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Airlines killed passenger rail, not freight. Prior to it all being rolled into Amtrak virtually every railroad was losing money on passenger service.
by TylerE 3mo ago
Airlines killed passenger rail, not freight. Prior to it all being rolled into Amtrak virtually every railroad was losing money on passenger service.
- reaperducer 3mo agoThe Post Office shifting mail transport from trains to planes is what changed the economics. The passenger trains also carried mail, which helped make them profitable. Then the mail, and the money, moved to passenger planes.
- Scoundreller 3mo agoCanada is moving away from moving regular mail by air to cut costs. Dunno if it will move by train or truck. Probably too late to add much volume on the ground.