re: #90 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Don’t they have a USARail pass that will let you do that?

Not like in other countries. From our friend in seat 61:

Segments: Sadly, since 2008 Amtrak’s USA railpasses no longer give unlimited travel. They only cover a maximum of 8, 12 or 18 ‘segments’ depending on your pass duration. This is the maximum number of individual train rides you can take during your 15, 30 or 45 day pass duration. A segment is one train ride on one train, so a 2-day trip counts as one segment, and so does a 30-minute one! A journey involving a change of train counts as two segments.