As noted in my post of two days ago, several different constituencies continue to press Amtrak to upgrade the Cardinal from a three-day-a-week schedule to daily service. And, indeed, an...
For years, Amtrak has been pestered to run its train, the Cardinal, on a daily basis. It now operates just three days a week between New York City and Chicago—a...
Quite a few of the people traveling in sleeping cars on Amtrak’s long-distance trains don’t tip at all. Not the service people in the dining car. Not the attendant in...
I’m often asked what makes a really good sleeping car attendant on one of Amtrak’s long-distance trains. I really don’t know what Amtrak’s employee manual says, but here’s what I...