Nobody understands the magic of Amtrak's California Zephyr train quite like Brad Swartzwelter, better known to passengers as Conductor Brad. During Swartzwelter's 30-year career as a conductor, he ...

Tourists today arrive largely by air. For many decades, many came by train. In our jet-speed age, it may be difficult to realize that the slower travel by train was part of the fun of a vacation in ...

Thanks to a sprawling network of freeways and relatively cheap fuel, no one does road trips like America. But travelling by ...

I took my first Amtrak ride as an adult to Rocky Mountain National Park. The convenience of the whole trip left me stunned.

I never considered myself much of a train person, but this highly underrated town has me totally obsessed. Given its history, ...

An Amtrak train Sunday struck a person who snuck onto the train tracks in Grand County. The California Zephyr train was traveling from Chicago to San Francisco Bay on Sunday when the conductor spotted ...