19 Books on Trains all Train Lovers will Love

Love trains? Love train travel? This book will inspire any train loving traveler to start planning that next iconic trip.

Detailing 60 of the world's most memorable train journeys including maps, photographs, timetables and most importantly the various ticket options this book will determine travel plans for years!

Covering 40 of the greatest train journeys in the world this will provide hours of inspiration for your next rail adventure. A perfect gift for the train travel lover!

This is my dream trip and sure to inspire any train travel lover - how about circumnavigating the globe by train!

In this visually glorious chronological history, prolific railroad historian and photographer Brian Solomon curates a selection of the world’s most significant trains and locomotives over the last two centuries.

Hop aboard to see trains and locomotives at work in scenic locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. 

• A book about the world's most scenic train routes featuring in-depth descriptions and hi-def photography.

• From Asia to Australia to North America, Trains features some of the most iconic routes the world has known.
• Learn about historic and modern train routes that travel through large tracks of untamed land.

A lovely coffee table book which will take you on a journey on some of the most beautiful train journeys around the world.

A comprehensive guide to planning train travel in North America including scenery guides, tips and more.

This is an essential for anyone planning to travel North America by railroad!

The definitive bucket list for the train traveler is contained in this book which looks at the 50 greatest train journeys across the world.

Some are well known such as the Orient Express but there are also some lesser known rail routes included!

A great read for those of us who would love to hop on a train and travel as long as we want!

The author does just that visiting 13 countries in Europe by train and documenting her adventures along the way!

For the armchair traveler or those nostalgic for the romance and drama of travel in a world before cars and airplanes took over this book is a celebration of train lines that can no longer exist.

Travel by train to some of the world's most remote and remarkable destinations and let this book be your guide to their history.

Already completed some of the 20 most beautiful train journeys in the world? This book will give you some inspiration for future travel by taking us on some of the most unusual train journeys around the world!

Trains: A Complete History provides an excellent overview of the train models that were groundbreaking in their respective eras.

Complete with a detachable collection of press-out model train pieces, Trains: A Complete History is the two-in-one book that will have train enthusiasts young and old tooting their horns and hollering, “All aboard!”

Steam train enthusiast? This book illustrates a century of the locomotive with 200 photographs taken on 4 continents. A beautiful book any steam enthusiast will treasure forever.

In this lavish celebration of the glory and grandeur that are the great North American railroads, author Claude Wiatrowski examines the development of the industry with nearly 90 features covering more than three dozen railroads past and present, as well as dozens more subjects, including railroads in film and music, specialty railroads, life and travel on the rails, and much more.

From the early years of steam power to today’s awe inspiring high-speed passenger trains, this book spans nearly two centuries of locomotive history.

With 700 photographs, the book is a wonderful guide that will appeal to all.

This is our next big trip by train and believe me if you read this book it may well be yours too!

Woodward’s intricate details of his journey will fire your imagination, whether you’re an armchair explorer or thinking of embarking on your very own rail adventure.

For fans of Michael Portillo's train journeys on TV now comes the book!

Travel with Michael From London, to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Budapest, St Petersburg; all the way down to Constantinople, Haifa and Jerusalem and discover the great feats of engineering that built the various railway lines connecting Europe and further afield and the men and women who made these journeys famous through their deeds and words. 

Tourist Trains Guidebook, Seventh Edition describes 500 of the most popular train attractions, museums, and railroad vacation destinations in the U.S. and Canada.

A unique travel guide that appeals to train enthusiasts, individuals interested in historic trains and sites, and families looking for kid-friendly vacations.