On the off chance this damn caronavirus won’t last forever, I’ve started thinking about where I would go and what I would do the next time I travel. I’m thinking...

Amtrak has operated at a deficit for years, and for years Congress has pressured them to achieve break even. So Amtrak cut costs, but they did so by eliminating many...

Word is flashing about on-line that, because of the coronavirus, Amtrak has made drastic cuts in its schedule—cuts that will probably be in effect for at least the next several...

There’s an interesting story in the on-line newsletter from Travelers United about people fainting on airplanes. It’s happening more and more and a combination of factors seems to be the...

The discussion about Amtrak dining cars continues unabated. A recent opinion piece in Railway Age magazine implied that poor managing was the fundamental reason Amtrak’s food service loses money. The...

Where does it all stop? An official Amtrak memo dated July 11 and marked “Confidential. For internal use.”, has just surfaced. It contains confirmation of more cuts to food service....

Sleeping car passengers on Amtrak long-distance trains look forward with anticipation to taking their meals in the dining car. Each meal offers a break from reading or napping or watching...

Amtrak has apparently bowed to pressure from the traveling public, from RPA, and from most of the rest of the civilized world and they have overhauled the “contemporary dining” food...

Two interesting comments came in today. The first is in the form of a report on one portion of an extended rail journey: the Boston section of the westbound Lake...

Ask someone who has just made their first long-distance train ride what they liked most about the experience. Then find a veteran rail traveler, someone who’s made a dozen overnight...