Plane>Train>11 Hour Drive

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4) 11/26/2017 at 01:09 • Filed to: Trains, Planes, Automobiles

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I’m 9 hours into this train ride, 7 of which have been in complete darkness, and I’ve got 3 hours left. I hate everything.

You can’t not love this thing

I like riding the train, but this 3pm to 3am route is pure awful. I don’t sleep well/at all in moving vehicles or around strangers, so I’m basically a zombie at this point. I am really not looking forward to having to drive 30 minutes home at 3am.

Luckily the guy sitting next to me is really nice, and I now know most of his life story. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t actually hate people. I’m just fairly OCD and the most of the world is chaos.

Rock Bottom > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/26/2017 at 02:10

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Thanks for Mark VII race car! Brings back some great childhood memories. Enjoy some XR4Ti and blurry IMSA Thunderbird for your time :)

William F. Buckley Jr.'s Favorite Peanut Butter > Rock Bottom 11/26/2017 at 02:53

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That Merkur must be appreciated from behind. Truly a thing of beauty.

William F. Buckley Jr.'s Favorite Peanut Butter > Rock Bottom 11/26/2017 at 02:55

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/26/2017 at 06:22

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just think, when it’s over you’ll sleep well.

Ash78, voting early and often > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/26/2017 at 09:41

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If America were half its size and got decimated by war 70 years ago, trains would be awesome. But it didn’t, so they aren’t.

Rock Bottom > William F. Buckley Jr.'s Favorite Peanut Butter 11/26/2017 at 13:43

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It’s got curves in all the right places.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/26/2017 at 14:18

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I did, so well.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Ash78, voting early and often 11/26/2017 at 14:19

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Or we actually invested in them instead of forcing them to run on worn out freight line.

Ash78, voting early and often > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/26/2017 at 20:28

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Problem is there are so few places that proper investment would even make sense. For long hauls, Amtrak is already twice as expensive and a quarter the speed, door to door, as most airlines (depending on route, obviously). I can’t imagine it going even higher.

I love riding trains, but it’s more just the change of pace and the history/nostalgia for me.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Ash78, voting early and often 11/26/2017 at 22:52

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From Wichita to Chicago the Amtrak was ~2/3 the price of a flight. However, it took 12 hours instead of 2-4.