Historic train journeys you can still take today
Nina Zietman
30 September 2024
Bucket-list railway journeys
Courtesy Belmond
Strasburg Rail Road (1832)
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Panama Canal Railway Company (1855)
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Colombo to Badulla (1867)
Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (1880)
Courtesy Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railway/Christopher James
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (1881)
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Orient Express (1883)
Courtesy Belmond
Kuranda Scenic Railway (1891)
Nadine Wagner/Shutterstock
Harz Railway (1897)
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White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (1898)
Nicola Pulham/Shutterstock
Zillertal Railway (1902)
Courtesy Zillertal Tourismus/Bernhard Huber
Ocean Line (1904)
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Bernina Express (1908)
Erik Susskind/Rhatische Bahn
Cevennes Steam Train (1909)
Mike Workman/Shutterstock
Tren de Soller (1912)
Markus Mainka/Shutterstock
Verde Canyon Railroad (1912)
Courtesy Verde Canyon Railroad
Oigawa Railway (1927)
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The Ghan (1929)
Courtesy Journey Beyond Rail
Glacier Express (1930)
Courtesy Glacier Express
Jungle Railway (1931)
Noor Radya Binti MD Radzi/Shutterstock
North-South Railway (1936)
Scenic Vietnam/Shutterstock
La Trochita (1945)
l.glz.ttlphotos/Shutterstock
The Blue Train (1946)
Gerrit Rautenbach/Shutterstock
California Zephyr (1949)
Courtesy Amtrak
Tren de la Sabana (1953)
Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero/Shutterstock
Prairie Dog Central Railway (1970, but follows 19th century routes)
Ken Gillespie Photography / Alamy Stock Photo
British Pullman (1982, but follows 19th century routes)
Courtesy Belmond
The Royal Scotsman (1985, but follows 19th century routes)
Courtesy Belmond
Rocky Mountaineer (1990, but follows a 19th century route)
Courtesy Rocky Mountaineer
Serra Verde Express (1997, but follows a route built in 1884)
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Andean Explorer (2017, but follows an early 20th century route)
Courtesy Belmond
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