This beautifully updated, nostalgic history reminds us of the significant role the railroads played in the establishment of our national parks, helping to turn the dreams of America's environmental visionaries into reality.

Illustratred with period photographs, commissioned paintings, and advertising art, the new edition now includes detailed information about touring the parks by train, providing a solution to overcrowding and congestion caused by too many motor vehicles.

Featured are Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Denali national parks--all still accessible by rail--as well as the national parks program of the American Orient Express.  New descriptions highlight the trains, historic accommodations, and cooperating associations that have served each park so well, including relevant phone numbers and addresses should the reader wish to come along.

A nostalgic keepsake through three editions, Trains of Discovery now provides direction for our nostalgia, reaffirming how our parks and railroads--by still growing together--can both prosper and endure.