Railways are famous with their economical and environmental advantages compared to other means of collective transport. These are what lobbies that strive to advocate wide use of trains often refer to. However, unfortunately, another positive dimension to trains is usually neglected: The social one.
Trains have museums set up for them and named after them. They have been the setting for many movies and artworks. Besides these well-known aspects, they connotate playfulness, adventure and surprise. On how many vehicles are you free to walk around at all times and run into many different personalities? On what principle do rollercoasters—one of the oldest and most adventurous means of collective entertainment—rely on? We could continue asking more rhetorical questions similar to those above.
To finish off, I'd like to point to a video I've stumbled upon today on the internet. It is a fascinating TV commercial, which will hopefully illustrate what I've tried to discuss in brief.
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