>JD> Trains are great if they go where and when you want.
>
> That is no fault of the railroads. People used to live and work
> where the rail
> service suited best. It was the wasteful, development of the
> automobile and
> the ambition to live in weird locations that put people out thar,
> where trains were not.
Seems to be the way people want to live. Trains actually began their decline
as the preferred way for people to travel back in the 20's and 30's. The
smaller commuter lines were almost completely gone by the middle 50's.
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