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Just because seat belts make cars and planes safer doesn’t mean they’d do the same for trains, which are built differently, move differently, and, most importantly, seat their passengers differently.

Passengers on this open-air train are treated to the scent of ramen broth fumes.

For an experience that's more about the journey than the destination, consider booking one of the longest continuous train rides on Earth.

Is William McGonagall the best poet ever? Absolutely not. Is he the best bad poet ever? Quite possibly yes.

Fifty years ago, Congress consolidated all of America's passenger train service into one entity: Amtrak. Here are a few facts about the nationwide rail network.

Travel through the Scottish Highlands on the Royal Scotsman train with Omaze’s latest sweepstakes, aimed at raising funds for Black Voters Matter.

The Google Maps app will help you find out if your train will likely be too crowded for social distancing.

Instead of taking a traditional vacation, make the most of your travel time by visiting every corner of America by train in just seven days.

Get to know Philip Ashforth Coppola, an artist who has been sketching under-appreciated details in New York City subway stations for more than four decades.

It was 150 years ago today—on May 10, 1869—that "The Last Spike" was driven into America's first transcontinental railroad. The spike was made of gold, so anyone could tell it was important, but there was plenty more to get excited about.

Chug-a-lug: There's bottomless tequila (and snacks) aboard the Jose Cuervo Express from Guadalajara to Tequila.

It was left there on purpose in the 1990s.

President Bush's funeral has revived an old tradition.

Once you board the Silver Arrow, you never get off.

He was paid 20 cents a day and half a bottle of beer weekly.

They hate delays more than you do.

Birmingham programmer Matthew Somerville just blessed Londoners with an amazingly helpful tool.

Diners were the original pop-up stores.

Alaska Railroad's Hurricane Turn route is one of the last of its kind in America.

Don't wait until you have an offer in hand to figure out whether or not the commute will make you miserable.

A vasectomy kit, a harpoon gun, false teeth, and six full-sized mannequins are just a few of the many strange things that passengers have left behind.