Alicia Rovey of the All Fifty Club, a group of travel enthusiasts who want to visit all 50 states, visited five states with her family on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which runs between Chicago and Los ...

From West Virginia to California, passengers board classic train carriages decked out in lights and garland, offering a unique way to celebrate the holiday season. Christmas at Cass is held each ...

The MTA rolls out the New York Transit Museum’s Holiday Nostalgia trains along two New York City subway lines on Sundays in December. The eight Independent Subway System cars remained on the MTA’s ...

Rancho Palos Verdes will host its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12, along with visits from Santa Claus and the Grinch, a Hanukkah celebration, and many other holiday events through ...

I was nine when I first rode an Indian sleeper train. Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ...

Nothing adds magic to the holiday season quite like Polar Express train rides and festive Christmas trains. To help your family experience that magic, we've rounded up a variety of holiday train rides ...

There’s something undeniably romantic about train travel. They are slow, scenic, and nostalgic, and trains invite you to settle into your seat, sip something warm, and watch the world drift by like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. As the calendar flips past Thanksgiving, the season of ...

My family of four spent 46 hours traveling from Chicago to Seattle in two Amtrak roomettes. The roomettes were small but comfortable, and we got to see lots of gorgeous views along the way. The rail ...

“Polar Express” and Santa trains throughout Upstate New York are once again delivering pajama-ready holiday fun on tracks that wind through wintery woods. When Chris Van Allsburg published “The Polar ...