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minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-27 days agoIt has not gotten too much better since then, for passenger trains anyway.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoIt got way better between the 1860s and 1940s. The issue is that starting in the '50s it declined again.
minus-squaresuburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoNot the stretch through Appalachia between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. That stretch is eternal and unchanging.
It has not gotten too much better since then, for passenger trains anyway.
It got way better between the 1860s and 1940s. The issue is that starting in the '50s it declined again.
Not the stretch through Appalachia between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. That stretch is eternal and unchanging.