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Railway network in the United States at the start of the US Civil War (sopuli.xyz)
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Map of the United States with railways at the start of the civil war.
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What's crazy to me is that many of the railroads still exist and are used... But for freight only.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I looked at taking the train from Albuquerque to Denver, it goes east to Chicago before going back to Denver. It is a 7 hour drive, but a 32 hour train ride.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    To be fair, we're using really fucking old technology so it's not surprising that it's that much slower.

    If we had proper high speed rail, like the Shinkansen, it would be much shorter.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    There is also the fact for a 450 mile trip you have to go 2300 miles.

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