Indian Trains: A Window into another World

There is something about trains I love. The silk-and-rock movement under your feet, the click-and-clack rhythm, the land passing by at ground level, the forward motion, the ability to walk about.

It’s a window into a place, with gentle geographic transitions that provide the traveler with continuity and context. It’s the preferred way to travel when available.

As transit goes, it’s green, too. Nothing about being buckled to a steel tube at 30,000 feet compares.

Riding a train in India takes adventure to an unsurpassed level. The lives outside the open windows and rear doors, the wind in your face, are in full display – farming, bathing, washing clothes, kids waving, a setting sun. Add some tunes and one can glimpse the childhood fascination beat out of us adults.