In America, if you ask for directions to the town's railway station, most likely you will hear one of two answers: (1) a possible route to get there, or (2) an indication that it closed decades ago, and why would you want to go to that part of town, anyway. In Europe, when you ask the same question, you are more likely to be greeted with another question: "Which one?" Americans are spoiled by our cars, but we are comparatively deprived in our rail service. For ...