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Re:American trains need more than railfan nostalgia by fulafel on Saturday November 06, 2021 @02:21PM (#29132544)
The WP article explains that it was just to work around a bill forbidding surface rail on that route.
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Re:American trains need more than railfan nostalgia by mst on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:42PM (#29133212)
That might have been why they decided to do it but the question of return-on-investment in terms of infrastructure costs is still interesting and doesn't really depend on the underlying motivation for the choice.
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