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Steam

Published train experiences of the steam kind, with route, season and booking intelligence for each.

36 published journeys

A Durango and Silverton narrow gauge steam train in the Animas canyon.

United States · Scenic

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Coal-fired steam on three-foot track through the Animas gorge

3h 30m · Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: snowpeak · CC BY 2.0

A Puffing Billy Railway steam train crossing Monbulk Creek trestle in forest.

Australia · Scenic

Puffing Billy Railway: Belgrave to Gembrook

Narrow-gauge steam through the Dandenong Ranges

1h 50m · Puffing Billy Railway (Emerald Tourist Railway Board)

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Frank Stamford · CC BY 2.0

The Rasender Roland narrow-gauge steam train on Rügen.

Germany · Scenic

Rasender Roland: Putbus to Göhren

Scheduled steam between Rügen's Baltic resorts

1h 15m · Rügensche BäderBahn (Pressnitztalbahn)

Scenic
Panoramic
Heritage

Photo: sludgegulper · CC BY-SA 2.0

A West Coast Wilderness Railway train on the Abt rack section above Queenstown.

Australia · Scenic

Rinadeena, Rack & Rainforest: West Coast Wilderness Railway

Abt rack and rainforest above Queenstown

3h · West Coast Wilderness Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Stuart Smith. · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cumbres & Toltec locomotive 484 prepares to depart Osier with its excursion train.

United States · Scenic

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

64 miles of steam over Cumbres Pass and Toltec Gorge

7h 45m · Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Xboxtravis7992 · CC BY-SA 4.0

A Fichtelbergbahn steam train between Cranzahl and Kurort Oberwiesenthal.

Germany · Scenic

Fichtelbergbahn: Cranzahl to Kurort Oberwiesenthal

Steam up to Germany's highest town

1h · Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft (SDG)

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: awlodarski · CC0 1.0

United States · Heritage

Mount Washington Cog Railway

The world's first mountain rack railway, opened 1869

3h · Mount Washington Cog Railway

Heritage
Steam
Engineering

Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0

An Achenseebahn steam cog railway train above Jenbach.

Austria · Scenic

Achenseebahn: Jenbach to Seespitz

Steam cog railway from the Inn valley to the Achensee

50m · Achenseebahn

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Herbert Ortner, Vienna, Austria · CC BY 2.5

A Lennakatten narrow-gauge steam train near Uppsala.

Sweden · Scenic

Lennakatten: Uppsala Östra to Faringe

Three-foot-gauge steam out of Uppsala

1h 35m · Upsala–Lenna Jernväg (Lennakatten)

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: gertrudgarlic · CC BY-SA 2.0

A Weka Pass Railway steam train crossing the North Canterbury tussock landscape.

New Zealand · Scenic

Weka Pass Railway: Waipara to Waikari

Limestone country behind a preserved locomotive

2h 05m · Weka Pass Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: nzgabriel · CC BY 2.0

New Zealand · Heritage

Glenbrook Vintage Railway

Volunteer steam on the old Waiuku branch

1h 10m · Glenbrook Vintage Railway Society

Heritage
Steam
Excursion

Photo: Natural Beauty on Film · CC BY 2.0

The Zillertalbahn steam train at Jenbach beneath the Tyrolean mountains.

Austria · Scenic

Zillertaler Dampfzug: Jenbach to Mayrhofen

A summer steam working the length of the Zillertal

1h 32m · Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 4.0

An Umgeni Steam Railway train at Inchanga.

South Africa · Scenic

Inchanga Choo Choo: Umgeni Steam Railway

A Class 19D and a monthly Sunday out of Inchanga

1h 15m · Umgeni Steam Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: SoftwareSimian · CC BY-SA 3.0

New Zealand · Scenic

The Kingston Flyer

A hundred-year-old steam train on fourteen kilometres of Southland branch line

1h 45m · The Kingston Flyer

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Japan · Scenic

SL Banetsu Monogatari

Steam through forests and river country on the Banetsu West Line.

3h 33m · JR East

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Olegushka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Japan · Heritage

SL Gunma

Historic steam day trips from Takasaki.

