http://dir.salon.com/topics/trains/?source=rss&aim=trains en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/23/transsiberian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/23/transsiberian/index.html?source=rss "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 Jacqueline Linge Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/06/12/vd_ifc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/06/12/vd_ifc/index.html?source=rss Classic scenes of love, romance and destruction in the New York subway. By Gabriel Winant Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/02/guns_amtrak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/04/02/guns_amtrak/index.html?source=rss On gun control, Democrats' long retreat means fight on home turf. By Cary Tennis Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/09/strangers_on_a_train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/09/strangers_on_a_train/index.html?source=rss I'm in a relationship and he's recently divorced; we're attracted but confused. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/02/where_have_all_the_bicycles_gone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/02/where_have_all_the_bicycles_gone/index.html?source=rss Commuter bikes are selling like hotcakes in New York City. And train ridership is up in California. Hmm, what could be the connection? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/15/bangkok_train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/15/bangkok_train/index.html?source=rss In Bangkok, there is no such thing as the wrong side of the tracks By Manish Vij Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/bombay_train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/bombay_train/index.html?source=rss A New Yorker explains why he loves riding the rails in the Indian city, and why they're so vulnerable to attack. By Dilip D'Souza Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/india/index.html?source=rss On foot and by rickshaw, from train station to hospital, a Bombay writer surveys the aftermath of the bombings. By Charles Taylor Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/12/18/train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/12/18/train/index.html?source=rss In just three pictures, a Louis Vuitton ad captures the luxurious eroticism of train travel. By Christopher Ott Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/21/amtrak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/21/amtrak/index.html?source=rss Air disasters spotlight a need for better train service -- but American transportation policy has neglected railroads for decades. By Joyce Millman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/26/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/26/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 By Joyce Millman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/06/04/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/06/04/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Monday, June 4, 2001 By Chris Colin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/02/15/swallowing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/02/15/swallowing/index.html?source=rss Some passengers looked up; others were oblivious. Me, I wondered how they were going to ship my corpse back East. By Sallie Tisdale Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/08/japanese_trains/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/08/japanese_trains/index.html?source=rss 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 Eric Lawlor Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/06/capetown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/06/capetown/index.html?source=rss In the compartment of a train leaving Cape Town, South Africa, I discover something about race, witchcraft and toaster ovens. By Donald D. Groff Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/04/13/translate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/04/13/translate/index.html?source=rss 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 J.A. Getzlaff Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/05/fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/05/fire/index.html?source=rss Rush hour jam proves too much for one rider. By Peter Selgin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/03/31/valium/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/03/31/valium/index.html?source=rss My beautiful French compartment-mate promised she'd slink over to my bunk. By Donald D. Groff Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/03/30/train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/03/30/train/index.html?source=rss How to see the West by train, visit France at the right time and find a bed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. By Jori Finkel Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/14/subway/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/02/14/subway/index.html?source=rss Gone is the stench of urine. Into its void rushes a whiff of pheromones. By Helen Elliott Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/01/28/florence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/01/28/florence/index.html?source=rss When you journey unattached on a train to Vienna, possibilities soar. By Donald D. Groff Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/1999/12/02/advisor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/1999/12/02/advisor/index.html?source=rss Our travel expert offers advice on rolling through some European hot spots, plus information on cruising Alaska and Germany's Passion Play 2000. By Rolf Potts Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/13/siberia5/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/13/siberia5/index.html?source=rss I journeyed 5,000 miles to learn that God is in the weiners and William S. Burroughs is a cult star. By Rolf Potts Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/12/siberia4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/12/siberia4/index.html?source=rss Taiga forests, first class follies and a Slavic Lolita in short-shorts enliven the train journey that has no end. By Rolf Potts Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/11/siberia3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/1999/11/11/siberia3/index.html?source=rss 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.