Zócalo Public Square

Los Angeles was built by the railroad, but the city has resisted the allure of train transportation for a century. What is it about rail that captures people's hearts--and why has L.A. remained immune to this almost universally beloved mode of transport? Journalist and Chapman University English scholar Tom Zoellner, author of Train, and UCLA and UC Berkeley legal, business, and environmental scholar Ethan Elkind, author of Railtown, discussed the past and future of trains in Southern California.