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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (i.redd.it)

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The East coast is covered in rails. There's an Amtrak station within walking distance of my house. We have a high speed rail line in the Northeast Corridor and have for decades.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are we looking at the same image?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually, I realize we're not looking at the same map. Those are the passenger routes. I'm thinking of railways. We've got more rail than that, we just don't run passenger trains on them.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, theres a lot of rails. Though, even that has declined as more freight is being moved by trucks...

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I live here. I know where the train tracks are. They're all over creation.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Only what is vestigally left. This is what it used to look like