| I'm not sure why on scenic train rides
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| | Del Diablo," or "The Devil's Nose."
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| you can have a beer, but you can't on a
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| | Be careful of tree branches if you're on
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| bus. In any case, this is one of the
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| | the roof, and be prepared for a five-hour
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| reasons to take a train ride. Another
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| | ride. It starts in downtown Riobamba, in
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| reason is that they go where the roads
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| | the highlands of the central Andes
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| don't, so you'll see scenery you miss
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| | Mountains. You'll travel through "cloud
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| when driving. Trains don't have to stop
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| | forests" and finally down to a much
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| at traffic lights, and you can get up and
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| | warmer climate. Interestingly, the train
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| walk around. Finally, trains are relaxing
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| | descends some streches of track
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| for all the reasons above AND the rythym
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| | caboose-first. There's a lunch stop in
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| of the rails.
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| | one of the small mountain towns. When we
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| Amtrak has scenic sections, and there are
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| | took the train (May 2004), it was limited
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| also numerous dinner trains operating
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| | to 40 passengers, and tickets sold out
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| around the United States now. However,
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| | quickly.
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| the most scenic train rides are the
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| | Agawa Canyon Railroad
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| classics. Below are a few to whet your
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| | One of the more scenic train rides in the
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| appetite.
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| | north, starts and ends in Sault Saint
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| The Silverton-Durango Narrow Gage
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| | Marie, Ontario, Canada, just over the
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| I first caught this train far from any
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| | border from Sault Saint Marie, Michigan.
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| road. I was in the Weminuche Wilderness
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| | It's an all-day trip that goes through a
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| Area, next to a footbridge over the
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| | rocky and heavily-wooded wilderness,
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| Animas river, where they stop if
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| | along the Agawa River, to Agawa Canyon.
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| backpackers there flag them down. More
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| | At the canyon, you can have a picnic in a
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| recently, my wife and I took the train
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| | beautiful meadow, or just relax and enjoy
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| from Silverton to Durango. Wherever you
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| | the scenery, before reboarding for the
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| catch this train, it will be an
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| | return trip.
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| experience you won't forget.
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| | Autumn, when the maples have all changed
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| It is a classic steam locomotive that
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| | color, is the most beautiful time to take
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| goes through Colorado's San Juan
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| | the train. It's also the most difficult
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| Mountains, along the Animas river. At
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| | time to get tickets, so plan far ahead.
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| times you'll look out the window, over
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| | The route is also run as the scenic "Snow
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| the edge, to the water hundreds of feet
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| | Train," in winter.
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| below. In Silverton you can eat good
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| | The Thunder Mountain Line
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| food, buy souvenirs, and see an old-west
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| | Thunder Mountain Line has scenic train
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| mining town that hasn't much with time.
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| | rides that take several routes in Idaho,
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| La Nariz Del Diablo
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| | starting from Horseshoe Bend and Cascade.
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| Train rides on this line, which goes from
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| | Depending on the route you choose, you'll
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| Riobamba to Alausi, Ecuador, are scenic
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| | travel through dramatic narrow canyons,
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| and adventurous. On our recent trip, my
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| | sagebrush-covered hills, mountain
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| wife stayed inside, but I rode on the
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| | meadows, or pristine evergreen forests.
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| roof for the first half of the ride.
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| | The tracks follow the mountain trails
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| Despite the occasional rain, there were
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| | settlers used a hundred years before. You
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| twenty other travelers up there. I highly
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| | may see deer, fox, elk, blue herons,
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| recommend you pay the dollar to rent a
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| | osprey, and bald eagles. Rides vary from
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| pillow to sit on. Your final destination
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| | three to five hours, depending on the
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| is a valley with a view of a rock
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| | route.
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| formation high above, called "La Nariz
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