Probably the best advice I can give anyone who is about to take their first long-distance trains ride is to say “Lighten Up! Don’t expect everything to be perfect. You’re...

I take a scanner with me on most of my rail journeys. It’s a hand-held device that lets me listen in on the radio communication between the conductors and the...

Someone once told me that the most frequently asked question on an Amtrak train is, “Why are we stopped?” That may or may not be true, but it does point...