Gork@sopuli.xyz to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRailway network in the United States at the start of the US Civil Warsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down16
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minus-squareFinnFooted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoWhat’s crazy to me is that many of the railroads still exist and are used… But for freight only.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoI 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.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·edit-23 months agoTo be fair, we’re using centuries-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.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoThere is also the fact for a 450 mile trip you have to go 2300 miles.
minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWhat people with epilepsy or other conditions do?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agosuffer in silence but also hopefully they have friends and family who will chaffeur them, and greyhound buses exist, airplanes too.
What’s crazy to me is that many of the railroads still exist and are used… But for freight only.
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.
To be fair, we’re using centuries-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.
There is also the fact for a 450 mile trip you have to go 2300 miles.
What people with epilepsy or other conditions do?
suffer in silence
but also hopefully they have friends and family who will chaffeur them, and greyhound buses exist, airplanes too.