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Great piece of writing.

Coach has diner access breakfast and lunch, both FCFS. For dinner, she made reservations in sleepers first then invited coach to...

Along with foreign tourists also being a possible source of train passengers, there are a lot of people living in the Santiago region...

Re your car attendant's tipping speech -- Amtrak's Service Standards Manual does prohibit employees from soliciting tips. That is...

We left on time in good weather, got stuck leaving Roseville (freight), just met a 1 hr late #5 west of Colfax. We are leaving Colfax...

Every steam engine should have such a guardian ❤️.

Seen in the small town of Castro on Chiloe Island, Chile. A small steam train engine plus 2 other steam engines. Steam train complete...

One reason why rail hasn't taken hold is that bus transport is cheap, efficient and comfortable. And frequent. One stop after Estacion...

Some things are easier to explain with a map. Or, y'know, a picture.

They are often bussed privately by the cruise companies.

I thought the wheel diameter looked larger than the Paris metro and don't remember seeing what looks like a wheel trim?

At Santiago Estacion Central Metro station, saw this train... the wheels

Another South American rail station, impressive in it's simplicity. Designed by Gustave Eiffel and built by a French civil engineering...

Maybe this will help re guage size, although there is still no comparison with a known dimension in the same shot. It looks like a...

A few bridges to add to the look of the line. A couple were taken from a moving car so not so sharp and it was a low cloud misty day too.