railroad travel

"A millionaire strikes a deal on the seedier side of Paris and gives to his heartsick daughter, Ruth Kettering, the "Heart of Fire," one of the world's legendary jewels. Legend has it that the possession of the jewel leads to death - but despite her father's protests, young Ruth decides to take it with her on the Blue Train to the French Riviera, where she has planned a reunion with her former lover. A few days into the journey, Ruth is found dead and her priceless rubies stolen.".

Depicts the 1945 funeral train of FDR and examines the disparity of its passengers inside including a Soviet spy, a bereaved Eleanor Roosevelt, the Supreme Court justices, and the incoming president, Harry Truman.

A boy takes a train trip to visit his grandmother.

Investigates the history of trains and the railroad, discussing how the invention of the railroad changed the course of human history.

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

Describes the author's year-long travels by train throughout China, from rural villages to the cities of Beijing and Shanghai.

The author describes his experiences and what he learned about his adopted country while traveling clockwise around the coast of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1982.

An account of Theroux's trip by train from Boston to Bogota, Columbia.

Presents a historical and cultural portrait of modern Mexico, exploring the contradictions between the old Mexico and the new one its leaders hope to create, and discussing the civil upheaval the author found during his year of traveling by train through the country.