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t1_j3uvjbx wrote

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Honestly didn't know they were still in business

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t1_j3uvx5p wrote

It's important for rural areas, but yeah, Amtrak long distance trains have a major charm. I took the Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago and back. Worth it.

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t1_j3uxdj5 wrote

Barely. Cross country train travel is a novelty in this country these days. Freight rules the rails, and passengers are an afterthought.

Those songs "City of New Orleans" and "The Gambler" or "Folsom Prison" romanticize things that are no more. Don't even get me started on the ass fucking the railroad unions got recently. Rail travel is dead in this country,.

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