Why the Cardinal Is Amtrak’s Most Underrated Scenic Journey The Cardinal connects New York and Chicago by a route unlike any other Amtrak long-distance train, cutting south through Washington DC...
Why the Coast Starlight Is One of Amtrak’s Great Scenic Journeys The Coast Starlight is one of Amtrak’s most celebrated long-distance trains, running the length of the West Coast between S...
Why the Silver Star Is the Scenic, Slower Way to Ride the Rails to Florida The Silver Star is one of Amtrak’s two long-distance trains linking New York and Miami, running daily for roughly 32 ho...
Why the Silver Meteor Is the Fastest Train to Florida The Silver Meteor is Amtrak’s fastest scheduled train between New York and Miami, running daily for roughly 28 hours down the East Coast. It...
Why the Crescent Is One of Amtrak’s Great North-South Journeys The Crescent is Amtrak’s classic overnight link between the Northeast and the Deep South, running daily for roughly 30 hours ...
Why the City of New Orleans Is One of Amtrak’s Classic Overnight Journeys Made famous by the folk song of the same name, the City of New Orleans runs 934 miles between Chicago, Illinois, and New...
Why the Southwest Chief Is One of Amtrak’s Great Historic Routes The Southwest Chief connects Chicago, Illinois with Los Angeles, California, following a large stretch of the original Route 66 c...
Why the Auto Train Is Amtrak’s Most Unique Long-Distance Service The Auto Train is unlike anything else on the Amtrak network. Running nonstop between Lorton, Virginia, just outside Washington D...
Why the Empire Builder Is One of Amtrak’s Great Journeys to Glacier National Park The Empire Builder is Amtrak’s flagship northern transcontinental route, linking Chicago, Illinois with Se...
Why the Texas Eagle Is Amtrak’s Longest Rail Journey Three times a week, the Texas Eagle becomes part of something remarkable: combined with the Sunset Limited at San Antonio, it forms a continu...
