'I’m Eight'

Sitting With an Interesting Man, Chicago to Denver: 10/6-7/25

The train loads at about 1:30 for the 2:00 PM departure. The 5, being the California Zephyr, the 1 and 21 being the Texacan, the 3, being the Southwest Chief, all load from the south gate in the mid afternoon. The wait has usually been 4 hours, sometimes 6, if one is coming from the east to Chicago, the hub of the American rail system. At 62 now, I walk…