Trains

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

An exhibition of preserved locomotives housed in a 1950s depot shows the history of Denmark's railway.

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.