I struggled to sleep in one of six bunks in a 74-square-foot shared cabin on a Nightjet sleeper train from Vienna to Venice.

At the platform, we were greeted by an attendant, who helped carry our two medium-sized suitcases into the train car and stowed them before we headed to our seats. The Gran Class cabin was ...

A retired BART car is repurposed as a vacation rental in the Sierra foothills, opening in 2026 as the Sierra Train House.