Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a milelemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down12
arrow-up1287arrow-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-22 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months 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-up9·2 months agoSlow, sight seeing and not flying is exactly the point.
minus-squarethespcicifcocean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI would literally rather eat a bug than fly anywhere, unless i absolutely have to.
minus-squareEnekk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause they love the experience. Trains are really a lot of fun.
minus-squareGroundedGator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDefinitely a case of the journey being more important than the destination.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago Yet slower, and far less convenient than air travel. you should be aware there is a non-insignificant population that despise air travel. whether it’s personal issues (fear, stomach problems etc.,) or they really hate the TSA…
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.
I would literally rather eat a bug than fly anywhere, unless i absolutely have to.
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.
Because they love the experience. Trains are really a lot of fun.
Definitely a case of the journey being more important than the destination.
you should be aware there is a non-insignificant population that despise air travel. whether it’s personal issues (fear, stomach problems etc.,) or they really hate the TSA…