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I rode across country in a train( southern ohio to western montana)... it was great
But it took 36-50 hours. They get delayed FAR worse than any other form of transportation due to any number of things , and are not significantly cheaper than driving in most cases on shorter trips than cross country. My cross country ticket was $180 in 98'... to fly by plane it would have been <$150 by the quotes I recieved.
And overall, it just depends on what you want to do on your trip... If you'd like to see tremendous scenary, then you can go by train and see everything, and get to stop a while in a couple of towns. If you want to spend time at your destination, you are better off flying. That should be your own deciding factor.
And even trains today don't have any of the retarded ( yes, I said retarded, noone can hold up a plane with a pocket knife ) security measures that planes do.
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