Not exact matches
Steam puffs as a
journey runs on
railway lines build in...
Our second heritage
railway of the tour awaits today as we
journey from Radebuel to Moritzburg on the Lößnitzgrundbahn, a line that opened in 1884 and still
runs smoothly today.
Portillo has since become synonymous with the long -
running hit series «Great
Railway Journeys».
Today we take a
journey by steam train on the narrow - gauge Pinzgau
Railway, an archetypal rural railway which runs between Zell am See and the village of Mitt
Railway, an archetypal rural
railway which runs between Zell am See and the village of Mitt
railway which
runs between Zell am See and the village of Mittersill.
This 5,777 mile
journey is made possible by the Trans - Siberian Express, which
runs along the Trans - Siberian
Railway - the longest railway in the
Railway - the longest
railway in the
railway in the world.
The fi nal section of the
journey is on the famous Jungfrau
Railway itself, which
runs the remaining six miles to just below the peak of the Jungfrau Mountain.
To join it, the route from Interlaken
runs first to Lauterbrunnen on the Bernese Oberland
Railway, a
journey of 12 miles past snow - dusted meadows, charming wooden chalets and attractive farming cabins.
The
journey today is spectacular, with the
railways repaired and beautifully restored 20th century steam trains
running along key points of the route.
Take a
journey on the Victorian steam
railway, which still
runs with its original locomotive and carriages dating back to 1874.
The 13 1/2 mile
journey runs on the oldest narrow gauge
railway in the world - almost 200 years old.
Continue with a
journey on the Welsh Highland
Railway *, a narrow - gauge line
running along the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountain range, to Beddgelert where there is time to explore this pretty village before returning to Llandudno.
My final
journey is on the Snowdon Mountain
Railway which opened in April 1896 and has been
running ever since.