You're complaining about 45 minutes! When you figure outside of CA, there are probably 10 tracks (or less) in the entire country, the odds of a track being withing an hour of your house aren't very good.
i dont live in pittsburgh i live 1 hour a way from pittsburgh i just used it because i thought pittsburgh was the most well known. i looked it up and it will take over 2hours to get there. mabe in a couple years when i get a truck or somthing that i think i would feel reliable enough to do that much driving. im sure the experence will be worth it. ill start saving up