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True, but only in the east coast and Midwest. Even at the peak of US rail (1916) the west coast was only sparsely connected.
by gizmo 2y ago
True, but only in the east coast and Midwest. Even at the peak of US rail (1916) the west coast was only sparsely connected.
- waveBidder 2y ago… it was also only sparsely populated
- gizmo 2y agoHave you ever looked at a rail map? California and Indiana both had a population of about 2.7 million in 1916. Indiana had a dense rail network and California didn't. Indiana is only ~5x smaller than California. This is what the rail network looked like in 1916: https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/4400/4401/4401.htm https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/4400/4401/4401.htm
- fingerlocks 2y agoThe less dense areas are impassable mountains or inhospitable desert