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In 1930, the Orient Express was already the benchmark of luxury long-distance rail travel, linking Paris through Eastern Europe to Istanbul and beyond. The flagship service comb...
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Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, began service on May 1, 1971. Created by the U.S. government to preserve a viable nationwide passenger rail network, it cons...
Open articleHistory & Infrastructure
At the Golden Spike ceremony on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, the final tie and spike joined the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails, completing the first U.S. t...
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