I’m asked a lot of questions about train travel. Among the most common ones, even among people who have taken long-distance train trips, is “How much should I tip the...
Many years ago—probably 50 years ago, now that I think about it—I came over to Maui from Honolulu for a job interview. The tourism boom had just started and Hilton...
An average of 86,000-plus people a day take one of more than 300 Amtrak trains. Total ridership is now more than 31.5 million passengers a year. Amtrak trains stop...
It would be nice if the anti-passenger-rail people in Congress and in state governments would show a little consistency. For example, if their philosophy of governance dictates that Amtrak should...