Spoken like one of the small percentage of Americans who can afford to tag on extra days to their PTO to enjoy a nice view.

I guess so. We took the girls when they were young to Omaha a few times from the Bay Area. I wasn't even sure passenger trains would be around when they were adults so wanted to give them that experience. I took a train between Kansas City and Chicago as a kid and found it magical.

So, yeah, the train ride was actually a significant part of the experience for those particular vacations.