Tourist Trains Guidebook, Third Edition
Item # 01209Plan your next vacation with the Tourist Trains Guidebook. This updated third edition features nearly 500 railroad attractions across the United States and Canada. For 195 of the most popular train rides and museums, full-page reviews provide a detailed look at the activities at each site and the surrounding area. The book also includes capsule descriptions of another 280 interesting trains, trolleys, museums, depots, and other sites. An enclosed discount card offers discounts at more than 70 of the attractions.
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From the editors of Trains magazine.
Introduction
Using the guidebook
UNITED STATES
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
CANADA
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Regerence maps
Index
Using the guidebook
UNITED STATES
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
CANADA
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Regerence maps
Index
Boasting more full-page reviews than previous years and thoroughly updated, this third edition of the Tourist Trains Guidebook, gives train fans and those who like to travel a detailed look at 175 of the most popular train attractions in North America. The guidebook also lists 300 additional train rides, museums and historical depots of interest. Regional maps showing the location of the sites are also included.
Sharing a love of trains, the authors reviewed the sites from first-hand experience. A railroad discount card, which offers savings at more than 70 attractions, is included. Tourist Trains Guidebook takes readers into the exciting world of heritage railroading. This guide is designed to spur the imagination and spark curiosity to go and explore. Readers learn where to find real operating steam locomotives. Readers discover trains that travel over historic rails, journey into the wilderness, or provide rare scenic vistas. Written by the knowledgeable staff and contributors of Trains magazine, each review explains what a site offers, the best times to go, and what else readers can do in the area. Some take travelers to see tall timber or dazzling vistas. Others are there so they can enjoy a meal, a play, or music - on board or as a destination. Travelers find museums that are the keepers of our rich railway history - from the days of steam to those having sleek streamliners. They discover trains that run within sight of, or right through, some of our land's greatest national parks. They find trains that take them to see wildlife up close, relive history, or provide rafting or biking adventures. They discover where they can step inside a genuine roundhouse, learn about narrow gauge trains that once went in search of riches, and find places that tell the story of man and machine vs. mountains. Some museums even have programs that allow them to run a locomotive.
In this edition, 24 additional sites have been reviewed and 30 new sites have been added as shorter listings.
Packed with useful information, this one-of-a-kind guidebook is for anyone seeking a unique travel experience as well as for diehard train fans. With the updated Tourist Trains Guidebook 3rd edition, train lovers can plan vacations centered around railroading or beef up the itinerary of an existing trip with a train ride or visit to a traincentric site. The book takes readers to fascinating train rides, museums, trolleys, depots, and dinner trains across the United States and Canada, featuring informative and entertaining reviews of leading tourist trains and museums.
-SirReadaLot.org
We just received a copy of the Tourist Trains Guidebook, 3rd Edition. With a content that includes 475 train or trolley rides, excursions, dinner trains, museums and restored depots in the USA and Canada. This has to be the ultimate travel companion for the railway enthusiast.
The Tourist Trains Guidebook is produced by Kalmbach Books, the same company that has published “TRAINS” the most authoritative magazine on the subject since 1940. The content of “TRAINS” is professional enough for industry types and adequately diverse in its coverage of railway lore and heritage for the enthusiast. So, when Jim Wrinn, Editor of Trains welcomes readers to the Tourist Trains Guidebook who are “in search of an adventure with steel wheels on steel; rails,” you get the feeling that these people really know what they’re talking about. In another part of the prefacing of the Tourist Trains Guidebook, the publishers list the contributors who have provided reviews and in some cases, the photos that give so much dimension to listings throughout the publication.
The Tourist Trains Guidebook is a handsome publication that’s built to withstand a lot of handling. The overall layout is functional, attractive and well appointed with outstanding color photos and maps highlighting an easy to use format. The guide features 195 in-depth reviews each constructed to be both informative and interesting. In each review, the reader learns about “Choices”, “When to Go”, what’s “Good to Know” and what is “Worth Doing”. The ”Don’t Miss” section in each listing must save readers like me a lot of disappointment. So here’s a tip of our hat to the editor’s for that. And, while your GPS may take you off the side of a cliff, the Tourist Trains Guidebook mercifully includes a section in each review called “Getting There” to make your travels easier. There’s even a railroad discount card, which offers savings at more than 70 of the attractions covered in the guide.
