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.
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.