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Me was with Purno from Amsterdam to Maastricht. Was fun!

The Bullet train has got to be a Great Railway Journey..not been on it yet. Though i went to york and saw the power car of a series 0 bullet train. Very nice.

Darkmast49 wrote:Best railway-journey I've had was from newcastle to edinburgh in my holiday last summer (w00t, forgot how to spell it ). It took about 2-3 hours, and it was amazing

Hmm, there's some nice scenery I guess, but there is much nicer scenery in the Scottish highlands. Go for a trip on the West Highland Line if you can one day, absolutely beautiful.

Anyway, I lost my plans for my trans-siberian journey when my hard disk failed. Then I stuck the disk in the freezer and managed to retrieve the data. At the moment though, I'll just keep this project on the back-burner, and see how things are next year... and whether finances will allow this!

A nice travel on the ECML from London to Inverness on the Highland Chieften i think you should do orudge

orudge wrote:and whether finances will allow this!

Read as: I spent all of your donations, and can't afford another holiday AND keeping the forums running.

Carlisle to Newcastle is quite nice and scenic too (although it can seem to take a long time if you need to get somewhere, especially on the trains that stop at all the small stations)

Raichase wrote:Read as: I spent all of your donations, and can't afford another holiday AND keeping the forums running.

I wonder if anyone would respond to a "Holiday Fund" topic...

orudge wrote:

Raichase wrote:Read as: I spent all of your donations, and can't afford another holiday AND keeping the forums running.

I wonder if anyone would respond to a "Holiday Fund" topic...

I'd feel free to spam in it, as would anyone else nearby.

For a book I'd refer to the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux. His trip from London to Asia and back inspired me to start ahead and plan train routes around the world.

I have already been crossing the Alps from Munich to Ljublijana, is recommended.

My next trip will be climbing the Andes in Peru by train. And of course the Trans Mongolia express to Beijing. Another trip, for future reference will be to Lhasa...

I'm planning on integrating the Lhasa trip into my general uber-trip next summer, if means do indeed allow!

I'm heard that the American Orient Express has some magnificent trips. They go on some of the most scenic tracks in the US, where there normally isn't any passenger service, and use all the classic old traincars. Very expen$$$ive though, it's designed for rich retired folks.

If you like steam trains, I read an article recently that Poland still has operating mainline steam freight and passenger trains - and some enterprising Brit cut a deal with the railway co., to allow tourists to come and DRIVE THEM for a week (with a real engineer and fireman always there, of course). Very cool, and not something you'd ever get a chance to do again.

Well, next summer the plan is to try to work, I think, money is tight. But, perhaps the summer after next...

I have no experiences of great Railway Journeys.. Would be the 20min long Arlanda Express then