tells USA TODAY Amtrak's personal space on trains like this is "better than a domestic first class seat on an airline." But why has it taken more than 25 years to update the sleeping cars?

Amtrak is making some upgrades to its Auto Train service starting in January, including a new dining car menu, better sleeping car amenities and an expansion of sleeping car accommodations.

Reporting from New York — Comfortably settled in ClubAcela, the first-class lounge at New York’s Penn Station, I considered the folder of Amtrak sleeping car tickets much as I would money in ...

Expand to read more Jonathan Capriel Amtrak roll out 25 new sleeping cars over the next year and half. Plus, it'll bring your dinner to your room. If you like traveling long distance via train but ...

and Chicago-built sleeping cars produced by Morrison-Knudsen between 1995 and 1996, according to Amtrak. This time around, a Chicago plant could once again be in the running to build the rail cars.

Reporting from New York — Comfortably settled in ClubAcela, the first-class lounge at New York’s Penn Station, I considered the folder of Amtrak sleeping car tickets much as I would money in ...

Amtrak is also adding brighter LED lights, carpet and curtains. Amtrak plans to roll out 25 new sleeping cars over the next year and half. Plus, it'll bring your dinner to your room. If you like ...