Every company I’ve been with has been okay with it. The sort of thing you get settled upfront. I can’t remember a company ever saying no. The really hard thing for them was that they had to donate 20 percent of my time to professional groups, and I worked 50 percent of my time at home in another state. Commuted 180 miles each way once per week.
Yes, definitely the Zephyr. Good catch!
When you traveled as much as I did, it used to be nerve-wracking when the train stopped in the middle of nowhere, as that footage showed. I remember our porter hiding once. Sometimes accidents. Sometimes people giving the engineers nightmares.