A captivating journey blending memoir history and biography that takes the reader on one of the worlds most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travellers past and present.Rick Antonson has ridden trains in more than thirtyfive countriesbut almost everything he thinks he knows about train travel changes when he boards the Rocky Mountaineer with his tenyearold grandson Riley. As they wind over trestles and through tunnels each mile of track uncovers stories of dynamite and discovery surveyors and schemers explorers and visionaries and the people who helped to build Canada against the odds of geography and politics. Surrounded by a wild landscape that sparks imagination fellow passengers recount train travels in other countries get nostalgic for the era of steam locomotives and consider lifes unfinished journeys.Peppered with spirited dialogue heartrending vignettes and intriguing anecdotes Train Beyond the Mountains is a travelogue with urgency to make your travel dreams happen now. As one passenger muses amp34The mistake we make is that we think we have time.amp34