For true rail fans, the ultimate luxury is traveling in a private rail car. It was the preferred method of travel across the United States during the late Gilded Age for the likes of the Vanderbilts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interested in riding the railroad? One of the best windows on the railroad world are passenger trains, and you have plenty of options. Amtrak, a government corporation that took over nearly all U.S.