Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aboard Amtrak's Southwest Chief train from Los Angeles to Chicago. (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times) We were well into ...

Amtrak has been in its renaissance era for a few years now, serving a record 32.8 million customers in 2024. Surpassing even the pre-pandemic levels, Amtrak also earned a first-in-history ticket ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A westbound Southwest Chief passes the Highlands Metra station in Hinsdale, Ill., on Dec. 8, 2023. Amtrak has turned down a ...

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said a man on the PA system.