Pressed for an answer to that question, I think most people would probably say Amtrak’s Train 5, the California Zephyr. Although there are portions of other long-distance routes that are certainly...

Most Spectacular View. I’ve already mentioned the Grand Canyon once in an earlier post. So what? It is, after all, the Grand Canyon. There is a reason why people come...

The issue for today: For any given long-distance train, is one direction better than the other? There are a lot of factors to consider. For instance, what if the train...

I really enjoy looking at photos I’ve taken on some very memorable rail journeys (especially when I’ve spent months under “house arrest”).