I clearly remember the excitement of a overnight train ride when I was 10 or 12 years old. The anticipation was excruciating and, once aboard, I would wedge myself against the window in order to see as far forward as possible. The object was to catch a glimpse of the locomotive—a steam locomotive in those…
LONDON–This is the third time I have consulted with and relied upon Railbookers for a trip to the U.K. and Europe. The fact is, however, I think this trip would have been improved had I asked for their recommendations in one or two instances, rather than just making the decisions based on my own on-line…
I’m asked a lot of questions about train travel. Among the most common ones, even among people who have taken long-distance train trips, is “How much should I tip the sleeping car car attendant?” I’ve written about this previously, but it sure seems to bear repeating. As a basic rule of thumb, and assuming…
My 2011 trip to Russia and China included rail travel from London to Berlin to Moscow to St. Petersburg and back to Moscow. At that point, I joined a tour that took us by rail across Siberia to Mongolia, then down to Beijing. On my own once again there, I took the Chinese high-speed train…