Why would it? Railroads essentially operate monopolies on transport within a given region, and we're against regulation these days. Plus, those pesky workers k

Why would it? Railroads essentially operate monopolies on transport within a given region, and we're against regulation these days. Plus, those pesky workers know that, so they do inconvenient things like form unions and demand concessions. So instead, we build a giant taxpayer-funded road system, which in turn results in sprawl, which requires yet more road systems.