train service connecting New Orleans and Mobile was launched in August 2025, with stops including Biloxi and Pascagoula. THE GRAND CANYON BY RAIL Step back in time when visiting the Grand Canyon by taking a vintage train on the 65-mile journey from Williams (Arizona) with Grand Canyon Railways. Trips on 1950s- and 1970s-era diesel locomotives operate yearround and on historic steam locos on the first Saturday of the month between March and October. A daily Wild West shootout takes place at the century-old Williams Depot before departures with entertainment and live action on board. HISTORIC REDWOOD STEAM RIDE Ride open-air carriages through towering redwood groves behind steam trains dating back to the 1890s on Roaring Camp Railroads’ narrow-gauge line to the summit of Bear Mountain in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. The line was built to haul logs from felled redwood trees and the steam engines are among the oldest of their type operating regular service in the U.S. Besides Speed between Washington D.C. and Boston, book a ticket from Mobile to New Orleans or hop aboard a vintage train. WHERE EAGLES DARE Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad passengers can see bald eagles as they travel along the South Branch Valley of the Potomac River in West Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains. The rail excursions have operated since 1991, using vintage diesel locomotives, coaches and dining cars, and a number of eagle nests have been documented in the valley’s Trough Canyon. Besides regular three-hour trip, take sunset train rides with optional dinner and all-day excursions to the end of the line with time to explore historic Petersburg. NEXT GENERATION COMFORT Amtrak has introduced NextGen Acela highspeed trains on its Northeast Corridor between Washington D.C., New York and Boston, bringing more comfort, an enhanced dining experience and premium features such as free WiFi. A fleet of 28 will be introduced across its network by the end of 2027. Meanwhile, its twice-daily Mardi Gras TRAIN TRIPS PETER ELLEGARD GRAND CANYON RAILROAD The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway travels the route of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898, from Skagway, Alaska, to Yukon Let the train take the strain, whether on a scheduled commuter service or in an historic carriage on a heritage steam line It’s the rail thing 42 visitusa.org.uk
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