Airplanes are faster, automobiles more adaptable. Yet more and more Americans--a 17% rise in the past four years--are choosing to take their vacations on the railroad. While some trains are not yet up to European standards of luxury and convenience, rail tours in Canada and the Americas offer reasonable comfort, good food and some spectacular scenery. Here are some of the options:
VIA RAIL ACROSS CANADA LOFTY MOUNTAIN PEAKS THAT SMILE DOWN ON YOU
In 1886, a year after the last spike was laid on the railway that joined the Dominion of Canada from coast to coast, the Prime Minister's wife,...