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Starting at Union Station in Chicago and ending in Los Angeles, follows the route of Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Includes stops in Abeliene, Kan. for a look at the Eisenhower museum, rides on the Cumbres and Toltec steam railroad, side trips on excursion trains from Lamy, N.M. and Flagstaff, Ariz. and a museum near Los Angeles.

Shares facts and activities for readers, covering topics ranging from descriptions of the various types of trains and who works for the railroad to information on how to plan a trip by train.

"A signalman is found dead by a railway tunnel. A man identifies his wife as a victim of murder on the underground. Two passengers mysteriously disappear between stations, leaving behind a dead body. Trains have been a favourite setting of many crime writers, providing the mobile equivalent of the 'locked-room' scenario. Their enclosed carriages with a limited number of suspects lend themselves to seemingly impossible crimes. In an era of cancellations...

Meet Akhila: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all-women sleeping car - the 'Ladies Coupe' - Akhila asks the five women the question that has been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single...

A picturesque train trip through the snow covered New River Gorge and Eastern USA during winter's icy grip.

Friendly dinosaurs climb aboard a train to visit different times throughout the prehistoric age, learning about dinosaurs and having fun adventures.

Experience onboard coverage of the Potomac Eagle, which includes classic club dining service, plus views of the train in the magnificent West Virginia scenery.