![Grab a table and enjoy a spread-out smorgasbord of your own choosing, perhaps with an appropriate wine. The legendary train travelling Man in Seat 61 Mark Smith notes: ‘Never travel without a good book and a corkscrew’. Instead of picking at hours-old reheated food from a foil tray with a plastic fork, I’ve eaten smoked omul fish and[i] kussna sassiski[/i] (‘tasty sausages’ in Russian) on the Circum-Baikal railway in Siberia and [i]tut[/i] (tiny dried white Iranian mulberries) with a Persian ref Train Car, Train Tracks, Train Rides, Pullman Car, Train Vacations, Simplon Orient Express, Virtual Travel, Travel Ad, Old Trains](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/48/65/784865dda6010907d8fb4081c99e914a.jpg)
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7 reasons why I'm swapping flights for train travel in 2020
Want to travel by train in 2020? Here's seven reasons why you should, as recommended by someone who travelled across the world without flying
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