Unlimited drinks and majestic views of the American Rockies: is this the most spectacular train journey in the world?

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Not the most conventional hello.

On a boat on the Colorado River, a fisherman waves at us, then turns away and starts pulling down his pants to expose his (rather large) buttocks.

'We call it Moon River,' our train attendant laughs, explaining that this unusual act is considered a good-natured prank. We received what the train crew calls the "Colorado Salute."

Welcome to this journey from Denver, the capital of Colorado, to the town of Moab in Utah, aboard one of the most spectacular trains in America: the Rocky Mountaineer.

The journey of 370 miles takes you through the Rocky Mountains, with bald eagles soaring above and deer. racing along the tracks. Rising from desert grasslands, you soon wind between jagged, snow-dusted peaks and negotiate vast red-hued canyons.

Cowboy country: Tom Chesshyre experiences Rocky Mountaineer the first American train Above, the train passes through De Beque Canyon in Colorado on its way to Utah 'Rising from the desert grasslands, you soon wind between jagged snow

Rocky Mountaineer trains have begins to

Unlimited drinks and majestic views of the American Rockies: is this the most spectacular train journey in the world?
Advertisement

Not the most conventional hello.

On a boat on the Colorado River, a fisherman waves at us, then turns away and starts pulling down his pants to expose his (rather large) buttocks.

'We call it Moon River,' our train attendant laughs, explaining that this unusual act is considered a good-natured prank. We received what the train crew calls the "Colorado Salute."

Welcome to this journey from Denver, the capital of Colorado, to the town of Moab in Utah, aboard one of the most spectacular trains in America: the Rocky Mountaineer.

The journey of 370 miles takes you through the Rocky Mountains, with bald eagles soaring above and deer. racing along the tracks. Rising from desert grasslands, you soon wind between jagged, snow-dusted peaks and negotiate vast red-hued canyons.

Cowboy country: Tom Chesshyre experiences Rocky Mountaineer the first American train Above, the train passes through De Beque Canyon in Colorado on its way to Utah 'Rising from the desert grasslands, you soon wind between jagged snow

Rocky Mountaineer trains have begins to

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