I could literally bike across the Great Plains faster than a train and save enough money to buy a new bike. You first have to take the train to California, then to Oregon, and back halfway across the country.
I could literally bike across the Great Plains faster than a train and save enough money to buy a new bike. You first have to take the train to California, then to Oregon, and back halfway across the country.
See, having a more direct route would require building a line through the flattest, most open part of the country and that would just be too hard.
Based on my research, there’s never been a (much) more direct route from Denver to Minneapolis other than the one through Chicago, even at the height of US passenger rail.