Fall is officially the new peak travel season as more people opt for cozy and less crowded vacations. The top U.S. destination? Anywhere in New England, of course. However, this year, it seems that Acadia National Park is being replaced as the region's ultimate leaf-peeping destination. American train travel is booming again, and you have the most scenic Amtrak fall rides in New England, like Maine's Downeaster or the Vermonter .

New England is also home to several beautiful fall train trips that aren't operated by Amtrak . That includes America's most underrated fall foliage train, which climbs the tallest mountain in the Northeastern U.S., the Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire . It's the world's first mountain-climbing cog or rack railway, built 156 year

See Full Page