If you own a private rail car, you can take an exclusive journey with Amtrak. Studio One-One/Getty Images Slow travel is all the rage these days, and for train enthusiasts in the United States, that ...
CINCINNATI -- Financial barons and wealthy socialites once traveled the country on luxurious private railroad cars, dining on fine china and crystal and pampered by stewards. Today's travelers can ...
The private railroad carriage was once the epitome of luxury transportation in the U.S. “The Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, they all had their private railcar,” says David Hoffman, a director of the ...
Looking to reroute your lifestyle? Amtrak has just the ticket. This month, many internet denizens learned a fun fact about the passenger-rail provider: For a small fee, the company will let railfans ...
In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko woos Charlie Sheen’s Bud Fox to the dark side by rhapsodizing about being “rich enough to have your own jet.” But maybe that’s becoming old hat ...
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Executive Director Diane Elliott of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners says about 130 to 140 private rail cars are certified to run Amtrak routes. The private cars available for ...