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June 12th 2007
Published: June 12th 2007
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Well, the great train trip to the West hasn't gotten off to the best of starts. I suppose it hasn't really gotten off to a start at all yet. The lead engine of our train, which runs from Chicago to Albuquerque to LA derailed (really) in Fort Madison, Iowa yesterday.

Not surprisingly, this resulted in a bit of a delay in our departure. Now, rather than leaving Wichita at 3:25 this morning, we'll be departing around 4:30 this evening. That means we'll be going through Southeast Colorado and Northern New Mexico while its dark, making the sights significantly more difficult (read "impossible") to read.

Let's just hope this doesn't happen every time; it would get old pretty fast.



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