Franco Tanel a journalist and photographer, started as a professional in 1979 with the D-Day Photo Agency. He is editor-in-chief of the Italian specialised trains periodical TuttoTreno. Since 2009 he has been producing reportages, in Italy and abroad, for the bimonthly Railway Engineering published by Wegh Group.

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• INTRODUCTION 4AMERICAAurora Winter Train 6Rocky Mountaineer 10The Canadian 16Empire Builder 22California Zephyr 30Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad 36Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 40Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico 44Cusco – Agua Calientes and Cusco – Puno 50La Trochita 56EUROPEInterrail Pass 60The Orient Express 62The Bergen Line (Bergensbanen) 68Inlandsbanan 74Belmond British Pullman 78The Jacobite 82Harzer Schmalspurbahnen – The Harz NarrowGauge Railways 90Steam Trams on the Hoorn – Medemblik HeritageRailroad 100Rhaetian Railway – Bernina Expressand Glacier Express 104El Transcantabrico 110Linha Do Douro – The Douro Railroad Line 116La Ligne des Cévennes 120Corsica Railways 124Circumetnea Railway 130Trenino Verde, Sardinia 134The Golden Eagle Danube Express 140AFRICA“Madaraka Express” 144Tazara Railway 148Fianarantsoa – Côte Est Railway 152Pride of Africa 156ASIAThe Trans-Siberian Railway 164The Palace on Wheels 172The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway “Toy Train” 180Qinghai-Tibet Railway 184Reunification Express 190Tiger Express 196Tsugaru Railway 200OCEANIAThe Ghan 204Great Southern 210Northern Explorer 216PHOTO CREDITS 222BIOGRAPHY 224

Franco Tanel a journalist and photographer, started as a professional in 1979 with the D-Day Photo Agency. He is editor-in-chief of the Italian specialised trains periodical TuttoTreno. Since 2009 he has been producing reportages, in Italy and abroad, for the bimonthly Railway Engineering published by Wegh Group.

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• INTRODUCTION 4AMERICAAurora Winter Train 6Rocky Mountaineer 10The Canadian 16Empire Builder 22California Zephyr 30Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad 36Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 40Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico 44Cusco – Agua Calientes and Cusco – Puno 50La Trochita 56EUROPEInterrail Pass 60The Orient Express 62The Bergen Line (Bergensbanen) 68Inlandsbanan 74Belmond British Pullman 78The Jacobite 82Harzer Schmalspurbahnen – The Harz NarrowGauge Railways 90Steam Trams on the Hoorn – Medemblik HeritageRailroad 100Rhaetian Railway – Bernina Expressand Glacier Express 104El Transcantabrico 110Linha Do Douro – The Douro Railroad Line 116La Ligne des Cévennes 120Corsica Railways 124Circumetnea Railway 130Trenino Verde, Sardinia 134The Golden Eagle Danube Express 140AFRICA“Madaraka Express” 144Tazara Railway 148Fianarantsoa – Côte Est Railway 152Pride of Africa 156ASIAThe Trans-Siberian Railway 164The Palace on Wheels 172The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway “Toy Train” 180Qinghai-Tibet Railway 184Reunification Express 190Tiger Express 196Tsugaru Railway 200OCEANIAThe Ghan 204Great Southern 210Northern Explorer 216PHOTO CREDITS 222BIOGRAPHY 224

Franco Tanel a journalist and photographer, started as a professional in 1979 with the D-Day Photo Agency. He is editor-in-chief of the Italian specialised trains periodical TuttoTreno. Since 2009 he has been producing reportages, in Italy and abroad, for the bimonthly Railway Engineering published by Wegh Group.

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• INTRODUCTION 4AMERICAAurora Winter Train 6Rocky Mountaineer 10The Canadian 16Empire Builder 22California Zephyr 30Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad 36Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 40Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico 44Cusco – Agua Calientes and Cusco – Puno 50La Trochita 56EUROPEInterrail Pass 60The Orient Express 62The Bergen Line (Bergensbanen) 68Inlandsbanan 74Belmond British Pullman 78The Jacobite 82Harzer Schmalspurbahnen – The Harz NarrowGauge Railways 90Steam Trams on the Hoorn – Medemblik HeritageRailroad 100Rhaetian Railway – Bernina Expressand Glacier Express 104El Transcantabrico 110Linha Do Douro – The Douro Railroad Line 116La Ligne des Cévennes 120Corsica Railways 124Circumetnea Railway 130Trenino Verde, Sardinia 134The Golden Eagle Danube Express 140AFRICA“Madaraka Express” 144Tazara Railway 148Fianarantsoa – Côte Est Railway 152Pride of Africa 156ASIAThe Trans-Siberian Railway 164The Palace on Wheels 172The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway “Toy Train” 180Qinghai-Tibet Railway 184Reunification Express 190Tiger Express 196Tsugaru Railway 200OCEANIAThe Ghan 204Great Southern 210Northern Explorer 216PHOTO CREDITS 222BIOGRAPHY 224