Private Rail Car Journeys Unveiled For 2026

Now, a company called Halloway is taking private train cars directly to the public in January 2026.
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Amtrak Empire Builder sleeper train (Seattle to Chicago)

Experience the Amtrak Empire Builder train as it traverses breathtaking landscapes across Washington State, Idaho, Montana, ...
Trains

Amtrak weathers Midwest storm, experiences few holiday weekend disruptions nationally (updated)

While thousands of air travelers were stranded or severely delayed by canceled flights as a wind-swept snowstorm blanketed ...
The Business Journals

Here are the most popular Amtrak destinations from D.C.'s Union Station

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min New York Penn Station drew 2.54 ...
Noel Philips on MSN

I rode America's longest sleeper train

This week, I take a ride on America's longest train ride the Amtrak California Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco in First ...
Business Insider

We spent 2 days in roomettes on an Amtrak train. Our trip was nice, but it cost more than our first-class flights home.

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 ...
Newsweek

America Is Finally Falling in Love With Amtrak. The Tracks Can’t Keep Up

As millions of Americans crowd highways and airports this Thanksgiving week, Amtrak is enjoying an unexpected surge: a record 36.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2025, up a remarkable 10 percent ...
NBC Washington

DC mayor says judge's order to end Guard deployment is move in ‘right direction'

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday she's pleased with a federal judge's ruling that the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in the city is unlawful, and she wants the troops out ...
Chicago Tribune

Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its monthslong deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ...
Chicago Tribune

What we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC

WASHINGTON — The shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members in the nation’s capital has left some questions unanswered. Officials say the suspect in Wednesday’s attack is an Afghan national, ...
CBS News

2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C.; Afghan suspect who had worked with CIA in custody

A CIA spokesperson told CBS News on Thursday that the Afghan suspect in the shooting "previously worked with the U.S. government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar that ended ...
NBC Chicago

Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting

President Donald Trump has called New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a "100% Communist Lunatic" and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has called Trump’s administration “authoritarian" and described ...