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Re:Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup by palmfacehn on Saturday June 07, 2025 @05:24AM (#44208478)
Historically US passenger service was secondary to express mail service. Without express mail service provided by the same trains, passenger service became unprofitable.
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Re:Freight rail fueled a new luxury overnight train startup by Retric on Saturday June 07, 2025 @09:38PM (#44213952)
The timeline roughly matches up with that argument, but mail and people transitioned for similar reasons.
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