Trains

The saga of George W. Batman The saga of George W. Batman

"Dark Knight" backlash, counterbacklash and so on. Plus: Sleazy Latin lovers, Ben Kingsley as a Russian cop and other reasons never to leave home.
By Andrew O'Hehir Jul 23, 2008

  • When trains and markets collide

    In Bangkok, there is no such thing as the wrong side of the tracks
    By Andrew Leonard October 15, 2007

  • Riding the train in Bombay

    A New Yorker explains why he loves riding the rails in the Indian city, and why they're so vulnerable to attack.
    By Manish Vij July 12, 2006

  • Rain, blood and sirens

    On foot and by rickshaw, from train station to hospital, a Bombay writer surveys the aftermath of the bombings.
    By Dilip D'Souza July 12, 2006

  • Punching our ticket

    In just three pictures, a Louis Vuitton ad captures the luxurious eroticism of train travel.
    By Charles Taylor December 18, 2002

  • Off track

    Air disasters spotlight a need for better train service -- but American transportation policy has neglected railroads for decades.
    By Christopher Ott November 21, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001
    By Joyce Millman September 26, 2001

  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 4, 2001
    By Joyce Millman June 4, 2001

  • Riding the Cottonmouth Express -- to hell

    Some passengers looked up; others were oblivious. Me, I wondered how they were going to ship my corpse back East.
    By Chris Colin February 15, 2001

  • On Japanese trains

    Rail travel highlights the contrast between the private and the communal in the land of the well-mannered mob. An excerpt from the recently released, "Salon.com's Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance."
    By Sallie Tisdale December 8, 2000

  • Close quarters

    In the compartment of a train leaving Cape Town, South Africa, I discover something about race, witchcraft and toaster ovens.
    By Eric Lawlor May 6, 2000

  • In other words

    The scoop on finding a translator in Egypt, getting a cheap seat on a half-empty plane and planning a cross-country train trek.
    By Donald D. Groff April 13, 2000

  • Sco Paulo commuter sets train aflame

    Rush hour jam proves too much for one rider.
    By J.A. Getzlaff April 5, 2000

  • Estranged on a train

    My beautiful French compartment-mate promised she'd slink over to my bunk.
    By Peter Selgin March 31, 2000

  • Rail good time

    How to see the West by train, visit France at the right time and find a bed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
    By Donald D. Groff March 30, 2000

  • Subway love

    Gone is the stench of urine. Into its void rushes a whiff of pheromones.
    By Jori Finkel February 14, 2000

  • Single car

    When you journey unattached on a train to Vienna, possibilities soar.
    By Helen Elliott January 28, 2000

  • Well trained

    Our travel expert offers advice on rolling through some European hot spots, plus information on cruising Alaska and Germany's Passion Play 2000.
    By Donald D. Groff December 2, 1999

  • A sexy librarian named Natasha and other surprises of the New Russia

    I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star.
    By Rolf Potts November 13, 1999

  • The great railway bizarre

    Taiga forests, first class follies and a Slavic Lolita in short-shorts enliven the train journey that has no end.
    By Rolf Potts November 12, 1999

  • The Trans-Siberian Toilet War

    Left behind for a surmised breach of lavatory protocol, our correspondent and his two companions lead a desperate, paranoid, all-out car chase in an attempt to cut off the train at Ulan Ude.
    By Rolf Potts November 11, 1999
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