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.
You’ve got “precision scheduled railroading” calculating extremely long freight trains with the absolute minimum amount of engines needed to pull it, and thus the absolute minimum crew, constantly stalling on hills. Gave us that video of 4014 pushing a stalled train.
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.
Yes, theres a lot of rails. Though, even that has declined as more freight is being moved by trucks…
You’ve got “precision scheduled railroading” calculating extremely long freight trains with the absolute minimum amount of engines needed to pull it, and thus the absolute minimum crew, constantly stalling on hills. Gave us that video of 4014 pushing a stalled train.