Why trains might be the best way to see America

Here’s how to swap highway traffic jams for panoramic views and ride to some of the country’s most beautiful natural ...
Los Angeles Times

You can now ride a train through a lovely oak grove at Descanso Gardens

All aboard! Starting this week, the Descanso Railroad train ride is open to riders once again. And model trains winding their way around a new railway garden promise to charm a generation of ...
Los Angeles Times

This magical Amtrak ride to New Mexico belongs on your winter bucket list (but book soon)

It was early morning in mid-December when I awoke to the sounds of steady rumbling while lying in the top bunk in my 9-by-5-foot family room in Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train. I climbed down a ladder ...
NPR

It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable — but train hoppers ride the rails anyway

A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video. A ladder looms, and hands grip the rungs. A blur of movement, and you're inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side.
Business Insider

I took a 12-hour train ride in business class. It was better and cheaper than the one-hour flight I usually book.

I usually take a one-hour flight to visit family, but this time I took the 12-hour train ride. I worried I was wasting time even though I was saving money, but I don't regret my choice. The train ride ...