Canada Rail Trips

By Rail, By Day, Into the Canadian Rockies (Rocky Mountaineer) Like any comfortable adventure, the rail tour into the Canadian Rockies begins gently, providing plenty of time to get in the perfect mood. Vancouver's Pacific Central Station offers just the right amount of nostalgia as the "al-l-ll aboard!" echoes through the cavernous waiting room.

Riding the Rails of Western Canada (VIA, Rocky Mountaineer, BCRail) For this excursion, we would be traveling across Canada by rail, from Winnipeg to Jasper to Vancouver. It was a journey that had taken pioneers months but one that we would enjoy in ten days with time to explore small towns, national parks, and cultural cities, and, best of all, just to sit back and enjoy the Canadian countryside while someone else took over the driving.

European Train Travel

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A Day to Remember on the Orient Express by Mary McCarney Luxury and elegance, caviar and champagne, while the English countryside unfolds outside your window. What could be more romantic than a day of pure indulgence onboard the world’s most famous train?

Mexico Rail Trips

Riding the Rails through Mexico's Copper Canyon by Paris Permenter & John Bigley Copper Canyon is a remote area in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains, located west of the town of Chihuahua. Most travelers arrive here by train, on a railway than many once said could never be built. With 86 tunnels and 37 bridges, construction of the Chihuahua al Pacifico took nearly a century, traveling through some of the most rugged terrain on the continent.

Luxury Trains Tour Mexico's Copper Canyon by Paris Permenter and John Bigley A look at the various operators who offer train tours through Mexico's Copper Canyon.

US Train Trips

Ah, The Romance of the Rails: Take A Trip On A Train by Eleanor S. Morris Pretend it's more than a hundred years ago as you ride the rails on a nostalgic, relaxing trip through the flora and foliage of East Texas. "All aboard!" the conductor cries and the historic steam train chugs ahead for the 50-mile round-trip between the two East Texas towns.

The Chattanooga Choo-Choo: What a Trip! by Eleanor S. Morris Romantics of any age love the romance of the rails, and since the 1940s, Glenn Miller's lilting song, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, has been a classic railroad tune. And where else but Chattanooga, Tennessee, can you see the engine, and, spend a night or more in one of the cars of the train that inspired Miller's musical genius?

Ah, The Romance of the Texas Rails: Take A Trip On A Train by Eleanor S. Morris he Texas State Railroad, one of the nation's largest and most unique steam train systems, has been steaming through the Piney Woods of East Texas since 1893. Today you can take an excursion through the beautiful pine woods and hardwood creek bottoms from Rusk to Palestine (pronounced Palesteen), boarding a historic passenger car pulled by an antique locomotive.

Asia Rail Travel

Eastern and Oriental Express by Rowena Carr-Allinson The Orient Express dates back to October 1883. By the 1920's the train was running from Paris to Istanbul via Venice, through the Simplon Tunnel. Those were the train's glory days. Decadence was the “mot du jour”. Royalty and celebrities alike travelled in pure luxury and opulence throughout Europe. And for us mere mortals, it was the latest chic in honeymoons. And it still is.