In the summer of 1946, my father rented a house in Saybrook on the Connecticut shore for a two-week family vacation. Saybrook is where the Connecticut River empties into the...

Amtrak dining cars on the long distance trains operating west of the Mississippi River have a system that’s unique to their operation and it really helps if passengers are aware...

And so begins an account of my journey almost halfway around the world to London for the absurdly extravagant purpose of seeing the Boston Red Sox and the New York...

When I book train travel for myself, I seldom include connections from one Amtrak train to another. And, when asked by other rail travelers about connections, my response almost always...