Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hannah Towey/Insider The 20th Century Limited was once the preferred mode of transportation of the rich and famous. I traveled ...

The Alaska Railroad was completed three decades before Alaska became a state. It stretches from Seward to Fairbanks, the northernmost passenger train station in North America. With its glass dome and ...

Rail travel has long captured the imagination of people, from the first transcontinental journeys in North America and Australia to groundbreaking British trains and incredible advancements by the ...

Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first high-speed rail network in the world, debuting in 1964. Tokaido is the busiest line, running at 186 miles per hour and connecting Tokyo and Osaka in less ...

If you thought the term “red-carpet treatment” came from Hollywood, think again. The phrase actually began with railroads in the early 1900s, when the New York Central used crimson carpets to direct ...

The Coast Starlight is one of Amtrak’s most famous train routes, running along the U.S. West Coast between Los Angeles and Seattle. Passengers staying in sleeper cabins get private rooms with beds, ...