Life seems to slow down on a train, where the only imperatives are to take a seat and gaze at the passing scenery. A "great railway bazaar," this collective effort by About.com's Travel Guides conducts you to distant stations where the journey is as revealing as the destination. So hop aboard....
AUSTRALIA
Across the vast continent...
JUST FOR FUN
For kids of all ages...
CANADA
Transcontinental travel...
- Alaska Railroad Scenic Tours
- Grand Canyon by Rail
- Hawaii's Sugar Cane Train
- Scenic and Historic Southwest Train Rides
- Austrian Scenic Trains
- British Pullman London to Leeds
- The Orient Express
- Norway: Flam to Myrdal
- Switzerland's Scenic Trains
- Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel
- Paris
- Germany
- Italy
- Scandinavia
- Spain
- Take a Night Train & Skip a Hotel Bill in Europe
- India Travelogue: The Deccan Odyssey
- More Luxury Train Travel in India
- Toy Trains in India
- How to Buy a Train Ticket in China
AUSTRALIA
Across the vast continent...
JUST FOR FUN
For kids of all ages...
- Roller Coaster Ride Guide 2009
- The World's 10 Longest Roller Coasters
- Christmas Trains
- The Polar Express
Images: Canada, VIARail. Grand Canyon Railway, Vincent Sardone. London's St. Pancras Station, Getty Images. Rovos Rail, Susan Breslow Sardone.
Loved reading your VIARail’s “Romance by Rail” article. You’re right, the Rockies DO look like paint-by-numbers mountains… it’s surreal when you see them for the first time!