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Completely agreed, and to expand even further: 1. It’s not like the delays are minor. On the line from Portland to Seattle, it’s common for the train be delaye
by noahtallen 4y ago
Completely agreed, and to expand even further:
1. It’s not like the delays are minor. On the line from Portland to Seattle, it’s common for the train be delayed for multiple hours by freight. In what world can a transit service be considered a viable option when even boarding is 2 hours late? Freight is having a really massive negative impact.
2. Massive amounts of land is surprisingly even an understatement! Union Pacific railroad alone was given 12 MILLION acres in this grant: https://www.loc.gov/item/75690778/ https://www.loc.gov/item/75690778/.
- eternalban 4y agoThis is all TIL for me. That pink strip in your map is wild. So these guys got 10 square miles per 1 mile of track. And then they went and leased that land to towns and businesses! All those Western movies finally make sense. Why 10 miles? We always get treated to 'wild west' stories but it sounds like Washington DC was pretty wild itself. Many steaks were consumed and cigars chomped. Here's your land grant.