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I spent 32 hours in a private roomette on an Amtrak train from Montana to Chicago. Take a look inside my 20-square-foot room.

The roomette was an upgrade from coach seating, but a step down from Amtrak's larger bedrooms. Even though it was just 20 square feet, it's the only way I'd take a long-distance train again. In ...
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I spent 57 hours on Amtrak trains from Montana to New York. Here are 10 things that surprised me about my first long-distance train ride.

In January, I set out on my first cross-country Amtrak trip from Montana to New York, a 57-hour journey. I'd never traveled this long by train, so I based my expectations on flying and driving long ...
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I spent $800 for a roomette on a 57-hour Amtrak trip. It gave me a taste of luxury travel — and I don't want to go back to coach.

This month, I went on my first cross-country train trip, a 57-hour ride from Montana to New York. After a lifetime traveling in coach, I upgraded to a roomette, Amtrak's mid-level accommodation. The ...