My sister and I shared an Amtrak roomette on a 53-hour train ride. Paige Allen My sister and I took a 53-hour Amtrak train ride from Chicago to California. I enjoyed getting to see so much of the country via train, and thought the food was really good. However, I thought the ride was far too long and I didn't love sleeping in the roomette. When my sister and I began planning a trip from Maine to California, we knew we wanted to make it one we'd never forget. At first, we thought about road-...