The first five of Amtrak’s long-awaited, Alstom-built higher-speed trainset, the “NextGen Acela” (but also called “Acela II,” ...

Even as a lover of slow train travel, I admit that the experience isn’t always ideal for everyone – particularly those who ...

As World War II neared its end, Germany enacted a brutal scorched earth policy during its retreat—aimed at crippling Allied ...