This article's title strikes me as condescending and annoying. There are 'reasons' to travel by train for a lot of people. My cousin has a deep fear of flying a

This article's title strikes me as condescending and annoying. There are 'reasons' to travel by train for a lot of people. My cousin has a deep fear of flying and hasn't done so in several decades. So he travels by train. As this writer learns, it can also be an enjoyable way to see the country. That said, I did once survive a 24 hour delay on Amtrak between Chicago and Oakland. It was the middle of winter and track was splitting, so the train would move a few miles and then wait a few hours for the crew to replace the broken rail.