I rode a passenger train once when I was a kid, I barely remember anything about it. It was a short trip. Wife and I have ridden the narrow gauge railroad from Chama, NM to Antonito, CO, that was fun. Rode some commuter trains in Europe a few times. We checked into Amtrak one time when we lived in New Mexico re taking the train back to Alabama for a visit. It would have been Deming, NM to Birmingham, AL. But tickets were more than airfare would have been for the same trip, you had to lay over overnight in New Orleans, and someone would have still had to drive two hours to pick us up in Birmingham, so it really wasn't a good option. We thought it would be a neat experience for the kids. I wish it was a viable/available form of transportation in this country. Seems like we're missing a good thing.