All Aboard
eBook - ePub

All Aboard

The Complete North American Train Travel Guide

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

All Aboard

The Complete North American Train Travel Guide

About this book

" This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure." — Library Journal All Aboard— first published in 1995, and here completely revised and updated— is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. It will make any trip smoother and more enjoyable with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. With trains attracting new riders in record numbers, the time is perfect for a new edition of All Aboard. All Aboard is more than an ordinary travel guide. The author tells us how and why the first railroads came about, describes the building of America' s trans-continental railroad, and explains how individual trains are operated. He also offers advice that can only come from a veteran traveler: booking trips, finding the lowest fares, avoiding pitfalls, packing for an overnight trip, what to do on board, whom to tip and how much. This new, fourth edition includes a new chapter about eight major railway stations, and is updated throughout with new information and photographs. It discusses Amtrak' s new locomotives and Viewliner sleeping cars, changes in rules regarding pets and bicycles on American trains, and much more. Jim Loomis writes frequently about train travel for Sunday newspaper travel sections and has ridden every one of Amtrak' s long-distance trains multiple times, logging nearly 200, 000 miles. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Railroad Passengers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. About This Book
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface: Rediscovering the Train
  8. 1 Why Take a Train?
  9. 2 How It All Began
  10. 3 Amtrak to the Rescue
  11. 4 Planning Your Own Train Trip
  12. 5 Packing and Last-Minute Details
  13. 6 Life Onboard
  14. 7 Who’s in Charge Here?
  15. 8 When Things Go Wrong
  16. 9 Passenger Train Equipment
  17. 10 How It All Works
  18. 11 What About All Those Freight Trains?
  19. 12 Safety Is Priority Number One
  20. 13 Taking the Train in Canada
  21. 14 Taking the Train in Mexico
  22. 15 Significant Railroad Stations
  23. 16 Will There Be Trains in Our Future?
  24. 17 Pick a Train, Any Train
  25. 18 Suggested Itineraries
  26. Appendix A: Railroad Terms and Slang
  27. Appendix B: How to Find a Rail-Savvy Travel Agent
  28. Appendix C: Private Rail Excursions
  29. Appendix D: Passenger Rail Advocates
  30. Appendix E: Excursion Trains and Railroad Museums
  31. Index