The world's most spectacular railway journeys : 50 of the most scenic, exciting, challenging and exotic routes across the globe / Brian Solomon ; with contributors: Fred Matthews ... [et. al.].

Map on lining paper.

W.A. content.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

North America. Pacific Surfliner: Amtrak's Coastal Corridor -- Capitol Corridor: Sacramento to San Jose on the old SP -- Amtrak's Coast Starlight: Seattle to Los Angeles -- California Zephyr: Across the Plains, over the Rockies, Sierra, and Beyond! -- Amtrak's Empire Builder: James J. Hill's Transcon -- Hudson River Valley: New York City to Albany -- Over The Old 'Broad Way': New York to Pittsburgh via the Juniata Valley and the Horseshoe Curve -- The Old Rio Grande Narrow Gauge: Cumbres & Toltec and Durango & Silverton -- Conway Scenic's Crawford Notch: Into the White Mountains on the old Maine Central -- Maine Eastern's Rockland Branch: Downeast Delight -- Via Rail's Chaleur: A Coastal Cruise without a Boat -- Via Rail's Ocean: Canadian History on an Overnight Train -- Via Rail's Canadian: VIA's Transcontinental Flagship -- Rocky Mountaineer: Mountain Climbing in Comfort and Style -- White Pass & Yukon: Scenic Railway of the World -- Mexico's Copper Canyon: A ride on North America's newest Transcontinental Railroad -- Europe. Rails Along The Rhine: A German Interlude -- Mosel Valley: Through German Wine Country -- Elbe River Valley: From Dresden to Prague -- Germany's Harzer Schmalspurbahnen: The Harz Mountain Narrow Gauge -- Zugspitzbahn: To the Top of Germany -- Swiss Alpine Narrow Gauge: Remarkable Engineering over the Spine of the Alps -- Alpine Phoenix: The Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway -- Throat Of Europe: The Gotthard Railway from Open Windows to Tilting Luxury -- Austrian Alpine Crossing: Four Alpine Passes -- Eurostar: London to Paris by Rail -- Caledonian Sleeper: Overnight to the West Highlands -- Settle To Carlisle Railway: England's Most Scenic Mainline -- Welsh Narrow Gauge: Historic Mountainous Slate-Hauling Lines -- Severn Valley: Bucolic Journey in the Cradle of the Industrial Revolution --

Contents note continued: Legendary La Robla: The Tale of a Survivor -- The Spanish Ave: Across Spain by High-Speed Train -- Over The Tatras: From Prague to the Ukrainian Frontier -- Russia's Secret Railway: The BAM Route across Siberia -- To The Land Of The Midnight Sun: North of the Arctic Circle to Narvik, Norway -- Tuscan Treasures: Two Hidden Rural Routes -- Hundred Valleys: The Stunning Centovalli -- Africa, Asia and Australasia. The Blue Train: Linking the Veldt to the Sea -- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway: The World's Most Famous Hill Railway -- Japanese Shinkansen: Route of the Bullet Train -- Across Japan On The Old Network: Some Narrow-Gauge Highlights -- Indian Pacific: Linking Australia Ocean to Ocean -- The Sunlander: Along Australia's Sunshine Coast -- Tranzalpine: New Zealand's Great Day Out.

Each journey is accompanied by a map of the route and is described in terms of the technical challenges of building the railroad as well as the stunning views to be seen while travelling on the trains. One of the railway journeys featured is the Indian Pacific, which runs across Australia from Perth to Sydney.