trains

If you look forward to Christmas in Missouri, but don't look forward to it being over with, the Silver Dollar City Christmas train won't be stopping at Christmas this year.

It was supposed to be the next big thing when it was announced and demonstrated just a few years ago and Missouri was one of the first destinations mentioned, but now it's just a memory. Missouri was in line to get a Hyperloop bullet train so what happened?

Good things come to those who wait and that apparently includes trains as there is much rejoicing about a new service connecting Minnesota and Illinois that took 12 years to get done.

I'll admit that I can be a jaded individual that's hard to impress, but this Illinois mansion is incredible. It's a more than 20,000 square foot estate that has an exotic outdoor pool area and an elaborate train set room.

It sounds like something you'd see at the end of a movie, but it was a real event that happened in Missouri nearly two centuries ago. In 1855, a Missouri bridge collapsed and took a train and many lives down to the river below.

The era of train travel is slowly fading into the past sadly, but there is still one scenic train ride you can take in Missouri and it's just been named one of the most 'charming' in America.

You won't find many Missouri homes that has such a nice surprise hiding in the upstairs area. It's an elaborate estate already, but it's what's in the attic that is a true crowd-pleaser. It's a model train set that's almost as big as the city of St. Louis.

If you love the golden age of trains, there's one you need to know about that traverses the lands of southern Missouri into northwestern Arkansas and just so happens to go over a jaw-dropping railroad bridge, too.

Some people believe in miracles while others don't. No matter which side you find yourself on, I believe you'll have to admit that it's remarkable that a train in Missouri slammed into a tractor-trailer yet there were no injuries reported.

It's easy to take for granted as this train quite literally travels in our backyard nearly every single day, but it's also been recognized as one of the most scenic trips you can make in Illinois thanks to its "ocean view dome".