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They did, it's just privately owned, maintained, and operated by freight companies. [1] [1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-North-American-Rail-System_
by blamazon 4y ago
They did, it's just privately owned, maintained, and operated by freight companies. [1]
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-North-American-Rail-System_fig2_228943749 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-North-American-Rail-...
- titzer 4y agoThe rail networks in the US are actually dwindling [1], from a peak of ~250,000 route miles in the 1920s to less than 100,000 today. The USDOT maintains over 4 million miles of highway. [1] https://www.railserve.com/stats_records/railroad_route_miles.html https://www.railserve.com/stats_records/railroad_route_miles...
- bombcar 4y agoMost of that is because of trucks for last mile. Whereas trains used to go right into factories they don’t even slow down in the same towns now.