Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Traditional dining is back on Amtrak as of June 23 on six long-distance routes. Sleeper car customers traveling west of Chicago will have white tablecloth service with a new selection of elegant meals ...

Mike Diago is a writer and high school social worker living in the Hudson Valley with his wife and two sons, and has been an Eater contributor since 2021. In August 2005, I rode an Amtrak overnight ...

Amtrak is doing away with its iconic dining car on overnight trains traveling on the East Coast, instead replacing them with "flexible dining services" of ready-to-serve food. The dining cars have ...

Traditional dining is back on Amtrak as of June 23 on six long-distance routes. Sleeper car customers traveling west of Chicago will have white tablecloth service with a new selection of elegant meals ...

Finally, some national transportation news that will leave a good taste in your mouth: Amtrak has restored full dining service to its Lake Shore Limited trains, which travel through Cleveland en route ...

Harrison Keely’s most fond memories of riding Amtrak all include snapshots of the dining car. The shiny silverware and white linens. Enjoying thick slices of French toast covered with powdered sugar ...

Amtrak is moving away from traditional meal service next week on several long-distance trains, replacing cooked-to-order meals with prepackaged fare. Rail travel enthusiasts lamented the cost-saving ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne Rash is a technology and science writer based in Washington. Amtrak will restore traditional dining car service on six ...