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Trying to work on a train

Mats Jansson  2008 May 15 07:45:03
I love traveling by train. I am not sure how common this is in the USA but in Europe You can go almost anywhere by train. With good comfort and space You can relax on the way to Your destination. I prefer when traveling for work to go by 1:st class. When going with my family 2:class, kids can have more fun there and don't have to sit quiet. Right now I'm on my way to Stockholm. Trying to work, have internet connected... But.., The fine modern train is all shaking, it shakes like hell. so I can barely type on the keyboard, nor pointing with the mouse. Very disturbing. I suspect that this is a effect of that my car is the last one on the train. I have never felt this when my seat has been in one of the foremost cars. Stressing. I must have some work done, so I just have to keep on trying.

Train travel. This Easter, me and my family got to Austria skiing. By train



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1Kevin Pettitt  08-5-15 14:25:38  Trying to work on a train

Well, I'm writing this comment while commuting to work to Washington, DC...on a train. Things are a little bumpy on the MARC commuter train, but I've had no trouble typing.

That apparent advantage over your current situation aside, the passenger rail infrastructure in this country is nowhere near as far-reaching as that in Europe. Even having only a "pre-chunnel" perspective of the Eurail experience it is clear we are way behind. This fact underpins our current suffering over high gas prices.

Let's see, I can probably list all the cities in the US with reasonably developed commuter rail service (not counting subways):

- New York

- Boston

- Washington

- Chicago

- Philadelphia

- Baltimore

I may be missing some (e.g. LA?) but the few other possibilities (e.g. South Florida), are from my understanding very small.