The heavyweights of luxury rail – the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, The Ghan, the Rocky Mountaineer – need no introduction. Their names alone evoke images of lavish bedrooms, gourmet food and classic cocktails enjoyed against a backdrop of splendid scenery, scudding by through huge picture windows.
And lately, more of us than ever are succumbing to the charms of big-ticket rail travel, says Eleanor Flagler Hardy, co-owner and president of the Society of International Railway Travelers, who has seen a huge increase in passengers requesting super-deluxe suite options.
