May 29, Car 1130 PDX to LAX
Got to my room in Portland. Room was absolutely freezing. Attendant told me car had been in Oakland yard for repairs. They couldn’t fix it-but put it back into service anyway.
After dinner room was approximately 85 degrees. Impossible to sleep.
Next morning room was...
Check the weather. If you see a blizzard over the Sierras and Rockies, get a ticket then. We did that once. Train was stopped for 6 hrs over Donner Lake. We had a room, and the staff broke out the wine and Pepperidge Farm cookies. We even got off and took photos against 14 ft snow drifts in the...