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Rachel DiResto
May 23, 2024

What happened to U.S. passenger rail?

Rachel DiResto
May 23, 2024

Almost a century ago, the railroads were the economic engine of the country, spurring the transportation of both goods and people over long distances. Now, the American railroad system is merely a specter of its former self. How did the United States devolve from an expanded passenger rail network to the system we have today?

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