Reporting from East CountyReporting from East County — A train is making its way from Alpine to Campo, but how it’s getting there and why is a little off the beaten track. Roy Athey’s full-sized, ...
”Paris,” I tell the conductor as I show him my Eurailpass. We`ve just pulled out of Lausanne on the French TGV, the world`s fastest train. ”C`st six francs de plus, Monsieur.” I look at him blankly.
GENEVA — In a few years, train passengers will vanish into a tunnel just south of Zurich and emerge 30 minutes later blinking in southern European sunshine. They’ll have missed the Alpine views but ...