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.

An eastern Pennsylvania tourist line; a layout honors one of the longest rail lines in the U.S.; repurposing industrial rail parts; Colorado Rail Museum.

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.