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I was farmin' in Missouri. I was gettin' tired o' that,
So I bought myself a satchel and a stovepipe hat.
And I headed for the station, gonna travel all about,
But there wasn't any station and I soon found out.
And you can't get far without a railroad.
You can't get far without a railroad.
Something's gotta take you there and gotta bring you back.
Oh, you can't go any distance in a buggy or a hack.
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people that work on trains are assholes. i said it, get mad about it.
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>>110131 (OP)they some times go "TOOT TOOT!"
â„–110172
theyre very fuel and manpower efficient for transporting large hauls of cargo in places that cannot be accessible by ships, and thus they are often used to offload from cargo ports into smaller supply hubs. Because of that reason, the USSR and other shitpiss commmunist countries relied excessively on both rail and public transport as a whole, due to worse economic conditions brought by non liberal policies. A major downside of trains as opposed to trucks, is that they arent very flexible. Trains require a specific railway gauge to even operate, which leads to problems of cross compatibility especially apparent in Europe. They also cannot handle tight turns or inclines due to a lack of friction in the tracks. This leads to excessive tunneling, especially with High speed rail like seen in Japan (Epic soy nation o algo). Due to this, the construction costs can be much higher than with roads on hillier enviroments. But, a variety of different methods can be utilized to mitigate this. Aside from tunnelling and cutting through terrain, Z turns can be made by reversing the train engine. Cog railways may be utilized to climb steep angles at relatively slow speeds, or the train can undergo temporary modifications like a booster engine ( i think, i kinda forgot ) to give it extra power.
Generally speaking, railway networks are far less advanced in the US than in other parts of the world. This is because the US is still communist even compared to the EU. Leftists false flag this as muh privatization, and the train autists who cant defend themselves just go with it. I find this depressing.
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>>110172>due to worse economic conditions brought by non liberal policiesHUH?