When I go out to just watch trains, I think someone puts the word out to stop all traffic until I'm gone. I've spent hours at the Horse Show Curve in PA on a weekday with absolutely no traffic. I'm convinced it's only a branchline for the Amish furniture industry. I can sit by the CSX line near Fredericksburg, VA for hours on end with only one or two commuter trains passing. I've spent hours waiting by the NS lines near Manasses, VA and see nothing. The only place I see trains is in AZ or CA on the UP and BNSF lines through Kingman, AZ, Benson, AZ and the Cajon Pass in CA.