The USA by Rail guide book, fully updated in this new sixth edition, reveals in entertaining fashion the unique pleasures of North American train travel with Amtrak and VIA Rail. John Pitt has travelled more than 70,000 miles by train in the USA and Canada and his book (published by Bradt) features comprehensive route guides as well as all the practical information you need to make reservations, buy tickets and find your way around strange train stations.

Details of Amtrak high-speed Acela trains are included, as well as plenty of sound advice about local transport, sightseeing and accommodation in places en route, making this book the ideal travel companion.

Comprehensive maps and detailed route guides make it easy to plan any itinerary you choose and get the most from your Amtrak or VIA Rail pass. The new, completely revised edition of USA by Rail features:

‘An excellent springboard to the many fascinating places to visit in North America. Detailed, useful and streetwise. If you are travelling in the States as a holiday, this book is well worth its price' - Rail Magazine

‘Bradt travel guides are for those who wish not merely to see, but to understand’ - Dervla Murphy

‘Bottom line, if you are going to take a trip by train, buy this guide first’ - Bella Online

How to Order

USA by Rail by John Pitt (ISBN 1 84162 127 7) is available from book stores or by mail order from Bradt Travel Guides, 23 High Street, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, SL9 9QE, UK. Tel: 01753 893444.  Fax: 01753 892333.  E-mail: info@bradtguides.com

In North America, USA by Rail is distributed by the Globe Pequot Press, 246 Goose Lane, Suite 200, PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437, USA.  Tel: (888) 249-7586 or (203) 458-4500.  Fax: (800) 820-2329. E-mail: service@globe-pequot.com