i like to introduce our special guest today, bob where there s. bob s and author of course. he has written this book which is the subject of our discussion today. the president traveled by train. it was actually his first of what is now 29 books. it came out in the first edition in 1996. it subsequently has been updated several times in 2018, it was released by echo point books and media. i believe it is the third or fourth addition of the book. bob himself was a journalist by trade and for 30 years worked for the huntington herald dispatch in huntington, west virginia where he currently lives. he has a b.a. a from martial university. while he was in college he worked summers for the railroad. that actually is how i got to know bob. i interned at the railroad museum in baltimore, maryland and our mutual interest and admiration for the b no got us together. i welcome bob and i will begin the presentation now. one other programming note. understand that all presidents use tra