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On The Rails
Toot toot, all aboard! Get your tickets ready for collection and dig in to some tales of the world's most popular mode of transportation. (We bet you thought that title would go to cars...)
Montreux, Switzerland
Golden Pass Railway
This tourist-orientated train route in the Swiss Alps operates on one of the oldest electric railways in Switzerland.
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Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom
Rye Signal Box
Tourism may be it's main industry these days, but once this town was a smuggler's haven.
Locarno, Switzerland
Locarno–Madonna del Sasso Funicular
This royal blue car regularly transports patrons up a 30% grade, and was the dream of man who brought his immense fortunes back to Locarno.
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Chur, Switzerland
Bernina Express
This epic four-hour alpine train journey takes passengers over 196 bridges and through 55 tunnels.
Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
The Colebrookedale Railroad
All aboard an old American pastime.
Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom
East Hill Cliff Railway
World-changing inspiration struck at the top of a hill — but the experiments had to wait. The inventor’s only way down was the steepest ride in England.
Genoa, Italy
Genova–Casella Railway
Climbing from sea to summit and back, the Genova-Casella Railway connects the port city of Genoa with the mountain village of Casella.
Turin, Italy
Torino n.13
As legend has it, a local man prayed for Torino to be saved as the city was besieged. His prayers were answered, and he gave thanks by building a basilica at the very top of a rather steep hill.
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Singapore, Singapore
Redhill Station
Sitting "Pretty in Pink," this station and its surrounding area get their name from an intruiging local legend.
Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Strasburg Rail Road
Luxurious railcar rides with the oldest continuously operating railroad in the Western hemisphere.
Pinhão, Portugal
Douro Line
The Douro Line runs through the Douro River Valley, a region renowned for producing Port wine for over 2,000 years.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ascensor Da Bica
These eye-catching trams have been a popular mode of transport in Lisbon since 1873.
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Dorset, United Kingdom
Corfe Castle Station
This lovingly restored railway station is now home to the Swanage Railway Museum.
Ella, Sri Lanka
Kital Ella Railway Station
The Kital Ella Railway Station offers daily transportation and sits at 1,091 meters above sea level. It is the final before riders ascend to Ella Rock where historic landmarks and enticing environments are found.
Cañon City, Colorado, United States
Royal Gorge Route Railroad
Two railroad companies waged war to complete this historic rail line.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Samarkand Railway Station
Since 2011, high-speed trains have called the old Trans-Caspian Railway home.
Miami, Florida, United States
Gold Coast Train Museum
This museum has Air Force One's earthbound predecessor, the Ferdinand Magellan, and fortunately it is on rails since it's had to move from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and back.
Como, Colorado, United States
Como Depot
Likely took its name from a large group Italian immigrants who named the Depot after Como, Italy.
Bryson City, North Carolina, United States
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
This train offers scenic vistas, comfortable dining--and even a ride to the North Pole!
Gaming, Austria
Ötscherland-Express
Ride along this historic express train to a monastery founded by the once powerful Habsburgs.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Would you believe the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland was built by a man named “Concrete Bob”?
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Porto, Portugal
The Presidential Train
Transformed into a traveling culinary experience thanks to Gonçalo Castel-Branco’s ten-year-old daughter.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Kaeson Station, Pyongyang Metro
The descent to the train platform takes more than three minutes.
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar Railway Station
This architectural throwback also serves as a stark reminder of Senegal’s colonial past and inclusion in the federation of French West Africa.
Dalat, Vietnam
Dalat Train Station
Passengers ride in vintage-style train cars drawn by a steam engine and disembark at the old station, restored to its former glory with stained glass and the arched ceilings of yesteryear.
Thrumster, Scotland
Thrumster Station
A short-lived light-rail stop between Wick and Lybster in Scotland’s county of Caithness—known enigmatically as the “Land Beyond the Highlands” -- remains in good condition.
Fujikawaguchiko, Japan
Fuji Electric Railway
This Railway shares a surprising partnership with a railway across the world -- in Switzerland.
Paris, France
Volontaires
This Pairs Metro station is named after Volunteers Street, created in the 19th century by a group of volunteer residents who transformed a cul-de-sac into a street alley.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Angels Flight
This turn of the century landmark rail line in Los Angeles runs just two cars, named Sinai and Olivet.
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Turin, Italy
Historic Line 7
This "moving museum" offers tours of the ancient city of Turin by historic tram car.
Berlin, Germany
Alexanderplatz Station
The meeting point for the crucial peaceful demonstration for political reforms against the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that eventually led to tearing down the Berlin Wall.