I’d love to take a train, but I think the website is either purposefully made to be shit, or it’s just super shitty. Because trying to book any train ticket is impossible. Every time I’ve searched on their website, it gives me the same alert: "This trip cannot be booked. We do not have any travel options between the stations entered. "

Even though I know they have trains going there. I know the stations, I know the routes, and yet it STILL gives me this error code. It’s like they actively are discouraging you from riding the train. I say this, of course, because I think that’s exactly what they’re doing. Auto makers have captured the railway system, and between them and the monopoly of the current rail system, they’re trying to make train travel as painful as possible so you give up and either fly or drive.

You guys see the route right there in this post, yeah?

Go to https://www.amtrak.com/home and try to find a train ride between any two locations. I bet you $100 it gives you the same message.