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Luxury Train Cars Used To Ride On Paper Wheels
It may surprise you to learn, however, that some railways once used wheels made out of paper, as [Train of Thought] explains. The wheels were pioneered by a man known as Richard N. Allen ...
The luxury winter train that whisked wealthy 1920s New Yorkers to the Florida sun
Anyone wanting to swap the bitter cold of a New York winter for the sun-kissed pleasures of the beaches and citrus groves of ...
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Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Unveils World’s Most Expensive Train Car
The lounge area of the new luxury private rail car, L'Observatoire, on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train. The world’s most famous train, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express ...
When Europe’s railroad dining cars were the height of luxury
Known as the Pullman lounges (the American industrialist’s name had, by that point, become a byword for luxury train travel), ...
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A 75-hour luxury train ride through the heart of Australia’s outback
My train was configured with 30 carriages, including two locomotives, three dining cars, three bar cars ... It feels like you’re riding in a fancy, but slightly cramped and aging, hotel on ...