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Run Out of Town On a Rail

by | Jun 30, 2008 | Art, Guns and Culture

Riding the Southwest Chief from Kansas City to Los Angeles.
A Western romance comes to life while I ride on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. I feel its authenticity—from the close-up scenery speeding past the window to Doc Holliday’s rib-cracking cough. Unfortunately, Doc’s sitting next to me. Okay, so he isn’t Doc Holliday, but his cough is louder than those by Doc actors Kirk Douglas, Val Kilmer, Dennis Quaid and Jaso


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