Train Trips

Travelogues and planning tips for long-distance train trips and rail tours

Train du Desert

Take a desert-defying challenge … Ocean going to Atlantic Canada … Literary approaches

26 hours on a Saharan freight train ... How to take an epic train trip through Eastern Canada ... Six literary rail journeys to recreate: from Moscow to Mallaig
The eastbound El Chepe winds its way up Mexico's Copper Canyon.

Mexico’s grand canyon … Thailand: kingdom of rails … On a good times roll

Touring Mexico's grand Copper Canyon by train The kingdom of rails: Is the best way to see Thailand by train? Romancing the rails on...
Ontario's Agawa Canyon Tour Train traces the scenic Algoma Country route that inspired Canada's Group of Seven a century ago.

Catch the wonder of Canada along four classic railways

Hear the engines roar? Train journeys to the soul of Canada are ready to roll. Set your sights on the pioneer prairie. Catch a...
Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls along the California coast and into the Pacific Northwest's Cascades.

Amtrak’s Coast Starlight shines … Ocean going in Canada … Tracking Tito’s Yugoslavia

USA: Los Angeles to Seattle by rail aboard the Coast Starlight VIA Rail Canada's Most Scenic Train Trip Goes Right Through Québec And It's...
Amtrak's Winter Park Express transports skiers from Denver's Union Station to Winter Park Resort's mountain base.

USA ski trains track the slopes from California to the Rockies to New England

Savvy slat rats are in on the secret. They're ditching drives and forgoing flights to choose rail relaxation. USA passenger trains have had their...
Amtrak Empire Builder

Amtrak crosses the northern tier … Six top train trips in Canada … Leave...

Amtrak’s Empire Builder crosses the northern tier ... Travel across Canada with these top six train trips ... Peepers leave the fall foliage spotting to Amtrak
The Ghan at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in the heart of the Australian Outback's Red Centre.

Through Australia’s Red Centre … Canada’s Rockies to the Pacific … Amtrak routes to...

How to Tackle Australia's Greatest Train Journey Australia’s Red Centre is one of the most charismatic wildernesses in the world, and The Ghan is unquestionably...
Sri Lanka's Podi Menike – Little Maiden – is called by many the "Most Scenic Train Ride in the World."

World’s most scenic train ride … Tracking Texas … Steaming through Britain

Asia: All Aboard the "Most Scenic Train Ride in the World" USA: Seeing the Lone Star State From a Seat on the Texas Eagle...
Glacier Express

Exploring at a Glacier’s pace … A Russian classic rides again … Last whistle...

This traditional steam train takes passengers back to the Soviet era … Riding the last whistle stop route to Talkeetna, Alaska … Why Switzerland’s Glacier Express train should be on your bucket list
Couple riding in the Skyline Car Lounge aboard VIA Rail's Canadian.

Traveling the Canadian way … Taking India’s tea line … Reaching for Skye

On Canada’s Via Rail, a return to the older — and let’s be honest, better — way of traveling ... Darjeeling Hill Railway History in motion ... What it’s like to get the train from London to Skye

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