Over the past few weeks, I’ve received several emails from people planning family vacations that will include long-distance train rides. Invariably, they have questions about the on board accommodations. In many cases, I’ve found that the Family Bedroom in a Superliner sleeping car has barely been considered. And that’s too bad, because there are a…
I often hear from people planning their first overnight train ride who are unsure about their options. So today, here are the basics about the Superliner sleeping cars; tomorrow the Viewliners. The bi-level Superliner sleepers are about 90 feet long and 16 feet high. They’re used on all of the long-distance trains traveling west…
For all the talk of adding new Amtrak routes and restoring others that were dropped over the past couple of decades, one unpleasant fact has always stood in the way: Amtrak has barely had enough equipment to maintain the reduced services, let alone add more. This problem was at its worst in the final months…