I know I sometimes come across a little crazy with my slightly deranged love of trains.

As far as I can tell, it was taking the Trans-Siberian in early autumn when the trees were starting to turn golden, sipping Baltika with friends in the greasy restaurant car, and totally cut off from the world—that put me over the edge.

Sorry not sorry.

Lest anyone think that the train revolution in Europe is a fantasy world invented by yours truly, here’s a short list of German news articles about the new night train from Salzburg to Sylt I talked about yesterday:

ttps://www.br.de/mediathek/video/entspannt-reisen-unterwegs-nachtexpress-av:5f04507b81b567001b5c9d4e

https://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/ticker/von-sylt-nach-salzburg-ueber-nacht-von-birgitta-von-gyldenfeldt-dpa?amp

https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2020-07/privates-bahnunternehmen-rdc-reisen-in-deutschland-corona-krise-nachtzug/komplettansicht

https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Erster-Nachtzug-von-Sylt-puenktlich-gestartet-article21891051.html

https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article210997121/Neuer-Nachtzug-von-Sylt-nach-Salzburg-gestartet.html

https://bahnblogstelle.net/2020/07/05/neuer-nachtexpress-nimmt-fahrt-auf-rdc-nachtzug-startet-premierenfahrt-von-sylt-nach-salzburg/

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/nachtzug-sylt-salzburg-100.html

https://www.shz.de/regionales/newsticker-nord/neuer-nachtzug-von-sylt-nach-salzburg-gestartet-id28859342.html

https://www.presseportal.de/pm/136542/4643067

https://www.mag-lifestyle-magazin.online/reise/europa/alpen-sylt-nachtexpress/

https://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Der-Norden/Alpen-Sylt-Nachtexpress-von-Sylt-nach-Salzburg-So-war-die-erste-Fahrt

https://www.nordbayern.de/freizeit-events/reise/uber-nurnberg-ans-meer-alpen-sylt-nachtexpress-gestartet-1.10172213