"It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going.
For them it's the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every
stop this train makes, a little bit of America, a little bit of your country, gets on and says hello."
David Baldacci
THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN
The journey is collective in one sense, but individually experienced from train car to train car. We can simply be inactive in a cargo car or interactive with passengers in the club car. We can speed forward viewing the landscape from the front of the locomotive or gently watch fading scenes from the caboose.
Riding the rail is filled with sensations and vibrations. Our bodies can be rocked or swayed. We can develop a sense of rhythm and the conductor is prepared to help you find your way. The ticket can be transferred at any train depot, but we must choose which rail will connect us to our yearnings.
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