ʻOiaiʻo ka Amtrak nui iʻike i kēia lā, kahi pūnaewele pīpī liʻiliʻi o nā laina e pili ana i nā kūlanakauhale nui ma kēlā me kēia'āina, uaʻike nā lālā he nui i ka lehulehu a me nā ukana o ka'āina. I kēia lā, ua hoʻokuʻuʻia ka hapanui o kēia mau laina no ka laweʻana ma ke alanui, akā ua kōkua kekahi mau alanui ke alakai i ka mālamaʻana i ka hoʻoilina o kēia mau lālā kupaianaha.
ʻO ka heleʻana ma kahi kaʻaina mālamaʻia he mea nui loa ia no ka laweʻana mai A a hiki i B, akā, he mea ia e hauʻoli ai i ka huakaʻi hele, a he mau mea kupaianaha maoli nō ka United States i ka hauʻoli i ka wā e nānā aiʻoe i ka huakaʻi.
ʻO ka moku'āinaʻo Texas State Railroad
I ka uhiʻana i kahi ala he iwakālua mau mile ma waena o nā kauhale o Palestine a me Rusk, ua kūkulu muaʻia ke kaʻaahi no ka laweʻana i nā lako hao no ka mea puhi ma ka hale o Rusk, a ua hoʻomākaukauʻia nā ala a me nā alanui e nā mea i hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko o ka hale hoʻokolokolo. I kēia lā, aia nāʻano locomotives a me nā kaʻa makeel e huki ana i nā kaʻa ma kēia ala, kahi e hele ai ma kahi wahi hoʻokipa e pili ana i kahi mākele'āina.
Ke alanuiʻo Canyon
E hoʻomaka ana ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Williams, Arizona, he alakaʻi hele i kahi o ka Rimina hema o kekahi o nā wahi kaulana loa maʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia, ka Grand Canyon . ʻEkolu hoʻi nā kaʻa ma kahi lā e uhi ai i kēia he kanaonokumamā mile mile, a aia pū kekahi me ka diesel a me nā moku mahu e holo ana ma ke ala, kahi i laweʻia mai i ka poʻe malihini kipa ma kahi pūnaewele no hoʻokahi haneli.
ʻO ke alanui Washington Cog Railway
Ua'āponoʻia ka mua o kaʻaha uila ma ka mid-ninetekulia i ka makahikiʻumikumamāiwa, me ka manaʻo o nā luna o ka moku e hikiʻole i ka mea hoʻolālā a me ka mea kālepaʻo Sylvester Marsh ke loaʻa i ke kolo a me ka pinion railroad e hana. I kēia lā, hoʻolakoʻia ke ala kaʻa hele nui e piʻi ai i ka piko, me ka noʻonoʻoʻana hoʻiʻo ka luawe kaʻa kaʻa lua ia o kēiaʻano ma ka honua, e hoʻonui ana i ka mīkini ala ma kahi o 25% i 2.8 mile i kēlā me kēia hora, e hoʻonui i hoʻokahi hola wale nō. hoʻopau iʻekolu mile.
Royal Roads Route, Colorado
ʻO ka Royal Gorge kekahi o nā hanana nui loa ma Colorado, a ua hōʻokiʻia ka piko o nā kahakai mai ka'āina ma ka muliwai, aʻo kēia kaʻahele kaʻahele ka poʻe e hele ana ma ke kumu o kēia kapa nani. Aia kekahi mau kaʻa me nā puka aniani a me nā hiʻohiʻona e nānā ai i ke keʻekeʻo, kahi e hiki ai i ka poʻe e holoholo ana i ka lā me ka wā maikaʻi ke hoʻohana i ka ea ākea no kaʻoluʻolu i ka'ōlohelohe.
Ke Keʻena'Ilepaʻo Railwayʻo Illinois
Aia kēia hale kūʻai i ka hōʻiliʻili nui loa o ka loamotives uila, kaʻaila a me ka diesel i United States, me ka hui nui o nā kaʻa, nā kaʻa, a me ka polima dual diesel i kapaʻiaʻo 'Nebraska Zephyr'. ʻO ke ala e hanaʻia ai nā'ōnaehana heʻelima mau mile o ke alanui i kūkuluʻia e hōʻike i ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana o nā lako uila hana, ka mea e like me nā alanui Alanui i hoʻomaluʻia i ka holoʻana ma nāʻaoʻao o kahi kaʻaahi.
Cass Scenic Railway, West Virginia
Ua kūkulu muaʻia kēia alakuwe no ka lawelaweʻana i kaʻoihana ululāʻau a me ka mili palaoa ma ia wahi, a me ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Cass i hoʻopuniʻia a puni ka mīkini. I kēia lā,ʻikeʻia ke kaʻaahi kaʻa no nā locomotives mokumahu maʻamau e huki ana i nā moku i ke kuahiwiʻo Back Allegheny, kahi i hāʻawiʻia i kahi nani o nā mauna a lawe i nā malihini i ka hale mīkini pōhakuʻo Cass, kahi mālama ponoʻia.
Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Nevada
I ka manawa e uhi ana i kahi ala nui mai Reno a ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Carson,ʻo ka hapa i mālamaʻia o Virginia a me Truckee Railroad he wahiʻuʻuku wale nō i kēia mau lā, e holo ana i kahi mile 14 mile ma kahi o nā wahi nani. He moku liʻiliʻi nā kaʻa a me nā diulima me ka hoʻokele hoʻoilina o nā mea hoʻokele e lawe i nā mea e holo ma nā kaʻa ma ke alanui, me keʻano o ka holo māmā.