I have some free time after having been laid off, and one of the things I’ve though about is a video series where I go around the towns that Amtrak stops in between the big cities. The two goals would be to have it make money, and the long term goal being to increase rail interest in the US especially on tracks that already exist. I worry no one would watch it and I’m wasting my time.
Instead of wondering if anyone would watch your series, maybe ask yourself first who you would want to watch. Making something with a huge general appeal is more difficult than focusing on a specific audience.
Once you’ve determined that audience, you can ask yourself what they would really like to see in your series.
In this case, is it a documentary series for people to get to know smaller towns along the Amtrak rails? Their peculiarities, local stories, etc?
Or is it more, like you mentioned elsewhere, for people who live in the area who would actually might be interested in visiting these towns themselves? To me that would already seem to make for two completely different kinds of series. Each with their own reach and potential audience.
For myself, I live on the wrong continent, so I doubt I would watch a show if it’s about travel tips. But I would love to watch something about the local culture and history of small train stop towns. As long as it is entertaining enough of course :)
You’ll have to work hard at marketing your material if you want to make money off it though, there’s so much content on offer already.