It's easy to forget what a big deal rail is in the USA, because the freight lines successfully lobbied Congress to allow them to eliminate the passenger cards t

It's easy to forget what a big deal rail is in the USA, because the freight lines successfully lobbied Congress to allow them to eliminate the passenger cards they used to be required to add to the end of their freight trains. Back when that was the case passenger rail travel in the USA was cheap and ubiquitous, because it went everywhere the mail did. E.B. White has a wonderful little essay[1] about it. The full text can be found in the excellent Essays of E.B. White[2]. [1] http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=91313 http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=91313 [2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394616.Essays_of_E_B_White https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394616.Essays_of_E_B_Whi...