Amtrak has announced that the traditional dining car service is going to be restored on Western trains. Rather than paraphrase, I will reproduce the message received today from the Rail...

If you have never  been on a long-distance train, I’ll acknowledge you might have a hard time understanding how anyone could justify taking three days to cross the country when...

Sometimes I wonder if the powers-that-be at Amtrak understand the real difference between coach passengers and sleeping car passengers. The difference is in our expectations. Let’s say I’m in Chicago...

Before Hurricane Katrina wrecked much of the railroad infrastructure east of New Orleans in 2005, Amtrak’s Sunset Limited was a three night, trans-continental train from Los Angeles, California, to Orlando,...