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Wheels to rails to the horizon

We are no strangers to train travel. Distant echoes of the great Pullman era have beckoned us in years past to explore diverse long-distance routes. Once again that shimmering seductress enticed us with her song of the rails. There is something special even today, about the kinesthetic bio-feedback which only a train can impart, the rhythmic clack and click of wheels across rail joints and ties.…