I had an inquiry the other day from a woman whose husband wants to take a cross-country trip on Amtrak. He has had some health problems and she’s worried about what might happen if he should fall ill while they’re on the train. Passengers have had medical issues on several of my trips and…
When it comes to Business Class on Amtrak, what you get varies from train to train. Sometimes you’ll have a 2-and-1 seating configuration and leather seats; on another train it’s 2-and-2 upholstered seating. Sometimes a complimentary newspaper is part of the deal; sometimes not. The two constants seem to be a free nonalcoholic beverage and…
I just received a very nice email from a reader who’s about to leave on a wonderful, extended rail journey: Starting from Washington, DC, he’s taking the Capitol Limited to Chicago, the Empire Builder to Seattle, the Coast Starlight to Sacramento, the California Zephyr back to Chicago and the Cardinal from there back home to…
Amtrak uses Viewliners on a number of the eastern overnight routes because the bi-level Superliners are too high for some of the tunnels and a few or the older bridges on those routes. The two Florida trains, the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star, have Viewliner sleeping cars, as do the Lake Shore Limited, the…