Where to stay in Maine? What to do in Maine? Family trip to Maine? Maine Attractions Presents: A great vacation tip! Footage of the Amtrak Downeaster in Old Orchard Beach, just behind Waves Oceanfront Resort. Step off the train in a few minutes you are in the hotel lobby! Reserve your room near this train station today: http://wavesoceanfront.com/

In August/September 1999, I and my friend James went on a trip by rail via Amtrak. We went from Kansas City to Los Angeles to San Francisco to Seattle to Chicago to New Orleans to Los Angeles and back to Kansas City. After going through a tunnel at the peak of Raton Pass, we come down the other side of the mountains in New Mexico. On the Way James meets a couple of au pairs from Germany who are done with their contract and are now traveling the United States via Amtrak. We see the "S" curve where both ends of the train are visible and come down into the heat of Albuquerque. There we get to detrain and visit the curious goods shops by the tracks, which are run by the natives of the area -- a tradtion that goes back to the old Santa F ...

A beautiful sunset viewed through the window of the Amtrak train in somewhere between Niagara Falls and Toronto.