Diners in the restaurant car on a GWR (Great Western Railway) oil-fired locomotive in 1946.Harrison/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 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.