I’m frequently asked what the sleeping car accommodations are like on Amtrak’s long-distance trains. It’s a hard question to answer because there are a lot of options. Superliner cars on the western trains are a lot like the Viewliner cars on the eastern routes. Both offer roomettes and bedrooms, but there are some small but…
The Crescent, Amtrak‘s train # 20, runs daily between New Orleans and New York by way of Atlanta and Washington. It departs at 7:00 in the morning and it occurs to me as I’m walking down the platform to my sleeping car that 13 hours in New Orleans is not nearly enough, dinner at Irene’s…
Any travel agent can book your flight and put you in a hotel room, but it’s been my experience that a surprising number of those folks know very little about train travel. And that’s important, because a rail savvy travel agent will look after the not-so-little details that can make a big difference during an…
I think it was Rick Steves who said, “There are only two kinds of tourists: Those traveling light and those who wish they were.” He’s dead right and I now travel with one small carry-on suitcase and a small zippered canvas bag that fits under my seat on the plane. Traveling with fewer, smaller bags…