55m · JR East

Heritage
Steam
Excursion

Photo: Nanashinodensyaku / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

A 600 mm gauge steam locomotive and train of Östra Södermanlands Järnväg standing at Mariefred station.

Sweden · Scenic

Ångtågen i Mariefred; Östra Södermanlands Järnväg

Sweden's oldest museum railway, 600 mm wide, still steaming out of Mariefred

2h · Östra Södermanlands Järnväg

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0

India · Scenic

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The original Himalayan toy train through tea country.

7h 20m · Indian Railways

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Vikramjit Kakati · CC BY-SA 3.0

Argentina · Scenic

La Trochita

A century-old steam narrow-gauge train across the Patagonian steppe.

3h · La Trochita

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Gustavo Perretto / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

India · Scenic

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Steam and rack railway climbing into the Nilgiri Hills.

4h 50m · Indian Railways

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Stephan Niewolik / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

United Kingdom · Heritage

Bluebell Railway

Eleven miles of classic British heritage steam.

40m · Bluebell Railway

Heritage
Steam

Photo: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England · CC BY 2.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Brienz Rothorn Railway

Steam from Lake Brienz to a 360-degree mountain panorama.

1h · Brienz Rothorn Bahn

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Hans-Peter Bärtschi · CC BY 4.0

Germany · Scenic

Brocken Railway

Steam to the top of the Harz on Germany’s most famous narrow-gauge mountain train.

50m · Harzer Schmalspurbahnen

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Andreas Tille / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Dartmouth Steam Railway

Steam beside Tor Bay and the River Dart.

25m · Dartmouth Steam Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0

Historic-style steam passenger train beside the Douro River and terraced vineyards.

Portugal · Scenic

Douro Historical Train

Historic carriages, Port wine and the Douro river; diesel-hauled in 2026.

3h · CP - Comboios de Portugal

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas

United Kingdom · Scenic

Ffestiniog Railway

Historic narrow gauge climbing from sea level into slate country.

1h 15m · Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: SchmalspurDVZO · CC BY-SA 4.0

Switzerland · Scenic

Furka Steam Railway

Historic steam high above the Furka base tunnel.

2h 15m · Furka Mountain Steam Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Marcin Wichary / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

A Mocănița narrow-gauge train on the Vaser Valley Railway in Maramureș, Romania.

Romania · Scenic

Mocănița Vaser Valley Railway

Steam deep into a Romanian forest valley on a working forestry railway.

6h · CFF Vișeu de Sus

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Nicu Farcaș / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

North Norfolk Railway

Heritage trains between pine woods and the Norfolk coast.

25m · North Norfolk Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: The Basingstoker · CC BY-SA 2.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Steam across the moors from market town to coast.

1h 50m · North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Bill Henderson / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

A Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway train running through the Cumbrian valley.

United Kingdom · Scenic

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

A miniature steam railway from the Cumbrian coast into the fells.

40m · Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0

A Schafberg mountain railway train in Austria.

Austria · Scenic

Schafberg Railway

A steep red cog railway straight to one of the Salzkammergut’s great viewpoints.

35m · Salzburg AG

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Dai Lygad · CC BY 2.0

Narrow-gauge steam locomotive 99 6101 approaches Stiege on the Selke Valley line.

Germany · Scenic

Selke Valley Railway

The quieter, more pastoral side of the Harz narrow-gauge network.

3h · Harzer Schmalspurbahnen

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: simon tunstall / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

The Jacobite

Steam over Glenfinnan to the fishing port of Mallaig.

2h 16m · West Coast Railways

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Daniel Kraft / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

France · Scenic

Train de l’Ardèche

Steam through the Doux gorges on one of France’s great heritage railways.

1h 45m · Train de l’Ardèche

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Peter Glyn / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

United Kingdom · Scenic

Welsh Highland Railway

Twenty-five miles of steam beneath Yr Wyddfa.

2h 10m · Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways

Scenic
Heritage
Steam

Photo: Alan Wilson · CC BY-SA 2.0

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