12:30 pm Saturday: Reno & Kids & Dogs

The Reno platform is actually one story below street level. The waiting room at platform level is actually kind of charming considering it's basically in a basement.

Right before we hit the station, this cute little poodle was sitting next to me in the observation car. Then at the station, there was a guy getting off with his dog,. The guy had so much stuff that he couldn't carry the dog leash, so the dog just walked himself next to the guy.

We were informed that they were loading 52 children onto the train at Reno. I'm guessing that the observation car is going to be full of children very soon.

We also added a new engineer at Reno and I snapped a picture of him, our sleeping car attendant, and one of the conductors.Read more