As increasing numbers of travellers look to avoid the hassle and difficulties of modern flying, rail travel is enjoying a resurgence as one man plays his part.
Britain has long been credited with the invention of the modern railroad but had always lagged behind Europe and Japan in truly high-speed rail services. Not any more.
Sit at a railroad crossing as a mile-and-a-half long container train passes and you can see why railroads have swapped the boxcar for efficiency of a well car.