National Geographic: Love Those Trains Page #6

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adventure into the romance of rails.

But the Orient Express has

no monopoly on beauty.

There are grand adventures for

everyone in a rediscovery

of travel by train.

Amtrak's Crescent,

with newly rebuilt equipment,

races like a speeding ship across

Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.

The Great Plains offer the same

sweeping vistas that challenged

the pioneers so long age.

There are majestic views of the Rockies

on the Canadian transcontinental route

The San Diegan is a beachcomber

from Los Angeles to San Diego.

In the future, new trains traveling

for the run between

Los Angeles and San Diego,

and that is only the beginning.

Extraordinary experimental trains

may some day revolutionize land travel.

For those who love trains,

whether as engineer,

hobo, or passenger,

there's an appreciation due

for the song-writer's line:

It's got to be the going and

not the getting there that's good.

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