Articles tagged as Trains | Smithsonian Magazine

The Rocky Mountaineer traverses through the Canadian Rockies.

The World’s Most Scenic Train Rides

These train rides offer passengers views of some of the world’s most stunning landscapes

January 28, 2016

Google helped develop new miniature cameras to capture the Miniatur Wunderland.

Cool Finds

Get a Big View of the World’s Largest Miniature Train Set

All aboard the Cute Train to Tinytown

January 14, 2016

Railway tracks lead into a dark underground shaft in a former mine in Walbrzych, Poland near where amateur treasure hunters say they have found a lost Nazi train full of gold.

After months of searching, experts say rumors of a forgotten treasure are just that

December 17, 2015

Cool Finds

In Brazil, Subway Reading Means a Ticket to Ride

These books encourage reading by doubling as subway tickets

November 25, 2015

Trending Today

Chicago’s Newest Library Is on a Train

Bored during your morning commute? #BooksOnTheL can help.

October 13, 2015

Silesian Station's main hall and platforms in 1937

History of Now

The Train Station That Has Been Housing the World’s Refugees for More Than a Century

Past and present collide at Berlin’s Ostbahnhof

October 7, 2015

A pilot program seeks to save drunken passengers from the dangers of busy train tracks

August 21, 2015

Turning New York City’s Subway Into a Symphony

Musician James Murphy wants to replace the beeps of the system’s turnstiles with beautiful music

July 6, 2015

25 Millennials Just Crossed the United States By Rail Hoping to Leave Their Marks in Cities Along the Way

Young leaders take a 10-day whistle-stop tour with on-train seminars and service projects in communities across the nation

June 1, 2015

This magnetic levitation bullet train is capable of speeds of 366 miles per hour—and possibly more

April 17, 2015

In the future, what role will cars play in our lives?

Round Table

Are Cars Driving Into the Sunset?

Our love affair with automobiles is changing in the face of climate change and denser urban living

March 16, 2015

Experience the magic of the holiday season on a historic train.

Six Historic Trains That Embody the Holiday Spirit

Trains have always been a part of holiday celebrations—so why not hop aboard this season? Here are six seasonally appropriate rides to consider

December 15, 2014

Cool Finds

Artists In Search of Inspiration Can Now Find Their Muse On a Cargo Ship

Container ships now join Amtrak trains, dune shacks and remote islands in the Arctic circle as sights dedicated to artistic pursuit

October 30, 2014

The rise of shale oil and longer shipping distances have spurred railroad regulators’ push to update oil cars

July 24, 2014

The train after the initial police investigation in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire.

The Big Mystery Behind the Great Train Robbery May Finally Have Been Solved

Chris Long’s A Tale of Two Thieves examines the largest cash theft of its time

July 16, 2014

Central American migrants ride a northbound cargo train through the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. July 2010.

Heartbreaking Photos of Children Who Are Risking Everything to Reach the United States

Michelle Frankfurter tells the stories of these young migrants and also those of the thousands who jump aboard “the death train”

June 11, 2014

Workers lay railway tracks near the new railway station in Shanghai, China on 01 March 2010.

Cool Finds

China Is Thinking About Building a Train to the U.S.

Chinese engineers are discussing a new high speed rail line from China to the US

May 14, 2014

Washington, D.C.

Last Call For Metro-North’s Bar Car!

The last bar cars left in America ride the rails for the last time tonight

May 9, 2014

Cool Finds

Iraq’s Impressive New Trains Can Zip Passengers Across the Country at 100 Miles Per Hour

The new trains will connect Baghdad with another major city

March 25, 2014

New Research

Americans Are Using Transit More Than Any Time in Nearly 60 Years

Transit use seems to be up across the board

March 11, 2014