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...coast to coast, the Prime Minister's wife, Lady Macdonald, traveled across the new country. For 600 miles of the trip she sat in a candle box attached to the cowcatcher on the front end of the train. There she was thrilled by "the novelty, the excitement and the fun of this mad ride...with magnificent mountains before and around me, their lofty peaks smiling down on us, and never a frown on their grand faces." More than a century later, the Rockies still smile down on passengers traveling across Canada aboard VIA Rail's Canadian, which now takes...
Brunch, lunch or dinner costs between $29.50 and $99; the wine is extra. Special onboard events include Sunday jazz concerts, vintners' luncheons with wines paired with each gourmet course, murder-mystery dinner theater, family-fun nights and holiday celebrations www.winetrain.com...
...Trochita (from trocha angosta, or "narrow gauge"), the old carriages run through the foothills of the majestic Andes mountain range. The El Maiten-Esquel run is a 6 1/2-hour ride through breathtaking scenery, with the majestic peaks of the snowcapped Andes in view part of the way. As much fun as the scenery is the train itself. Visitors can stand alongside the engineer as he operates the brakes and the burner on the steep grades along the way. For the less daring there are two shorter rides, El Maiten-Vuelta al Rio and Esquel-Nahuel Pan, each 31 miles long...
...checked our bags and embarked on a whirlwind tour of the city, returning for the 8 p.m. departure on the City of New Orleans. The lounge and platforms hummed with Saturday-night festivity. Many folks, en route to New Orleans for vacation, had taken to the rails just for fun...
...support vessel--one of the tenders, oilers and suppliers that women were then confined to. But she was already setting her sights higher. After sailing out of Yokosuka on a visiting frigate, McGrath was more determined than ever to serve on a warship. "It was a lot more fun, like driving a sports car," she says. "They go fast, handle better, and they're sexy and glamorous...