Best train journey in the world

So the brochures say and they even won a prize labelled as such, probably by some Scottish tourist society. Certainly when there was a break in the folliage you frequently got some stunning views over and over again that looked better than this phone can capture. Given the type of terrain here I don't think there's many places in the UK that could live up to it but I'm sure the American West has even more to offer, thanks to Chinese rail workers. Of course we are also going on to Wales to take the Snowdon Mountain Railway so they might have something to say too. But cynicism aside, this was 40 miles of continuously stunning scenery.