This is about two railroads: Amtrak and Iowa Pacific Holdings—which doesn’t sound much like a railroad at all, does it? Mostly, IPH runs excursion trains which you can check out...
Amtrak’s Cardinal is my favorite eastern train. It operates in both directions between Chicago and New York’s Penn Station, passing through some of the loveliest country east of the Mississippi,...
Two of Amtrak’s long-distance trains—the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal—currently run on a three-days-a-week schedule. I’m sure the appropriate people at Amtrak would be able to provide their reasons in...
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...