Amtrak has always had what seemed to me to be a very liberal policy regarding refunds. Even when someone made a reservation, paid for the ticket, and then was a...

When I was a teenager living in a rural part of Connecticut, there was a huge rainstorm that lasted for several days. The result was some serious flooding that caused...

That’s probably the question I’m most often asked, and it’s a tough one to answer. Certainly all of the western trains have plenty to offer. But pressed to pick just...

The only firm objective for our last day in Colorado was to connect with Amtrak’s California Zephyr late that afternoon in Grand Junction. But here we were, deliciously sipping our...