I didn’t know this was even possible but apparently you can travel across the entire United States by train.
Article: Seeing America by Train
I enjoyed this piece in two different ways:
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It tells a compelling story about one person’s experience traveling over 80 hours, 12 states, and 3,397 miles.
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It’s beautifully illustrated and a nice example of visual storytelling via the web.
I’ve always been disappointed that rail travel is not more ubiquitous in the US (see Who Killed the Electric Car for an interesting take on why that is). Thankfully, I’ve been able to enjoy traveling by train more often since moving to the UK.
-Marc
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