Ride that Train

Heritage railroads keep the Old West alive across the United States You never forget your first ride on steam-driven historic train. From Alaska to North Carolina, all across North America, heritage railroads take passengers back in time, to a simpler era, when coal-fired steam engines drove trains over narrow-gauge lines up and over some of the most rugged—and spectacular—landscapes in the country. The editors of True West tip their engineer’s caps to the owners and preservationists who