NORTH AMERICA
U.S. All aboard -- where you still can. To save $10 million yearly, Amtrak, the national train passenger corporation, has cut service on three long- distance runs around the country. The Pioneer, which used to operate daily between Chicago and Seattle via Denver and Portland, has been reduced to three trips a week west of Denver, as have runs south of St. Louis on the Texas Eagle, which connects Chicago with San Antonio and Houston. Eliminated is the River Cities, linking St. Louis and Carbondale, Illinois; instead passengers en route to New Orleans have to take a bus to...
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