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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Maybe 2 or 3 single rail lines across the country.

You guys gotta remember that the US is double the size of the entire EU. I will say that I don’t disagree in that more rail would be nice, but you have to think about this logically.

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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Oh I do, it’s where I live. At current costs its about $1.6m(1) per mile, so yea, agreed, probably not much. Will have to check back in 5 years after we see the costs to operate and lawsuits from accidents 😆

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glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
how about historically? we had rail, and it was great. Most of it was ripped up at the behest of auto manufacturers.

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- lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It was mostly the street car systems that got ripped up, not the stuff that carries freight.
  
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  - glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    trams were the biggest casualty, but not the only.
    
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    lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Tram! That’s the word I was looking for…
    
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