Rail Lines as Safer Travel Route

[Scythe13]

Hi everyone

Okay, this is something I've been wondering recently, in a Get Home or Bug Out route situation.

Using train tracks as lines across places. They are relatively exposed, but you're unlikely to come across a load of people doing the same thing. On top of that, they're lined with apple trees (people throw the cores out the windows and some of them take root and grow well).

So that's my question.

Obviously, the water way conversation has been put forward lots, so I'm looking at other possibilities. They're relatively flat (no hills to deal with) and can mean going through a hill or mountain, instead of having to spend a few hours going over or around one.

Views, opinion, and the alike, much appreciated!