California launches electric trains as US lags behind world in rail electrification - eviltoast
  • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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    3 months ago

    The WW II US rail network is loonnnnggggg gone and doesn’t really have any effect on the modern day. What remains is mostly freight rail run by a few oversized rail corporations… and they’re surely in no hurry to abandon their diesel engines.

    There’s also not huge political pressure because rail is already a very efficient way to transport goods. Spreading rail would have better effects than electrifying rail.