Jackie, a reader, wrote and asked, "What is with your blog? Are you still taking the train?" Yes, Jackie, I'm still on the train, but haven't posted as much as I had hoped. This summer I traveled by train to and from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and given that this is election week, I'm going to take some of the video I shot of those conventions and edit it into a rail-related set of stories that I'll post here in the next few days...