I rode an Amtrak Superliner overnight train on the California Zephyr route from Colorado to Utah. Here's exactly how I spent ...

We called Amtrak and asked a representative to help ... My husband and two older children slept in one cabin while my little one stayed with me in the other. It was a massive pain going up and ...

I spent 15 hours in a sleeper car on an Amtrak Superliner train going from Denver to Salt Lake City. For $400, I stayed in a private cabin, which had two seats during the day and two bunks at night.

When they turned, they found themselves stuck behind another semi-truck, their cabin sitting in the middle of the tracks. They tried to back up, but realized that a train was bearing down on them and ...

One man, presumably Young, jumped from the cab just moments before the Amtrak train collided with the truck. As they fled, the vehicle’s cabin exploded and the train continued on unhindered.

In general, riding Amtrak can feel less stressful than flying—the train company’s coach seats are more spacious than those in a similar cabin on a plane, which feels like a perk in itself.