Category: Trains

We left Niagara, New York early in the morning and arrived shortly after at the Buffalo-Depew station where we caught the Lake Shore Limited for Boston. I was really looking forward to this trip because it was a full day of views across two states, New York and Massachusetts. As…

As mentioned in a previous post our trips on the Silver Meteor are night trips and since we were trying to use up our rail pass segments, we traveled in coach. This meant we had to be prepared to sleep in a seat. We were so excited to start our…

After a week back home, we decided to finish out our rail pass with a trip to the northeast states. Our first plan was to go all the way to Maine by rail. While traveling back home from Colorado, we had learned a lot about what to take and what…

After our great roomette experience on the Capitol Limited from Chicago to Washington, D.C., we boarded the Silver Meteor for the final leg of our journey. The roomette came with all of the frills of first-class travel including privacy, meals, and an attendant, now we were back to coach class….

While traveling home from Colorado on our USA Rail Pass, we decided that we wanted to travel non-stop instead of staying overnight in Chicago and Washington. Our first choice was to get a hotel in Chicago so that we could shower and feel fresh for the next day of travel,…

My husband has always wanted to take a train trip, so, after finding ourselves in Colorado, we decided to explore our options with Amtrak. To book a room all the way home would have really stretched us, so I looked into coach. I actually had read somewhere that coach seating…