it's amazing how much time people...
spent on trains back in the 1950s
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1) Lack of interstate highways. Traversing slower speed roads that went through all the towns/cities
2) Automobiles less refined/comfortable, and reliable for long trips
3) Air travel not as yet developed in terms of speed, reliability, and comfort
4) Rail travel in the near post war years at its absolute apogee in terms of reliability, speed, comfort