide to American train travel and its unique history and culture.

This is the story of two very unlikely animals, and how they became best friends. Charlie is a young horse, and Sebastian is a young alligator. They didn't care that they were very different, and not supposed to like each other. They just wanted to be friends, and have fun. When Sebastian's mom and dad found out that they were friends they were very upset, didn't like them playing together, and were going to put a stop to it However, once they, and Charlie's mom and dad saw them playing and having fun, they changed their minds, and decided just maybe they could be friends after all.