College student Ben Fryback clocked in 8,000 miles in 200 hours of train time and found a never-ending beer tap.
After an hour layover in Chicago, where he grabbed a slice of pizza, Fryback was off to D.C. aboard the Capitol Limited train. He had time to spare before the conference, and so he only planned to stay for a 6-hour layover in his first D.C. stop before continuing his travels around the East Coast. He was set on visiting Miami and exploring one of its micro train lines.
“That meant I could go around and explore without my 60-pound bag,” he said. “I met a lot of really nice people and that's what I saw on the whole trip. It’s not something you expect and it gives you faith in humanity.”Bagless and free to roam in D.C., he rented a bike to cruise around the National Mall and stopped by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. After picking up his stuff from his courteous train friend, Fryback was back on Amtrak en route to Miami.
“Part of me wants to say, ‘Yeah, it’s a nice service.’ But the long distance routes would suffer. Amtrak makes all their money on the Northeast Corridor — long distances are a loss,” he said. “It would be more bad than good.”Looping back to Miami, he ventured north to New York City for two days. The consistency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its passenger numbers impressed him. “A subway coming every 30 seconds, completely full, was pretty wild,” he said.
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