1.   There is something about train travel that prompts a kind of wistful, almost poetic, detachment.

2.   Train travel was eclipsed by the growth of commercial airlines.

3.   You get the real feel of another era of train travel complete with steam engines, iron staircases and a beautifully restored entrance hall.

4.   Among the three airlines in the Amtrak program, only Midwest Express allows its frequent-flier points to be redeemed for train travel.

5.   And train travel in Europe remains far more safe than driving.

6.   Another cocoon effect of long-distance train travel is the almost instant camaraderie established among riders.

7.   All train travel on the Eastern Seaboard had been halted.

8.   But the cocoon-like environment produced by even minimally efficient and comfortable train travel seems mainly responsible for these blessings.

9.   Europass holders can extend train travel into so-called associated countries by paying an extra charge.

10.   Forget the romanticism of train travel in major-league baseball before airplanes, the rattling rides through mountain ranges and desolate plains.