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Re:Switzerland begins tests on the longest train tunnel in t... by jdblair on Friday January 22, 2016 @12:10PM (#10953989)
The US freight rail system may be maintained with private funds, but it was initially constructed with massive public subsidies. These took the form of land grants, not just for the right-of-way, but for surrounding land. This land was then sold to fund the railway development.

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentations...

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Re:Switzerland begins tests on the longest train tunnel in t... by fennecfoxen on Friday January 22, 2016 @03:51PM (#10955534)
This is true and accurate. However, substantial ongoing investment in the US rail system in the past 5 decades or so has been mostly private or private-public-partnership.
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