amtrak – Dave Olson's Creative Life Archive

Backdrops: Trains and Capsules (for fun times), vol. 1

June 22, 2021

While working in the “postcard as a service” and modified foreign passport industry, i don’t do many Zoom(tm)/etc calls but […]

August 13, 2020

Project: Upon turning 50 years old on August 16, 2020, Dave Olson (me, hello) is posting a photo (or maybe

August 3, 2020

I was interviewed (and used loquacious quotes like “super lame”) for an article about train travel in the Vancouver Courier. I

December 29, 2019

There is much discussion about high speed rail between Vancouver and Portland… This conversation isn’t new, been going on for

November 24, 2018

Rolling from Jack London Square in Oakland, California through the night on Amtrak, look out at Portland, hop off Centralia,

January 7, 2010

Originally published in Uncle Weed’s Dossier at Vancouver Observer on Jan. 7, 2010. Republished here intact for posterity. ## “First

August 14, 2009

Stumbling towards the future! Second daily Vancouver-Seattle Amtrak train to begin Aug. 19 via Vancouver Sun http://ow.ly/jZjy #trains #cascadia

July 4, 2009

Twice daily Amtrak train service to points southward begins in August! Cascadians rejoice at joining the 2nd world http://ow.ly/gtTN

February 10, 2009

Amtrak tries to increase service to B.C. « Stephen Rees’s blog This has already been covered here – but it