Trains

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

Preserving the memory of the narrow railroads that once crisscrossed the state of Maine.

Britain's oldest miniature railway.

The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

The highest bridge in Myanmar was once the tallest railway bridge in the world.

When it was built in 1916, this bridge was critical infrastructure for local farmers. Today, it's being restored for walking and biking.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Dedicated to one of the nation's worst engineering disasters.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

The second-highest train station in Europe.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.