Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the Pacific Ocean from a private rail car soon to be operating on Amtrak routes from Emeryville and Oakland. (Courtesy of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luxurious rail travel in a private car was once exclusive to European royalty, American captains of industry and characters in an Agatha Christie novel. But starting in January, travel startup ...