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We're ashamed that the United States has not guided on the train, train, no pun intended.

The experience is really bad.

All aboard. Explain it to me Express.

This is Explain It to Me from Vox.

I'm John Flynn Hill, and today we're taking the train.

Because trains take a route that roads can't.

So you can see a lot of the terrain changes.

You can see the stars at night, and it's just so peaceful.

Now, I grew about West, so I didn't get familiar with trains until I was in college. And

honestly, I was wowed by the fact that I could take the Amtrak from D.C. to Philly. But a lot of

you aren't nearly as impressed as I was with the state of passenger trains here in the U.S.

You know, 99% of travel, you're not going to be able to use rail in the American heartland.

The U.S. is kind of lacking.

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