I think Europeans struggle to grasp the scale that Amtrak has to operate atnot in terms of frequency but in terms of literal size

[ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net]

California zephyr takes 3½ days to complete

[primavera@void.lgbt]

@ielenia I think this applies to a lot, actually; the US is very large, esp compared to the individual eurpoean countries

[ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net]

it's about 3000km in a straight line...
that's about the distance from Lisbon to Warsaw

[ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net]

and amtrak still has trains running further east than that

[miawinter@tech.lgbt]

@ielenia that's like twice as long as the diameter of germany

[primavera@void.lgbt]

@MiaWinter @ielenia the diameter of germany

[gotrans@void.lgbt]

@ielenia as someone who also lives in a fairly Big country

I feel you bestie

[primavera@void.lgbt]

@ielenia You can't get a train from lisbon to warsaw BTW (the only remaining international connection I know of is Porto-Vigo)

[mori@void.lgbt]

@ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net A dream vacation of mine is to do a loop of the US in an Amtrak sleeper.... It would be in the ballpark of 7800mi/12,500km

[primavera@void.lgbt]

@mori @ielenia I dno't think you can sleep for that long

[mori@void.lgbt]

@Primavera @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net You underestimate how eepy I am.