You are obviously on the east coast. From the bay area, there is nowhere you might want to go that a train would make less stressful. Want to go to LA? That's

You are obviously on the east coast. From the bay area, there is nowhere you might want to go that a train would make less stressful. Want to go to LA? That's 1 hour in the air for around 100 bucks. Or it's a 10 hour ordeal involving transfers between coach bus and train in more than one location. All for the low price of 60 dollars. Want to go to New York? That's 6 hours by air or 80+ hours by rail. Where realistically you are going to book a roomette ($$$) and not just sit in coach for 3 days straight.