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What kept trains from being efficient although they were invented long ago?
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∙ 6y ago
Trains both were and are very efficient means of transportation, both for freight and passengers. However following WW2 the car companies and the oil companies decided to shut down all existing commuter trains to increase their profits, they bought up the lines and either switched them to diesel buses or simply shut them down and selling the steel rails as scrap. Later these same companies lobbied Congress to subsidize highways and the airlines, stealing much long distance business from the railroads.
Without the funds to maintain the rails properly speeds had to be reduced, making trains look even less attractive to potential customers.
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