Rail Away

Travelling through the state of California can be called extreme. Los Angeles, the centre of the movie industry, is the starting point. After which we visit the picturesque village San Luis Obispo on our way to San Francisco, city of the Golden Gate Bridge. We end our journey in Sacramento.

Oslo - Myrdal - Fläm - Bergen. This is a remarkable journey through a landscape that is marked by white mountains and cliffs that lead down to fjords. The train descends nearly a thousand metres during the journey and goes through twenty tunnels.

The famous 'Rocky Mountaineer' travels from big city Vancouver to the picturesque Banff, where moose still roam the streets.

With the 'Radio Train' we travel in a special way from Kildare to Dublin. Close to Dublin is Castle Lamag. There is a special train museum here, with a model version of the entire Irish rail network. Also a journey with the nostalgic Portrush Flyer through Belfast to Portrush.

We travel with the 'National Society of Romanian Railways' or the 'National Railways of Romania' from cultural Bucharest to Ploiesti, holiday resort Sinaia, the old city of Brasov and the rural Vatra Domei. We also visit the UNESCO protected convent of Moldovita.

We take a look at the miniature trains of Madurodam and travel by doubledeck train through the colourful bulb fields. With the heritage steam tram we travel to Medemblik, with Lovers Rail to IJmuiden en with the 'Milions Line' through Limburg, between Valkenburg and Schin op Geul.

Sydney to Adelaide. First of all we follow the 'Zig Zag Railway' in the Blue Mountains. After that we descend using the cable car 'The Scenic Railway' from 1880. Also very special here is the 'Indian Pacific' train.

Adelaide - Perth. We start on the old 'Cockle Train' to then change on to an ever older transport, the horse drawn tram, that has been in use since 1895. Also we pay a visit to the miners town Kalgoorlie, with a gold miners open air museum and a camelfarm.

With the 'William Tell Express' (boat and train) we depart Luzern to travel through Europe's highest mountains to Vitznau. From there we travel on through the Gotthardtunnel to Locarno. Then we take a steam train through the Furkapass, called the 'Centovallibahn'.

We travel the Andes by rail to find ancient Inca culture. From Juliaca to Cusco, a town at 3300 Metres in the Andes mountains. From Cusco the train continues to the famous Inca ruine of Machu Picchu and on to Puno, where the Urosindians live on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Special trains: The extremely luxurious 'Royal Scotsman' on the line Edinburgh Waverley to London. The authentic 'Wheldale S134' and the nostalgic 'East Somerset Railway'. After visiting the National Railway Museum in York the train continues its journey along the Thames.

Rovos Rail, a luxurious , heritage safaritrain, travels from Pretoria, via Kimberley and Matjesfontein to Cape Town. A breathtaking journey along the beautiful South-African coast, but also featuring impressive landscapes with flattened mountains, savannah's and nature reserves.

After we get to know Hungary a bit better by visiting Budapest, we get on board 'The Imperial Explorer', the nostalgic 'Train of the Centuries'. At Solymar we visit the Childrens Train (narrow gauge of 760mm and a length of 11.2km).

This journey takes us, through the, rock filled and red sand covered, desert, to the centre of Arizona: Phoenix. A modern oasis of stone, glass and steel. Skyscrapers and palmtrees. From there we take the 'River Verde' train along Williams and Route 66, to the Grand Canyon.