Category: Travel
Finding Peace on a 72-Hour Train Across America
Article Link A writer rides the rails from New York to San Francisco, discovering dazzling landscapes and fascinating fellow passengers along the way.
A Private Rail Renaissance Percolates after Fifty Years of Amtrak Failures
For the first time in fifty years, America has an intercity passenger railroad worthy of pride. In the heart of downtown Miami stands the shining new MiamiCentral Station, the southern terminus of Brightline—a private railroad linking Florida’s largest city with …
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Amtrak dumps its nice guy persona in fight for Gulf Coast trains
Amtrak is embroiled in a fight that may have vast implications for the future of US rail service, including the billions of dollars devoted to it from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Article Link
These 10 Train Journeys Have the Most Jaw-Dropping Views
No one likes to rush a good view, so what better way to experience the world’s best scenery than from the seat of a train? Article Link
Boredom on the Orient Express
Passenger trains, however, take daydreaming to a stratospherically higher level. There’s such a hypnotic, zen-like quality to watching endless stretches of landscape slide by a big window. Even at night, watching lights in the distance move past is mesmerizing.
Life House Chattanooga
Quite possibly the coolest location for a hotel ever: the 1908 Chattanooga Choo Choo, the first train to run nonstop from Ohio to Florida, and its Beaux Arts terminal. The Pullman sleeper cars are being transformed into suites with French …