Rail barons in the 1880s (cartoon from the 1880s of a rail baron (Harriman Railroads) eating multiple rail tracks, vs US railroad map in 2026, vs Europe map of railroads in 2026 showing the difference. ‘Capitalism is good for the people’
I see this brought up often under posts like this one, and it's usually lines dedicated for freight rail, whereas all of the lines in Europe are either passenger or passenger + freight.
