Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoTIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a milelemmy.worldimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down14
arrow-up1459arrow-down1imageTIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a milelemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 hours agoYet slower, and far less convenient than air travel. Sight-seeing aside, I honestly don’t know who this is for. Maybe there’s a train-enthusiast club out there that has a small fleet of rail-ready cars?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoSlow, sight seeing and not flying is exactly the point.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours agoBecause they love the experience. Trains are really a lot of fun.
minus-squareNewsteinleo@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoI would gladly take the train over flying. You have more leg room, there is a dinning car, and way less security theater to deal with.
minus-squareEnekk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 hours agoMy guess is that this is a holdover from when rich people did have train cars (and sometimes even full trains!). I would bet there are still a couple of rich people living out their train fantasies.
Yet slower, and far less convenient than air travel. Sight-seeing aside, I honestly don’t know who this is for.
Maybe there’s a train-enthusiast club out there that has a small fleet of rail-ready cars?
Slow, sight seeing and not flying is exactly the point.
Because they love the experience. Trains are really a lot of fun.
I would gladly take the train over flying. You have more leg room, there is a dinning car, and way less security theater to deal with.
My guess is that this is a holdover from when rich people did have train cars (and sometimes even full trains!).
I would bet there are still a couple of rich people living out their train fantasies.