The Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad contructed from 1863-1869 and funded by the government. You know, the one with the famous golden spike photograph? It made travel across the country much quicker than being pulled across by animals and I am assuming it changed many things about settling in the west.
Thanks to a friend of mine, another railroad project has been brought to my attention. And it is ambitious. Promising to connect multiple cities along corridor routes, it would allow travelers another means of going between Chicago and St. Louis other than by plane or car, for instance. Or Amtrak?
Where is the line drawn for the limitations of how many modes of transportation a government should provide? That's something I'm still thinking about.
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