Slightly off-topic, bludgeon me if you must, but we are considering a tour of Switzerland that uses exclusively the rail system to get around the country, based on our fabulous experience after our river cruise, going from Basel to Lucerne for 3 days, then to Zurich to fly home.
Amtrak could learn a thing or two (thousand) from Swiss Rail.
We would love to use rail here in the US, if it was at all convenient and/or dependable. We took the Amtrak Northeaster from Boston to Freeport, Maine. It’s less than a 3 hour drive, but took much longer than that by train----so why bother?