I traveled five hours on the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. I traveled through California by train in February. One unexpected highlight of my trip was the five-hour ...

We were nearly 300 miles into our 1,400-mile trip on Amtrak ‘s Coast Starlight when it dawned on me to check on the kids. I veered down the aisles of two passenger cars to the observation car, where ...

There are certainly more efficient ways to get from Los Angeles to Seattle than sitting in a metal box for 34 hours. But Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train wasn’t designed for people who are in a rush.

Before the establishment of Amtrak in 1971, no passenger rail service ran the entire length of the West Coast, meaning that travelers had to either drive along the coast or take a flight to their ...

I paid $40 for my coach ticket on the Coast Starlight and spent most of my time in the observation car.Anna Haines I rode the Amtrak Coast Starlight for five hours from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo ...