Amtrak offers something called the “ USA Rail Pass ”, which is what I used for almost all of my train trip. It’s a bit like the Eurail Pass , except not as good. I mean, this is Amtrak we’re talking about: a federally-owned enterprise that is incredibly slow, boasting a sad and aged fleet, and chronically financially unstable. But s…

Welcome to ‘Camino de Amtrak,’ a blog about my month-long tour of the United States by train, which I completed in the fall of 2021. The blog takes its name from the Camino de Santiago, or ‘Way of St. James’, the famous religious pilgrimage in Spain. This journey is my own version of such a pilgrimage, except instead of walking long…