How Amtrak used ’90s monster truck commercials to make its top Instagram post of all time

Are you flying this summer? If so, Amtrak has a message for you: Don’t be ridiculous.

That’s the opening manifesto of the company’s new “Summer Train-Tacular” spoof ad, which is currently raking in hundreds of thousands of views across Amtrak’s social media platforms. The video hypes up Amtrak’s California Zephyr (Chicago to San Francisco), Coast Starlight (Seattle to Los Angeles), and City of New Orleans (Chicago to, you guessed it, New Orleans) train lines and takes a few pointed shots...