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At 84, he has completed his goal of riding all 21,000 miles of the Amtrak network

Nat Read says he has ridden every mile on the Amtrak rail network, and he's never grown tired of looking at the country through a train window.
Amtrak's California Zephyr passes a plateau during its 2,438-mile trip to Emeryville/San Francisco from Chicago.

He says he's ridden every mile on the Amtrak rail network, and has never grown tired of looking at the country through a train window.

Who is he? Nat Read is a genuine traveler.

  • He has visited all seven continents and both the North and South Poles, but some of his best

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