Vintage photos show how glamorous train travel used to be

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Diners ate in a train car in 1946, dressed in formalwear and served by waiters in tuxedos.
Diners in the restaurant car on a GWR (Great Western Railway) oil-fired locomotive in 1946.

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I've spent 160 hours traveling by train. It's the best mode of transportation for 4 simple reasons.

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Left: The author in front of a blue train with a red stripe. Right: The author sits with her knees up in a train bed with blue cushions behind her and a window on the left.
Business Insider's reporter prefers traveling by train over any other mode of transportation.

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Olympic athletes get stuck after sabotage shuts down French trains

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A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station in Bordeaux, western France on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station

I spent 6 ½ hours in first class on a train in Morocco. It wasn't luxurious, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

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Author Alice Levitt smiling outside of ONCF train
I spent nearly seven hours on a train through Morocco and had a great experience.

Alice Levitt

I booked the cheapest accommodation on an overnight train in Europe. I'll never do it again.

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Insider's reporter got no sleep in a couchette on an overnight train through Europe.
Business Insider's reporter took an overnight train through Europe.

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I took a plane and a train on the 330-mile London to Edinburgh route. The race was closer than you might expect.

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Business Insider's Pete Syme takes a selfie in front of an LNER Azuma train, and a British Airways Airbus A320
The author next to an LNER train, and a British Airways Airbus A320.

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I traveled on a double-decker train between France and Switzerland at 199mph. See inside the TGV Lyria, which costs as little as $50.

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The author wearing a gray suit akes a selfie in front of a TGV Lyria, and the train's onboard café car.
The author, the TGV Lyria, and its café car.

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I supercommute through 4 states to get to work. I love earning a 6-figure NYC salary but living a suburban life in Delaware.

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a man takes a selfie on the NYC subway
Kyle Rice's commute takes around four hours in total.

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We're budgeting $400,000 to flip 5 train cars into Airbnbs. It all started with a 1970s caboose we bought on Facebook marketplace.

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Newly yellow painted Chessie Systems caboose
Nightly stays in a historic train caboose from the 1970s will be available soon..

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Biden's laws are pouring billions into new infrastructure, and it could be a rare opportunity to make communities safer and more sustainable

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Workers build California High-Speed Rail's Hanford Viaduct
Work continues in January on California's high-speed rail line in Hanford.

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