Mystic River Dragon
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If someone was going from say Charleston, WV to Salem, OR on 3X trains, they look at the schedule.
“I can go by Amtrak, but I would have to travel 5 days, including overnights in Chicago and either Portland or Sacramento, or I could fly for the same fare or less with 1 short connection and be there in 9 hours. Which should I chose?”
Well, Dave, most people would probably fly. But I bet you would do the three trains with the overnights in the cities—it sounds like a classic “traveler” trip—going the longest way possible to get in as many trains as you can!