I frequently get emails from people with questions or comments about train travel. Here’s one that came in today. Email inquiry: Is there any way to find out which [Amtrak]...

Q: When you travel with your wife, I understand you prefer two roomettes in a Superliner to one of the big bedrooms. Why is that? The roomettes are tiny by...

Amtrak long-distance trains are equipped with either Viewliner and Superliner sleeping cars. Both types offer roomettes, bedrooms and a wheelchair accessible bedroom; Superliners also have a Family Bedroom that will...

(Monday, May 21–We are about to embark on The American Queen, a large paddlewheel riverboat that will take us down the Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans. Unfortunately, I have...

I have mentioned Christopher Elliott here a few times. He writes travel columns for both USA Today and the Washington Post and has become a kind of on line travel...

At a NARP luncheon a few years ago, I was chatting with an Amtrak executive who said, albeit facetiously, that Amtrak is the the most profitable money-loosing national railroad system...

 Amtrak uses Viewliners on a number of the eastern overnight routes because the bi-level Superliners are too high for some of the tunnels and a few or the older bridges...

There are five standard bedrooms in an Amtrak Superliner sleeping car, all on the upper level. They’re quite a bit bigger than a roomette, and that’s nice, but unless the...

OK, this could be more than you’ll ever want to know about Superliner roomettes, but for some reason, most of us who enjoy train travel love these details. And, based...

Many long-time Amtrak travelers keep notes and generate trip reports which they share with others. What follows are some quotes from a rather detailed report by a veteran rail traveler....