It's how a lot of cities were built in the old days of rail. Land grants to build the rail (incentivizing private infrastructure), then the railroads themselves

It's how a lot of cities were built in the old days of rail. Land grants to build the rail (incentivizing private infrastructure), then the railroads themselves would build towns around stops. It's not always a good thing. See the land ownership in the Sierras around Truckee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_town