Tracks Ahead

Ride a historic rail line from the northern California coast through the redwoods and see the location where the final spike was driven into first transcontinental railroad.

The Old Patagonian Express in Argentina; O. Winston Link museum in Roanoke, Va.; cruising the Oregon Coast.

Steam trains in Iowa; 'N' scale layout in northern Indiana; Philadelphia-area arboretum's garden railroad; a Virginia rainwalk honors the history of trains.

A Wisconsin rail artist; a Northern Kentucky garden railroad; the only mountain railroad in Japan.

A Cincinnati-area rail-themed park features the world's largest indoor train display; preserving steam heritage in Pennsylvania; more than a mile of privately owned O gauge track.

A new Indiana arboretum embraces its rail history; Columbia Star Dinner Train; a train brings Hollywood magic to life.

Colorado narrow gauge; Pennsylvania murder-mystery train; Illinois garden layout; one of the East Coast's premier tourist lines.

A horticultural conservatory runs trains under glass; Christmas-themed layout; toy museum; a New England steam line.

A German-themed LGB layout; an O gauge military-themed layout and Galloping Goose in Colorado; Ohio rail club boasts more than 3,000 feet of track.

A luxury run on the Golden Eagle; HO gauge in Indianapolis; an interactive layout brings New York's Coney Island to life; Tweetsie Railroad's historic coal-powered gauge line.

The National Railway Historical Society explores the Iowa Interstate Railroad; Arizona garden railroad; Iowa Slim Princess.

Six diverse layouts created by California twins; Seattle Sn3 layout; the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis.; a line that treks through the U.S.'s original oil fields.