There’s a great selection of railway museums in the Tourist Trains Guidebook. You’’ find the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Colorado Railroad Museum (complete with the Galloping Goose) or the Cable Car Museum in San Francisco. Each is veritable showcase of railway history. You wouldn’t want to anywhere near Council Bluffs Iowa and miss a visit to the Union Pacific Museum or see the Burlington Route’s Pioneer Zephyr up close and personal at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
The guide will introduce, or reacquaint you with scenic railroads with famous names like Pike’s Peak Cog Railway, or iconic routes like Colorado’s Durango & Silverton, or the Kamloops Heritage Railway in super-scenic British Columbia. For rail fans with a passion for the right Cabernet or Pinot Noir there’s the Napa Valley Wine Train. Variety excursions are listed like White Pass & Yukon’s 6 hour excursion covering the 67.5 miles narrow gauge line from Skagway to Carcross or the Cumbres & Toltec’s rugged route through New Mexico. If it’s trolleys that pique your interest, you’ll be amply rewarded with insightful intros to Baltimore’s Streetcar Museum, Denver’s Platte Valley Trolley, the East Troy Electric Railroad or the trains and trolleys in operation at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris California.
Until I read through the Tourist Trains Guidebook I didn’t realize that if I visit Cheyenne Wyoming I’ll get to see the only steam locomotive that was never retired, in the facility it shares with Union Pacific Challenger 3985. I may never get to Cheyenne. I may never get 50 feet from my easy chair with my copy of the Tourist Trains Guidebook. It will still be a very interesting and entertaining read.
-luxurytraveler.com
Kids love trains, grown-ups love trains and everybody loves a good train museum, but how do you find these great train destinations in North America? The Tourist Trains Guidebook, that’s how, a tried and tested guide by staff and contributors to Trains magazine. This updated third edition features nearly 500 railroad attractions across the United States and Canada, from Ohio’s historic Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum and the Sugar Cane steam train of Hawaii to the spectacular Cumbres & Toltec Railroad and Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer. For 195 of the most popular train rides and museums, full-page reviews provide a detailed look at the activities at each site and the surrounding area. The book also includes capsule descriptions of another 280 interesting trains, trolleys, museums, depots and other sites. With contact details and website addresses, the book makes it easy for train junkies to plan their next vacation. An enclosed discount card also offers discounts at more than 70 attractions around the country.
-USA by Rail
Sharing a love of trains, the authors reviewed the sites from first-hand experience. A railroad discount card, which offers savings at more than 70 attractions, is included. Tourist Trains Guidebook takes readers into the exciting world of heritage railroading. This guide is designed to spur the imagination and spark curiosity to go and explore. Readers learn where to find real operating steam locomotives. Readers discover trains that travel over historic rails, journey into the wilderness, or provide rare scenic vistas. Written by the knowledgeable staff and contributors of Trains magazine, each review explains what a site offers, the best times to go, and what else readers can do in the area. Some take travelers to see tall timber or dazzling vistas. Others are there so they can enjoy a meal, a play, or music - on board or as a destination. Travelers find museums that are the keepers of our rich railway history - from the days of steam to those having sleek streamliners. They discover trains that run within sight of, or right through, some of our land's greatest national parks. They find trains that take them to see wildlife up close, relive history, or provide rafting or biking adventures. They discover where they can step inside a genuine roundhouse, learn about narrow gauge trains that once went in search of riches, and find places that tell the story of man and machine vs. mountains. Some museums even have programs that allow them to run a locomotive.
In this edition, 24 additional sites have been reviewed and 30 new sites have been added as shorter listings.
Packed with useful information, this one-of-a-kind guidebook is for anyone seeking a unique travel experience as well as for diehard train fans. With the updated Tourist Trains Guidebook 3rd edition, train lovers can plan vacations centered around railroading or beef up the itinerary of an existing trip with a train ride or visit to a traincentric site. The book takes readers to fascinating train rides, museums, trolleys, depots, and dinner trains across the United States and Canada, featuring informative and entertaining reviews of leading tourist trains and museums.
