I spent 75 hours traveling in Amtrak sleeper cars and learned some lessons about overnight train journeys the hard way.

FILE - Horizon passenger cars in use on a Seattle-bound Amtrak train, seen at the 9th street crossing in Portland, Ore., June 17, 2021. Amtrak says a total of 70 passenger cars across the country ...

I'll never forget my first overnight train trip in October 2021. I took an Amtrak Viewliner train from my home in New York City to Miami and spent the 30-hour ride in a roomette — a 20-square ...