The Cass Scenic Railroad
I Morning mist, like a transparent sheath, rose from the green-carpeted Cheat Mountain in… [more]
The Durbin Rocket Rail Journey
Although the early-afternoon sun had retreated behind some billowing gray clouds on that hot, late-May… [more]
Through Snowdonia National Park with the Blaenau Ffestiniog Railroad
Narrow, rusted rails curved from the dark, slate-gray and velvet-green Snowdonia Mountains into Wales’… [more]
Short Line Railroads
The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
I Misty clouds, rising from the dark green faces of the Great Smoky Mountains during the morning, appeared like smoke tendrils. The twelve-car train, wearing the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's tuscan red and Rio Grande gold livery and … [Read More...]
Monson Railroad
Construction The slate underlying what became the town of Monson, Maine had very low ionizable mineral content, and was well suited for manufacture of electric switchboards. Quarrying commenced in the 1860s and slate finishing operations began in … [Read More...]
Through Oregon’s Hood River Valley with the Mount Hood Railroad
When the sky’s impenetrable misty white and gray quilt, draping the silver Columbia River, had torn apart and revealed an illustrious blue, the daily excursion train from Hood River to Odell, operated by the Mount Hood Railroad, began to accept … [Read More...]
Tourist Railroads
The Railroad Roots of Altoona, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad: No city is more synonymous with the Pennsylvania Railroad than Altoona. Located at the base of Brush Mountain, in Logan and Pleasant valleys, it is the state’s tenth most-populous one after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, … [Read More...]
A Tourist Guide to Western North Carolina
1. Asheville Western North Carolina is topographically the most diverse part of the state and therefore offers one of the richest travel experiences. Asheville, some 125 miles from Charlotte, is the … [Read More...]
McCormick – Stillman Railroad Park
Article by Pushpitha Wijesinghe The exceptional McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is ideally positioned in the centre of Scottsdale, Arizona. Envisioned by Guy Stillman, the park has become one of the regions most popular and extraordinary … [Read More...]