Funny that no one in 2015 predicted that a global pandemic would lead Amtrak to reduce its long distance trains to tri weekly service and briefly suspend the Acela Express between March and June 2020
The night before embarking on the California Zephyr I was so excited I barely slept at all. I spent the night in the Hyatt House in Emeryville, which gave me a great view of the passing Amtrak trains below.
After a buffet breakfast, I checked out of the hotel early on Tuesday January 15th.
I...
In January this year I took my first trip to the USA by myself and my first trip on Amtrak. I was visiting my family in Boston, and thought that rather than flying across the country it would be far more fun to enjoy the journey by train, while getting to visit new cities like Chicago and San...