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Railway network in the United States at the start of the US Civil War (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It has not gotten too much better since then, for passenger trains anyway.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It got way better between the 1860s and 1940s. The issue is that starting in the '50s it declined again.

[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Not the stretch through Appalachia between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. That stretch is eternal and unchanging.