Yesterday I came across this wonderful little informal essay on Facebook, but I screwed up by not getting the writer’s name and therefore cannot give credit. Furthermore, I may be...

Who’d have thought that the federal government—specifically the Surface Transportation Board—would publicly poke a finger in the eye of one of the Class I railroads?   Who’d have thought that...

Well, this is interesting: The Federal Railroad Administration has published the ground rules for anyone who wants to submit a bid for operating passenger trains on as many as three...

On one of my first long-distance trips—I think it was the Zephyr—my wife and I were sitting in our bedroom shortly after leaving Chicago when a 40ish man, impeccably dressed...

In Washington, the Trump Administration has pretty much adopted the budget recommendations of the Heritage Foundation, one of the libertarian “think tanks” supported by the Koch brothers. As far as...

My recent post about annoying Amtrak passengers prompted reader Mac Culver to email me with the following account of a recent experience he had aboard Train 4. It’s simply too...

I’m often asked by people planning their first long-distance train ride if they should work with a travel agent. Really, it depends on how complicated your itinerary and other details...

Over the past few days, I’ve been brooding over the Trump regime’s efforts to eliminate Amtrak’s long-distance service. And that led me to wonder what it is about the American...

Over the past several years, many of us who frequently travel on Amtrak’s long-distance trains have noticed a decline in both the quality of the food and the variety of...

The meals served in VIA’s dining car are really quite good–all made with fresh ingredients and all prepared right on board. I couldn’t get a menu, but here’s my best...