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Garrison Keillor, host of the weekly, nationwide radio show A Prairie Home Companion, began his Saturday, February 23 broadcast from Winona State University with a monologue that included a huge boost for train travel.  You can listen to his exact words at the program page.

Here’s what I remember.  After half-joking that southeastern Minnesota is the place you would take folks if you wanted them to believe Minnesota is a scenic state, he said he had come down from St. Paul on the train Friday morning.  He said it’s a wonderful experience, getting on at 8 AM, going to the dining car, rolling along the Mississippi and having breakfast with nice strangers—in this case, a Lutheran minister and his wife from Rockford, IL.

—Ross Capon