...one freight and one passenger. Assuming the total freight demand between the cities isn't more than can fit on a mile-long train, this once-per-day frequency will account for all of it. One train, totally full, done and done. But passenger?
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Remember what I said at the start of this thread? Here you can see it in action: every railroad somehow thought they were the only ones smart enough to cheat, and they believed this for so long that they very nearly drove themselves out of business.pic.twitter.com/lm1E5Kw9Fb
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When they finally figured out they were gonna be ruined by racing to the bottom, railways elected instead to collaborate and extort high fares. Anything but run an honest business! America doesn't value hard work so much as it values getting paid, and this has long been the case.pic.twitter.com/FSLL3kez50
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And with that, I'll set the book aside for today. More installments in the future. The psychosis which is present in many American industries even today manifested in spectacular form during the railroad era, leaving a permanent bad impression...
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...but rather than going after the mentality, Americans found it easier to get rid of the particular expression of it. It was easier for us to give up on railways than to admit that there might be a wrong way to make a buck.
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