▲ 607 ▼ TIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a mile (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago* by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago (1 child) i hope america, and by extension, amtrak is still around when i retire, because this is cool as hell. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 child) after the civil war of 2028 the railways were damaged beyond repair to destroy supply routes to the Federalists in DC. making it impossible for trains to travel more than 10 miles, if you were even lucky enough to find a working engine. don't worry though, there are plenty of trains in Europe, but in order to get on one of those you'd have to be a pow, and you likely won't survive the destination. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago If we have a civil war that destroys the railroads only the worst outcome would avoid massive improvements to rail infrastructure. It's still absolutely crucial to pur indistrial capacity. A fascist victory would have low speed rail redesigned for precision scheduling. A progressive victory would get high speed rail between major population centers, expansion of intraregional rail, and reconstruction of the industrial rail network. Balkanization would wind up with progressive areas considering high speed rail to be vital. Like if the west coast ditches, we'll probably continue towards the San Diego - Seattle line because when all your major population centers are in a row and reasonably spaced it becomes obvious to do it. But yeah currently American rail is more functional than the governmental and political landscape. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 child) after the civil war of 2028 the railways were damaged beyond repair to destroy supply routes to the Federalists in DC. making it impossible for trains to travel more than 10 miles, if you were even lucky enough to find a working engine. don't worry though, there are plenty of trains in Europe, but in order to get on one of those you'd have to be a pow, and you likely won't survive the destination. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago If we have a civil war that destroys the railroads only the worst outcome would avoid massive improvements to rail infrastructure. It's still absolutely crucial to pur indistrial capacity. A fascist victory would have low speed rail redesigned for precision scheduling. A progressive victory would get high speed rail between major population centers, expansion of intraregional rail, and reconstruction of the industrial rail network. Balkanization would wind up with progressive areas considering high speed rail to be vital. Like if the west coast ditches, we'll probably continue towards the San Diego - Seattle line because when all your major population centers are in a row and reasonably spaced it becomes obvious to do it. But yeah currently American rail is more functional than the governmental and political landscape. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago If we have a civil war that destroys the railroads only the worst outcome would avoid massive improvements to rail infrastructure. It's still absolutely crucial to pur indistrial capacity. A fascist victory would have low speed rail redesigned for precision scheduling. A progressive victory would get high speed rail between major population centers, expansion of intraregional rail, and reconstruction of the industrial rail network. Balkanization would wind up with progressive areas considering high speed rail to be vital. Like if the west coast ditches, we'll probably continue towards the San Diego - Seattle line because when all your major population centers are in a row and reasonably spaced it becomes obvious to do it. But yeah currently American rail is more functional than the governmental and political landscape. permalink fedilink source parent
