Tightwad,
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Passenger Rail in the US is non existent out side of a few main corridors. And don't even get me started on the bus service! I can remember even as recently as the mid '80s still using Greyhound/Trailways to get places and it was reasonably priced and still fairly efficient. Now it is freakin'g joke, probably could get their fast hitch hiking...
Aaron