Today is National Train Day, and one of the themes is "why trains matter to me." Economics aside, we have always loved the idea of traveling by train. Maybe it's just the romantic in us, but there's something about the experience: The sounds of the whistle and the wheels on the rails; taking in the sights or reading a book as the scenery rolls by; meeting new people and forging new friendships, or maybe just avoiding the stress that airplane travel has become. Not to mention it's the preferred mode of transportation by our favorite detective, Nick Charles ("The Thin Man") and how Bing Crosby and friends got from Florida to Vermont in "White Christmas." Here's a video from Amtrak to mark the day.
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