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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:33PM (#26703536)
Yes. But there's one railroad line that goes through North Platte. There once were ~38 railroad lines into Chicago. Some are no longer in service (at least as through lines), but Chicago is still far more widely served than North Platte.
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Re:Four ways to speed up trains on the New Silk Road (2020) by OldHand2018 on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:33PM (#26704316)
The Chicago region has dozens of very large rail yards, with construction of new yards and expansion of existing yards ongoing. It would take a lot of investment elsewhere to eclipse: Russia/Moscow is making a strategic investment that will pay large dividends for them for decades to come.
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