Content tagged with “trains” under “The Interesting List”

“ There are very few suspended railways in the world. ”

“ In the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains sits a train that’s not technically abandoned, but will likely never move again. ”

“ Josip Tito, the former ruler of Yugoslavia, had a opulent luxury train built for his personal use. ”

“ When Grand Central Station was cleaned up in the 90s, a small patch of grime was left so people would be reminded of how dirty it used to be. ”

“ A lonely stretch of railroad cuts hundreds of miles through the Sahara desert, taking iron ore from interior mines to the coast. ”

“ The longest contiguous train ride in the world is from Porto, Portugal to Saigon, Vietnam. Unsurprisingly, it takes a long time, and costs a lot of money. ”

“ Some pictures of an abandoned train car used as an impromptu covered bridge somewhere in Georgia (the caucus, not the state). ”

“ A good explainer of Amtrak’s current status and how their new CEO might get them out of trouble (hint: he has no deep love for trains). ”

“ A boogie woogie pianist sits down at a public piano in a train station and performs. The dexterity and complexity of this style of music is amazing. (I’ve never understood the muted response of the crowd in this video. I would be going nuts…) ”