I couldn't remember the last time I'd traveled in coach on an Amtrak train. It must have been when I was a kid, before I crisscrossed the US in business and first-class cars and slept in roomettes and ...

The difference between coach and business class was a can of Coke and a slightly larger seat. I wanted to see just how different Amtrak's coach and business classes are. And it turns out, not much.

I took Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited on a 15-hour journey from Ohio to Massachusetts and used BidUp to upgrade to a roomette in ...

Regular readers know this: I am a big fan of Amtrak. I’ve ridden the rails since I was a little kid and I’m still riding them today — even though trains take days to cover distances that airliners fly ...

During a trip from Miami to Tampa, I learned that traveling by Amtrak isn't much cheaper or faster than driving or flying.

On Saturday, Amtrak delivered its first ‘Airo’ class trainset to Seattle for testing and deployment on Amtrak Cascades this fall. The trickle of train photos is already building anticipation for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I rode in coach on an Amtrak train from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Seattle. The four-hour ride was more affordable than I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I traveled in coach and business class on Amtrak trains in the Northeast and the Pacific Northwest. The business-class seat was ...