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To: oldvirginian

You’re right. There is no way rail can reach all the places stuff needs to go, when it needs to be there.


71 posted on 08/31/2022 9:32:26 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Little Ray

Here’s an interesting read on railroads and the history of rail.
https://erenow.net/common/illustrated-history-of-railway/48.php

Even though it’s now a bit player instead of the transportation King it once was there’s something about railroads that spur the imagination.


157 posted on 08/31/2022 1:56:04 PM PDT by oldvirginian (There ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box )
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