> employ only barely enough employees to keep the network operating For context, US railroads collectively employ ~150000 people, down from "peak railroad job"

> employ only barely enough employees to keep the network operating For context, US railroads collectively employ ~150000 people, down from "peak railroad job" of ~2.2 million people in 1920: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES4348200001?amp%25253bdata_tool=XGtable&output_view=data&include_graphs=true https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES4348200001?amp%25253bdata...