Vintage photos show how glamorous train travel used to be

• Vintage photos from decades ago show how traveling by train used to be a lot fancier. 
• First-class cabins were furnished like living rooms and included radio gramophones.
• Passengers dined on fine china and played cards to pass the time.

Traveling by train was pretty swanky in the early to mid-1900s, and it hasn’t gone out of style.

Today, Japan’s bullet trains can make the trip from Tokyo to Osaka in just 2 1/2 hours, and in the US, Amtrak is working on high-speed trains of its own.

Still, the lavish furnishings and fine dining of the past hold a special place in the railroad’s rich history. These vintage photos show how glamorous train travel used to be.