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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by lmm on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:13PM (#21975156)
How affordable was railroad travel? Even assuming there was a railroad in the right place, would people have been able to go back and forth often enough for courtship?
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Re:For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now ... by Piskvorrr on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:57AM (#21978226)
Railroads revolutionized cargo. Passenger transport was a cute party trick at first.
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