My first long distance trip was BOS to STL on the LSL and Texas Eagle. I agree with that sentiment -- it seemed like it was going to be really long but tolerable (I couldn't afford the flight and the Amtrak trip was free with AGR points). In reality, on that trip, you spend some time on the first train, then you're at dinner for awhile (I met some new people and drank wine for quite awhile in the diner), then some sort of after dinner entertainment -- reading or whatever -- and then you go to sleep, have breakfast, maybe a shower, and it's over. It's lots of hours, but 8 of them are theoretically sleeping, and eating is another long stretch (except Amtrak has now ruined that part on the LSL).
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