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Timeline is wrong. Most of the European rail infrastructure (and indeed American) was built before WW1, quite a lot before WW1. The critical ingredient wasn't
by pjc50 1y ago
Timeline is wrong. Most of the European rail infrastructure (and indeed American) was built before WW1, quite a lot before WW1.
The critical ingredient wasn't wealth per se but oil. Which also determined the lines of attack and victory in the war.
- NoblePublius 1y agoAmerica built train tracks at the same time and the rail Operators went bust post WW2 because Americans stopped taking trains.