A Greener Road Trip: St. Louis Cardinals Taking the Train
Jul 24th, 2009 Originally Posted by Timothy B. Hurst
On Friday, the St. Louis Cardinals will travel via Amtrak train from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.’s Union Station for a weekend series with the Washington Nationals. The railroad road-trip will be the first time in over forty years the Cardinals have traveled via train.
Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak told NPR that both he and the players were looking forward to the trip. “It’s very unusual for us, but it was something we looked into and it seemed to make a lot of sense,” said Mozeliak. “Plus it ends up shaving a significant amount of time off our travel.”
The Cardinals will ride in three privatized train cars that will be added to the standard train for the one hour, forty-five minute journey.