I traveled from Miami to Tampa and back aboard the Amtrak.Michael715/Shutterstock Traveling from Miami to Tampa aboard Amtrak, I learned train travel is unique ...

The California Zephyr, the Empire Builder and the Sunset Limited offer multi-night rail journeys and extraordinary views of America that only a long-distance train trip can reveal. For those who love ...

Packing is hard. Especially when you’re traveling somewhere new and are unsure what conditions to expect. In our series “The Trip List,” we ask frequent travelers how to prepare for journeys that ...

Something interesting is happening across the country. After decades of treating rail as an old chapter in American travel, people are giving it another look. Part of this shift comes from the ...

WILMINGTON, Del. - AmeriStarRail, which for some time has been proposing privately owned and operated passenger service to compete with Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor, has gone in a new direction ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The cold on Sunday was not just brutal, but potentially dangerous—and a disruption for travelers trying to get around by long-distance train. Travelers were staying at Union Station ...

Spencer also says that ASR can operate profitably; a standard that few passenger trains have attained since the onset of competition from highways and airlines during the past century. His letter said ...

Traveling from Miami to Tampa aboard Amtrak, I learned train travel is unique. Compared to air and car travel, my long-distance train ride was neither cheaper nor faster. There was more waiting than I ...