-SirReadaLot.org
We just received a copy of the Tourist Trains Guidebook, 3rd Edition. With a content that includes 475 train or trolley rides, excursions, dinner trains, museums and restored depots in the USA and Canada. This has to be the ultimate travel companion for the railway enthusiast.
The Tourist Trains Guidebook is produced by Kalmbach Books, the same company that has published “TRAINS” the most authoritative magazine on the subject since 1940. The content of “TRAINS” is professional enough for industry types and adequately diverse in its coverage of railway lore and heritage for the enthusiast. So, when Jim Wrinn, Editor of Trains welcomes readers to the Tourist Trains Guidebook who are “in search of an adventure with steel wheels on steel; rails,” you get the feeling that these people really know what they’re talking about. In another part of the prefacing of the Tourist Trains Guidebook, the publishers list the contributors who have provided reviews and in some cases, the photos that give so much dimension to listings throughout the publication.
The Tourist Trains Guidebook is a handsome publication that’s built to withstand a lot of handling. The overall layout is functional, attractive and well appointed with outstanding color photos and maps highlighting an easy to use format. The guide features 195 in-depth reviews each constructed to be both informative and interesting. In each review, the reader learns about “Choices”, “When to Go”, what’s “Good to Know” and what is “Worth Doing”. The ”Don’t Miss” section in each listing must save readers like me a lot of disappointment. So here’s a tip of our hat to the editor’s for that. And, while your GPS may take you off the side of a cliff, the Tourist Trains Guidebook mercifully includes a section in each review called “Getting There” to make your travels easier. There’s even a railroad discount card, which offers savings at more than 70 of the attractions covered in the guide.
There’s a great selection of railway museums in the Tourist Trains Guidebook. You’’ find the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Colorado Railroad Museum (complete with the Galloping Goose) or the Cable Car Museum in San Francisco. Each is veritable showcase of railway history. You wouldn’t want to anywhere near Council Bluffs Iowa and miss a visit to the Union Pacific Museum or see the Burlington Route’s Pioneer Zephyr up close and personal at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
The guide will introduce, or reacquaint you with scenic railroads with famous names like Pike’s Peak Cog Railway, or iconic routes like Colorado’s Durango & Silverton, or the Kamloops Heritage Railway in super-scenic British Columbia. For rail fans with a passion for the right Cabernet or Pinot Noir there’s the Napa Valley Wine Train. Variety excursions are listed like White Pass & Yukon’s 6 hour excursion covering the 67.5 miles narrow gauge line from Skagway to Carcross or the Cumbres & Toltec’s rugged route through New Mexico. If it’s trolleys that pique your interest, you’ll be amply rewarded with insightful intros to Baltimore’s Streetcar Museum, Denver’s Platte Valley Trolley, the East Troy Electric Railroad or the trains and trolleys in operation at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris California.
Until I read through the Tourist Trains Guidebook I didn’t realize that if I visit Cheyenne Wyoming I’ll get to see the only steam locomotive that was never retired, in the facility it shares with Union Pacific Challenger 3985. I may never get to Cheyenne. I may never get 50 feet from my easy chair with my copy of the Tourist Trains Guidebook. It will still be a very interesting and entertaining read.
-luxurytraveler.com
Kids love trains, grown-ups love trains and everybody loves a good train museum, but how do you find these great train destinations in North America? The Tourist Trains Guidebook, that’s how, a tried and tested guide by staff and contributors to Trains magazine. This updated third edition features nearly 500 railroad attractions across the United States and Canada, from Ohio’s historic Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum and the Sugar Cane steam train of Hawaii to the spectacular Cumbres & Toltec Railroad and Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer. For 195 of the most popular train rides and museums, full-page reviews provide a detailed look at the activities at each site and the surrounding area. The book also includes capsule descriptions of another 280 interesting trains, trolleys, museums, depots and other sites. With contact details and website addresses, the book makes it easy for train junkies to plan their next vacation. An enclosed discount card also offers discounts at more than 70 attractions around the country.
-USA by Rail
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