I prefer taking my train travel among the world’s more vast and glorious landscapes, undisturbed by roads or motor traffic and stop signs. Indeed, the whole point of a railway is to take you where ...

Travel from a remote snow-covered station high on a mountain plateau, through a lush valley packed with astonishing views, remarkable tunnels, and powerful waterfalls, down to a picturesque fjord-side ...

(And so I continue writing about the Norway trip that my wife, Mary Pat Treuthart, and I took in May.) Tuesday, May 13, 9:36 a.m. (Central European Summer Time): We’re sitting in a train car headed ...

Hello and welcome to Myrdal station. Today we’re taking a journey on board one of Europe’s most spectacular scenic trains: The Flåm railway. Descending 864 meters, or 2,834 feet, the Flåm railway, or ...