TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Water Level Route: the New York Central Railroad in New York State -- 2.) Union Pacific Railroad: trunk line across Wyoming -- 3.) The North American passenger train -- 4.) Rio Grande narrow gauge: remnant of another era -- 5.) The big show recreated: North American steam in excursion service -- 6.) Mexican Main Line: big engines south of the border -- 7.) Andean spectacular: the Belgrano Railway in northern Argentina -- 8.) Coal for the mills of Volta Redonda: Estrada de Ferro Dona Teresa Christina -- 9.) Le Mans -- 10.) The canyon of the Rio Jalon -- 11.) Crossroads of Britain: Carlisle, Shap and Beattock -- 12.) Up the escarpment: South African Railways climbs to the Highveld -- 13.) Empties uphill, ore down: the Swaziland Railway -- 14.) The Great Karroo -- 15.) The Lootsberg Pass -- 16.) Arthur's Pass: crossing New Zealand's southern alps -- 17.) Steaming to Sydney: modern steam power in New South Wales -- 18.) Java: motive power miscellany -- 19.) Hokkaido: Japanese steam in the snow. - from Amzon