>>1916246>they were operating other railroads' inherited equipmentImagine my shock.
And I thought I mentioned that aesthetics are the face of a company, especially if it is vehicles. Your pic related looks very nice and cozy.
>uninspired and unappealing metal boxes on wheels, devoid of the sleekness and elegance that once defined train travelExactly. Which is why I mentioned Soviet shit, you expect a country with priorities in everything but aesthetics to have ugly shit, but then they turn out fine. There is just something about their locomotives that look functional or whatever.
Anyways
>priceDon't get me started, I wanted to visit someone in another state, and airlines are cheaper, despite the state being two state borders away, where theoretically train should be the cheapest, (airplanes being extremely long range) and for frame of reference, I live in the NEC so it's not "in the middle of nowhere."
>rail enthusiasts and the poor find enticingAs a poor, it's still expensive since airlines are cheaper, and probably the only reason to go train is if you go over the planes weight limits for stuff you tag along
As a rail enthusiast, I find rail in the US to be a mixture of either cool as shit like the Long Island RR, functional and cheap as shit like the NYC subway, where you get what you pay for aka nigs and hobos or just down right attrocious, Amtrak.
>tfw no Amtrak X2000 or ICE 1 trainsets 
