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Amtrak: It's no Orient Express -- but it's not a bad way to travel

Train travel: A century ago and a continent away, it was synonymous with luxury. Today, along the Eastern Seaboard, that's not necessarily the case. What's it like to take a 1,100-mile rail journey in the here and now? Determined to find out, I embarked on a 24-hour trip in April on Amtrak's Silver Star Train 91 from New York to Kissimmee, Fla.

My daughter Justine opted for a week of Walt...

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