Romantic
Train, Rail Pass Travel
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
Should
We Buy a Eurail Pass?
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.
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