Reply To: JoCoLoCo 2
You have a very good point. Mainly because of the distances, but also because of Eisenhower’s interstate highway system from the 1950s, trains have been almost completely supplanted in the US by cars. The exception is in the older states — there are quite a few trains running up and down what they call the Northeast Corridor, which goes more or less between DC and Boston. Elsewhere, they are much much less frequent & manageable.
You could remove the train entirely by putting in a line that satirizes the gigantic highways people drive on — something like “take a freeway half as wide as Idaho.” Just a thought. Freeway is actually pretty much a California term, but it’d get the point across.