Riding a train spurs stories in a way that air travel just doesn't. We want to know your favorite personal tales.
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train route runs between Los Angeles and Chicago on a 43-hour trip, with a dining car and a great viewing carriage.
We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train ...
More Americans are taking the Amtrak than ever before. Here's why the national rail service is having a moment.
If the plagues of our modern age are screen addiction, anti-social behavior, and a desire for immediate gratification, all driven by the supercomputers constantly affixed to our hands, then Amtrak may ...
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Choosing plan B for an Amtrak train trip

By Sharon Whitley Larsen Confronted with last year's government shutdown, many travelers had to scramble to redo their travel ...