I boarded Amtrak’s Empire Builder at Seattle’s King Street station this past Saturday afternoon. It was the start of a 20-plus day trip that would include seeing the Red Sox...

About 30 years ago, I had been to a high school reunion in Connecticut and had stopped to visit my brother who lives near Galesburg, Illinois.  I booked the California...

I have mentioned here on a few occasions that I prefer traveling by myself. My wife and I have traveled together quite a bit, but now we’re retired and she...

There are five bedrooms on the upper level of an Amtrak Superliner sleeping car. Let’s start with the reasons FOR spending the money to travel in one of these rooms....