There’s a group in Japan — sorry, I’ve lost the link with the specifics — that’s ready to take luxury train travel to a whole new level. Here’s a look at the some of the ideas for fancy new rail cars the designer has recently presented. I guess what bothers me is that Japan has…
If you had asked me eight or ten years ago if I would ever take the Trans-Siberian Express, I probably would have said, “Probably not.” Still, that classic ride had been on my to-do list for years. Something happened five or six years ago that changed my thinking. I guess I realized one day —…
Through the magic of Google Search, I try to keep track of news about passenger trains from here and there and there’s no end to the news stories that pop up on a daily basis and ranging from the tragic to the absurd. For example, in Turlock, California, a guy driving a truck and trailer,…
I’ve frequently written about the many countries around the world that have put a high priority on building high-speed rail. Over the past decade, for instance, the Spanish have linked most of their major cities with their AVE trains. And of course the French TGV system has been the gold standard for years. But when…