I’ve seen YT videos with some of these old-timey private cars and specialty cars that people bought up when they got decommissioned. And it looks like so much fun. I understand that there are logistical difficulties, but a private jet also has those.
@fritzoids@jgrg There’s a *huge* infrastructure for handling private airplanes. You can fly to almost any general aviation airport, store your place, get fuel and service, rent a car, whatever you need.
For a railcar, every single time you want to move it, you’d have to deal with people who have never heard of anything like this before. Amtrak has a tariffed rate for moving private cars, but most of the freight railroads (most of the US) really don’t want the business.
Not that I have the money, but I will now have to research the possibilities in Europe. (If I am correctly informed, the US railway is not great to use anyway because freight trains take precedence over passenger trains and other such weirdness.)
@mattblaze@federate.social @jgrg@mstdn.science
I’ve seen YT videos with some of these old-timey private cars and specialty cars that people bought up when they got decommissioned. And it looks like so much fun. I understand that there are logistical difficulties, but a private jet also has those.
@fritzoids @jgrg There’s a *huge* infrastructure for handling private airplanes. You can fly to almost any general aviation airport, store your place, get fuel and service, rent a car, whatever you need.
For a railcar, every single time you want to move it, you’d have to deal with people who have never heard of anything like this before. Amtrak has a tariffed rate for moving private cars, but most of the freight railroads (most of the US) really don’t want the business.
@mattblaze@federate.social @jgrg@mstdn.science
Not that I have the money, but I will now have to research the possibilities in Europe. (If I am correctly informed, the US railway is not great to use anyway because freight trains take precedence over passenger trains and other such weirdness.)