I had a very good experience taking the train from the Orlando, FL area to the Washington, DC area when I moved many years ago. That is Amtrak's auto line, so I

I had a very good experience taking the train from the Orlando, FL area to the Washington, DC area when I moved many years ago. That is Amtrak's auto line, so I also moved my car that way. As I recall, it was about $200 for my ticket and $200 for my car. I could have gotten a bit less buying earlier than I did. My other option was to drive myself, but that would have taken longer and been more expensive considering gas and lodging. The trip was about ~16 hours total, including some time arriving early enough to line up to load my car, and time waiting for car unload. Each carriage had an upper and lower half, and the lower half was further divided into restrooms and sleeper bunks on one half, and general seating on the other half. I just got a regular general seating ticket, which was fine because my trip was only one overnight - seats were spacious, reclined fairly far, had electric plugs and so on, and had a key advantage: the lower general seating compartment was a dead end. Only people sitting there had reason to come in, so it was quiet. The upper half of each carriage linked to the other carriages, and was how everyone moved back and forth and got to the dining carriage. There was another carriage (top half) set aside as an entertainment space, with TVs and tables, reading area, decks of cards, bar, etc. People sitting in the top area had the less pleasant situation of sitting along the path everyone had to use to move around the train. I thought the food was just fine. Yeah it isn't fine cuisine but it was tasty and included in the ticket. Anyway, I'd like to try a longer train ride sometime, I know some folks who really enjoyed a Trans-Canada train vacation that included one or two overnights off the train. It sounds kinda fun, I'd spend my time reading, bring along some compact boardgames and a portable console to play.